Natasha is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who has worked with both pre-school and school-aged children across clinics, Children’s Centres, nurseries and primary schools. She is experienced in providing assessment and therapy for a large range of language, speech sound, fluency and social communication difficulties.
Alongside her private work she practices within the NHS where she has delivered extensive training to teachers, teaching assistants, parents/carers and health professionals.
Natasha’s certified training include Hanen ‘It Takes Two to Talk’ (see www.hanen.org), The Lidcombe Programme of Early Stuttering Intervention, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme, Assessment and Intervention for School-aged Children with a Stammer - The Michael Palin Centre, Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy and Makaton signing Foundation workshop. Other training includes Intensive Interaction, Makaton Baby Signing, Counseling for the Non-professional Counsellor and in-service courses on autistic spectrum disorders.
Natasha’s areas of special interest include:
Stammering
Language delays and disorders
Speech sound delays and disorders
Social communication difficulties
Autistic spectrum disordersNatasha is a registered member of the following professional bodies:
