Prior to becoming a speech and language therapist, I had extensive experience in the field of special education. Therefore, I currently work with children and young adults who have complex communication needs due to a variety of conditions and developmental disorders. Children with Autism, Down syndrome, speech and language impairments, intellectual disabilities or learning difficulties, and with many other conditions can benefit from one-on-one speech and language therapy sessions. I also work with bilingual and children and young whose native language is English.
Very often, a customised neurofeedback protocol developed for the individual needs of the client, along with speech therapy, can result in significant improvement in the targeted area (communication, social skills, reading etc.).
Speech and language delay can be a result of excessive use of electronic devices during early childhood. Apart from this, the child might show other symptoms that resembles the autism diagnosis. Often the new term “virtual autism” is being used to describe the effect of the early screen exposure on the child’s development. In such cases, the methods of biofeedback are very helpful to start with, and then to procced with a speech therapy plan.
