About Us

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 Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (also known as Childhood Apraxia of Speech). She also works with some children with language delays and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).

Specialist Training that Ali has completed includes:

• Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC) for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Colourful Semantics
• Makaton
• Michael Palin Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Stammering
• Michael Palin Fluency Management Techniques
• Mindfulness for Speech and Language Therapists

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 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 and language delay, speech sound difficulties including dyspraxia and Autistic Spectrum Disorders.

Naomi enjoys working closely with a child and their parents, helping them to understand and support their child’s communication difficulty. In the future Naomi is hoping to complete a comprehensive course in Yoga for Autism, following a keen interest in yoga herself and the positive benefits this can have for those with Special Educational Needs.

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 and Tofu the Cat! 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 Ellen

Ellen graduated with an MSci Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Reading.

Prior to her degree she worked as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant in a Highly Complex Needs School. She has experience of working in many paediatric settings including mainstream schools, drop in clinics, early years hospital clinics, fluency clinics and voice clinics.

Ellen feels strongly that everyone deserves the right to communication and therefore communication should be accessible for everyone. She believes that children learn best through play – when they don’t even realise they are learning! She strives to encompass this in her creative, play-centred sessions, whilst implementing evidenced based, up-to-date knowledge of speech, language, and communication interventions.

Ellen is skilled in Makaton sign, having completed training up to Level 3 and working towards Level 4. She has also completed a training course in Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC) for Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

When she isn’t doing Speech and Language Therapy, she enjoys arts and crafts, cycling and baking.

Ellen works with children primarily in Godalming, Surrey and surrounding areas.

About Alliya

Alliya is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who qualified in 2012 from City, University of London. She has worked within the NHS and private sector for 10 years.

She has experience of working in many paediatric settings including mainstream schools, secondary schools, assessment clinics, early years clinics, children centres and nurseries.

She currently works with children with a range of complex speech, language and communication needs (e.g. Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Language Disorder, Global Developmental Delay, and speech and language delays/disorders).

Alliya’s interest in working within the paediatric setting stems from working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver holistic and child-centred management. She is enthusiastic about early intervention due to the associated positive outcomes and has experience in providing a range of training packages to parents, carers and school staff; ensuring the child’s environment is inclusive and accessible.

Alliya has received formal training in the following:

• Makaton
• Attention Autism
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

She also has experience in using approaches including colourful semantics, zones of regulation, social stories and lego therapy.

Alliya lives in Harrow with her husband and their British Short Haired cat- Oreo! Alliya enjoys baking, travelling and speaks several languages- Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi and English.

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.

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We offer a free 15 minute telephone consultation to discuss your child’s needs.  To book a time, please contact us