Lisa Howard Consultant Speech & Language Therapist

Lisa is a specialist speech and language therapist with just under 20 years of experience. She has worked in contracted positions with both private companies and in the NHS and has also worked independently. Lisa has worked as a speech and language therapist herself, giving her the knowledge and experience to hold positions as a speech and language therapy consultant and clinical supervisor, supporting other therapists and professionals in their decisions regarding speech, language and communication.

Lisa has worked across the country in Manchester, Liverpool, London, Kent and has even held positions across the world in Australia. Lisa’s work has been in a range of different settings including youth residential, home, mainstream high schools and primary schools, special high schools and primary schools, prisons and sure start centres. Lisa has worked with children from 0-19 throughout these settings with a range of different difficulties.

Lisa has experience in treating a range of speech, language and communication needs including dysfluency, autism spectrum disorder and English as an additional language. However, Lisa now specialises in social, emotional and mental health needs in adolescents. She is passionate in giving these children a voice and making them heard in society by providing strategies to support their communication on a day to day basis.

Lisa is a trained Elklan tutor and also has a depth of experience in multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work. Lisa also has a counselling diploma and is enthusiastic about promoting mental health in the workplace and for the children she works closely with. All of Lisa’s training, therapy and supervision is for the best interests of both the children and the therapist.