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Speech and Language Therapy across Sussex
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I have always been interested in the voice and communication so decided to train to be a Speech and Language Therapist. Once I started the speech therapy course, I realised there is more to communication than just how we use our voices. This realisation led me to specialise in supporting children with a wider range of speech, language and communication needs.
I have been working as a Speech and Language Therapist since I qualified in 2008. I started working for the NHS in London before moving with my family to West Sussex. As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist I have worked with children in mainstream pre-schools, primary and secondary schools who have complex communication needs. I have worked in a number of specialist education settings delivering 1:1 sessions as well as supporting individuals and teaching staff in the classroom. I have also worked in community clinics, in families’ homes and in hospital settings where I worked with Paediatricians as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist Autism diagnostic assessments. More recently I have worked in the NHS as a Clinical Manager, responsible for a team of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
My favourite part of being a Speech and Language Therapist is working closely with families to give them the skills to be able to support their child’s communication needs. I enjoy seeing the difference that an early intervention can make and watching children begin to communicate and engage more effectively with their environment.
I specialise in working with pre-verbal early years children, dysfluency, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, autistic children and helping to develop the foundation skills required for communication. Although I am based in Worthing my work takes me across Sussex supporting clients in East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove as well as surrounding areas.
My eating, drinking and swallowing work covers all ages from 6 months of age upwards.
Qualifications
· Post Grad Dip SLT (with Distinction) City Uni 2008
· MSc SLT (with Distinction) City Uni 2012
Post Qualification Training
· Manchester Post Basic Dysphagia Course
· Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 2nd Edition (ADOS-2)
· Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) – Pyramid Educational Consultants
· Makaton Signing Courses (Foundation and Enhancement Workshops)
· Specialist Development Programme for SLTs working with People who have Down’s Syndrome (Down’s Syndrome Association and Symbol UK)
· Qualified Elklan Tutor
· Lidcombe Programme
· Selective Mutism Training (Core and Extension Levels) with Maggie Johnson
· The Hanen Centre ‘It Takes Two to Talk’ Programme
· Lis’n’tell Inclusive Story telling with Louise Coigley
· Functional ABA Training – Pyramid Educational Consultants
Registrations
Health and Care Professions Council (Registration No: SL27305)
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (Membership No: RC0024289)
Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (Membership No: 3699)
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Prior to graduating from City University with a Post Graduate Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy, I worked with children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) within Specialist schools in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex and Wimbledon, London. I have worked with children with SEN for over 20 years, 15 years of those as a Speech and Language Therapist.
I currently work for the NHS within a Pre School-Complex Needs Team in West Sussex and privately with slt4me Ltd, working with school aged children with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD and Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) and Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).
I have great interest and knowledge in the use of AAC in supporting communication and providing children with a voice. I am a registered Makaton Tutor providing training to parents, carers and settings, alongside embedding the Makaton language programme into my clinical work with children and young people. I am trained to an Intermediate level in the area of Dysphagia (eating and drinking difficulties).
Qualifications
Post Grad Dip SLT - City Uni 2008
Post Qualification Training
Post Basic and Intermediate Dysphagia Training
Registered Makaton Tutor
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
Parent Child Interaction Video Therapy (PCI/VERVE)
Attention Autism
Intensive Interaction
Low and High Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) knowledge
Registrations
Health and Care Professions Council (Registration No: SL27334)
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Who We Work With
At slt4me we work closely with our Clinical Psychology colleagues at
Making Sense Of It to offer multi disciplinary Autism Spectrum diagnostic assessment and therapy interventions.
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Making Sense Of It
Clinical Psychology services to children, families and schools in the Sussex area.
Making Sense Of It believe in the importance of relationships and work with the whole family or network surrounding a child. They have significant experience working with children and adolescents with a range of difficulties including those with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism, and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
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Dr Jodie Tilley
(C. Psychol AFBPsS)
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
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Dr Jodie Tilley is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). Dr Tilley has over 15 years of clinical experience within the NHS including over 10 years post-qualification experience of working with children, adolescents and their families. She holds a First Class Degree in Applied Psychology and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology, which covered a range of psychological disorders, therapeutic models and training in working with people across the life span. Dr Tilley has specialised with children and young people, and values working with the whole family and wider system when supporting children.
Since qualifying in 2006, Dr Tilley has worked within the NHS supporting children and families with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. This has included working for 6 years within a specialist service for children with autism and learning disabilities who were experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties. This involved working with families to support them with understanding and managing challenging behaviour, supporting children with autistic spectrum conditions and other neurodevelopmental conditions and providing consultation and training within education settings and social services. Dr Tilley has also specialised in working with children and adolescents who are in foster care, residential care or have been adopted. This has included working with a range of difficulties, including the impact of trauma on children’s development, attachment relationships and emotional well-being.
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Dr Helena Bligh
(C. Psychol AFBPsS)
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
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