ABOUT ME

I have been a practising Speech and Language Therapist since graduating from Manchester University in 2002.  In 2006 I gained my post basic dysphagia qualification to be able to work with people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. In 2023 I completed the SOS Approach to Feeding course, specifically to support those with sensory and/or behavioural feeding issues.

I have worked in a variety of settings including primary and secondary mainstream and special needs schools, the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, and the community.  I now specialise in a range of paediatric feeding and swallowing issues, and sound difficulties. 

I am a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practise (ASLTIP).

I have been combining working independently with being employed by the NHS and other organisations since 2006.  I currently work part time for the NHS in the community, whilst also raising my own family.

My special interests include: 

• Dysphagia (eating drinking and swallowing difficulties)

• Weaning difficulties

• Food aversion

• Speech sound difficulties

• Articulation difficulties e.g. lisp

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