Private Speech Therapy in London

I provide highly specialist service and I continuously enhance my knowledge in the field of Speech, Language and communication therapy by taking continuing professional development courses. I value every child’s unique identity and I tailor every intervention to their specific needs. I try to be as more evidence-based as possible and I always have a honest conversation with the families I work with regarding the quality and type of support I can provide. I justify my clinical choices by providing data to support my critical thinking.

I am a one of the few PROMPT therapists (Bridging level) in UK. I address motor based speech disorders using this specialist intervention which requires advanced knowledge and experience. I try to be as more visual as possible: I consider myself a communication facilitator, and I provide every family with the tools they need to become facilitators in turn. I am MAKATON trained, an evidence-based approach which uses gestures to support the language acquisition and understanding.

I have studied singing at the Conservatory of Naples, and I love treating voice disorders given my professional and academic background. I combine several evidence-based approaches and techniques in the treatment of voice disorders such as the Accent Method, the Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy, Expiratory muscle strength training (EMST), Stretch and Flow Phonation, Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises, Straw Phonation, Yawn- Sigh, PROEL. I am a certified LSVT (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment) clinician. I am a LSVT LOUD provider for both people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and children with other neurological conditions.

I am trained in Colourful Semantics, an approach taught in several schools around the UK to support sentence and narrative acquisition.

I am trained in Attention Autism Program, which is widely used in UK to support the access to the communication prerequisites namely attention in all its levels. I treat Autism Spectrum Disorder with a range of evidence-based interventions including SCERTS and TEACCH. I am an Autism Diagnostic Observational Schedule (ADOS-2) certified clinician and I provide expertise in multidisciplinary diagnostic assessments with children, young people and adults with a broad range of unique profiles. I am also trained in conducting parental autism interviews through the Developmental, Dimensional and Diagnostic Interview(3Di). I am specialized in the use of Augmentative Alternative Communication Systems (AAC) including low tech systems (Makaton, pictures, Core Board) and high tech systems(e.g. the voice output device Proloquo2Go.)

I carry out medico legal work. I have specialist experience and training in the following areas:

• SENDIST/SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) Tribunals
• Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) appraisals and writing. I review medical notes and other important documents.
• I provide assessment and diagnosis of the client’s speech and language skills to determine whether a problem exists and, if it does, how severe it is.
• I write a detailed report of findings, diagnosis, prognosis and recommendations for further therapy.
• In SENDIST cases I fulfill the need for very specific recommendations quantifying the amount of ongoing therapy considered necessary.
• I offer appearance at Tribunal/Court as an expert witness if applicable.

What makes me a reliable clinician is, most and foremost, the time I spend to study for my patients.

Clinical cases can be similar , but also very different, to what we have previously seen. My job is not based on a passive and prescriptive approach: just the opposite. Whoever adopts a “one-size-fits-all” therapy will surely overlook the complexity of the environmental, social, psychological and biomechanical factors accountable for the diverse profiles we see in our profession.