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Our Team

Our team

Our SLT for Kids team is made up of expert paediatric speech and language therapists and therapy assistants with wide ranging expertise. We pride ourselves on delivering high quality speech and language therapy.

Each and every one of our speech and language therapists are passionate in working with children who have speech language and communication needs.

All of our speech and language therapists and therapy assistants have paediatric speech and language therapy experience and are committed to providing you with the most up-to-date evidence-based therapy options. Our speech and language therapists can administer comprehensive assessments to identify the difficulties your child may be experiencing. In addition to this, our speech and language therapists and therapy assistants can offer support and advice to ease the concerns that every parent naturally has about the development of their child.  

To ensure our service is of the highest possible standard, all of our speech and language therapists and therapy assistants are highly sorted and undergo, regular training, appraisals, reviews and reflections to better improve their practise. Each of our speech and language therapists are able to provide a wide range of detailed assessments and our therapy assistants can provide therapy interventions for a range of conditions and difficulties.

Meet the team

Natasha Luke

Natasha is a Senior Speech and Language Therapist who graduated from the University of Sheffield. Natasha works with a diverse caseload of children and young adults in clinic and in mainstream and specialist schools. Natasha is trained in Makaton and Hanen – More Than Words (a programme for parents of young children with social communication difficulties). She is also an Elklan Tutor and can deliver accredited training courses to parents and teachers. Natasha has a keen interest in supporting parents and teaching staff in managing speech, language and communication needs, and she is passionate about developing training packages and workshops.

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Elizabeth Aulton

Beth is a senior speech and language therapist who graduated from Newcastle University. Beth has a wealth of experience working with children and young adults in mainstream and specialist schools as well as in clinic. She is trained in Hanen- It Takes Two to Talk (early language development) and Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS) Level 1. PECS is a unique alternative/augmentative communication system with a primary goal of teaching functional communication.

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Emma McElroy

After spending 15 years living in the United Arab Emirates, Emma graduated from the University of Manchester as a fully qualified speech and language therapist in 2016. Emma is trained in Makaton and is also licensed I CAN TalkBoost KS1 Tutor. TalkBoost KS1 is a structured and robustly evidenced programme for 5-11 year olds that can boost a child's communication by an average of 18 months after ten weeks of intervention.

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Leighann Cherry

Leighann is a speech and language therapist who graduated from the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. She is currently working with a paediatric caseload in mainstream schools. Leighann is a licensed I CAN Early TalkBoost tutor. Early TalkBoost is a targeted intervention aimed at 3-4 year old children with delayed language, helping to boost their language skills to help narrow the gap between them and their peers. The programme aims to accelerate children’s progress in language and communication by an average of 6 months, after a nine week intervention.

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Julia Hunter

Julia is a dynamic, hardworking and highly motivated speech and language therapist with a special interest in SEN. Julia prides herself in her effective and holistic management of a range of communicative needs including those with statements within specialist provision.

Natasha Wetton

Natasha is a Speech & Language Therapist who graduated from the University of Manchester in 2018. Natasha is registered with HCPC and RCSLT. Since graduating, Natasha has been supporting children aged 0-18 years with speech, language & communication needs, and loves being able to make a meaningful difference to the lives of those she works with.

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Kimberley Chu

Kim has gained a high degree of awareness and knowledge about different assessments and therapeutic interventions to use to support these children. Kim is proactive, friendly, approachable and has excellent interpersonal communication skills.

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Emily Craven

Emily is a warm, friendly and caring character with a bubbly and outgoing personality. Emily is passionate about providing a holistic approach to children’s development and believes speech and language therapy should be a fun experience for all

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Zoe Gillespie

Zoe has been qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist since 2015. Zoe works creatively to support children to develop their communication skills and loves finding new ways to keep them motivated.

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Kate Sullivan

Kate specialises in providing a holistic person-centred therapy approach. She is passionate about promoting the Universal, Targeted and Specialist approach in schools.

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Rebecca Coleman

Rebecca is a passionate and committed speech and language therapy assistant with a range of experience supporting children and young adults.

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Jenny Scrivener

Jenny is a warm and friendly Speech and Language Therapy assistant who is passionate about making a difference for everyone she works with. She has a wealth of knowledge and experience with voice and is able to use these transferable skills to bring an alternative and musical approach to her role as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.

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Felicity Burgis

Felicity is a creative and supportive speech and language therapy assistant who is able to draw on her wealth of experience working in education to best support children in mainstream and SEN settings.

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Contact us

Please contact one of our friendly speech and language therapists to discuss how we can help and what services we can offer you. Email office@sltforkids.co.uk or call us on 0330 088 2298.

Our Vacancies

Find out more about our current vacancies at SLT for Kids on our Indeed page.

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Join us

If you would like any more information on any of the services we offer to education settings or would like to book a free initial discussion, do not hesitate to contact us and one of our team will be happy to help. Email office@sltforkids.co.uk or call 0330 088 2298.

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