About Us
Help Me To Talk is run by Specialist Speech and Language Therapists Ali & Naomi. They are both members of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP).
Our small team of dedicated therapists work around South West Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire with children aged between 2-16. We provide speech and language therapy across a range of settings, including the family home, health clinics, nurseries and preschools, mainstream schools, special schools and speech and language units.
Who we work with
The Help Me To Talk team has experience working with children with a wide range of communication difficulties, including:
• Speech and Language Delay
• Developmental language disorder (DLD)
• Speech disorders including developmental verbal dyspraxia
• Autistic Spectrum Disorders
• Dysfluency (stammering/stuttering)
• Cleft lip and palate
• Learning difficulties
• Developmental delay
• Cerebral palsy
• Down Syndrome
• Hearing impairment
About Ali
Ali graduated with a Post Graduate Diploma (PGDip) in Speech and Language Therapy from City University. Prior to this she completed a BA in Music from the University of Nottingham and a had a rather short-lived career in social research!
Ali is a specialist in speech sound disorders, and most of her work focuses on phonological impairment and Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Specialist Training that Ali has completed includes:
- Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC) for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- ReST Rapid Syllable Transition Training
- Lateral Lisp Remediation
- The Complexity Approach to Phonological Intervention
- The Cycles Approach to Phonological Intervention
Ali lives in Radlett with her husband, son & daughter . When she isn’t doing speech therapy she enjoys cooking, yoga and reading. She works primarily with children in South West Hertfordshire.
About Naomi
Naomi graduated with a BSc in Speech and Language Sciences from Newcastle University. She works with families primarily in Bedfordshire.
Naomi has a special interest in working with children under the age of 5 with speech speech sound difficulties including Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Naomi enjoys working closely with a child and their parents, helping them to understand and support their child’s communication difficulty.
Specialist Training that Naomi has completed includes:
• Attention Autism
• Makaton
• ELKLAN
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Colour Coding
• Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme
• Hanen – More Than Words
• Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Naomi lives in Marston Moretaine with her husband, two daughters, Tofu the Cat and Ziggy the dog! Naomi loves to cook, write, spend time outside and doing yoga.
About Laura
Laura graduated with a PgDip in Speech and Language Therapy from City University. Laura is passionate about supporting parents to best meet the needs of their child. She is friendly and personable and prides herself on her ability to build a strong rapport with children and families in her care. Laura is a creative therapist and she enjoys planning and adapting therapy sessions so that they are tailored to the child/young person’s needs and interests.
Laura has experience working in early years, mainstream schools and special education settings with children and adolescents. She has a particular interest in working with young children with Autism and in working with children and adolescents who stammer.
Laura has received formal training in a number of approaches/interventions including:
• Attention Autism
• PECS
• Hanen ‘More Than Words’ for preschool children with ASD/social communication difficulties
• Palin PCI Therapy for children under 7 who stammer
• Lidcombe Programme for Stammering
• Secondary School Children who Stammer: Realising Their Potential
• The Swindon Packs for young people who stammer
• Study Day in Stammering Plus – When children who stammer also have ASD
Laura works with children primarily in the Leighton Buzzard area.
About Nebras
Nebras graduated with a BSc in Speech and Language Therapy from City University in 2015. Nebras is passionate about working with children and their caregivers, to provide person-centred, evidence-based and creative speech and language therapy. Nebras has experience in working in a range of settings with children of all ages.
Nebras has received training in:
- Hanen: It Takes Two to Talk
- Attention Autism
- Word Aware with Stephen Parsons
- Lego Therapy
- Talking mats
- Michael Palin Parent Child Interaction
Nebras works with families primarily in Bedfordshire.
About Camilla
Camilla graduated with a BSc Speech Med Sci (Hons) from the University of Sheffield and has over 30 years of experience working primarily with children.
As well as working in pre-school and mainstream settings, Camilla has had a variety of specialist roles. She enjoys using the knowledge she has gained to consider each child’s individual needs and to develop an intervention plan for them in discussion with parents and setting staff.
Camilla has received training to support a variety of speech, language and communication needs including: –
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Voice disorders
- Visual Coding
- SCERTS
Camilla works with families in West Hertfordshire.
About Adina
Adina graduated with a BSc in Speech and Language Therapy from City University.
Adina is a generalist therapist, and works with children with a wide range of speech and language needs.She is committed to empowering every child to express themselves uniquely and uses play as a captivating tool for engagement in therapy.
Adina has received the following specialist training:
Michael Palin Parent Child Interaction for Dysfluency
Book an appointment
We offer a free 15 minute telephone consultation to discuss your child’s needs. To book a time, please contact us
