I love getting to meet you and your families and regularly hold information events or workshops in and around Huntingdon.
Mini Introductory Courses
Exciting new introductory courses coming soon for parents of under 5s! 
1/ Want to get ahead and support your baby/toddler’s communication skills but can’t commit to a full 3 hour workshop?
2/ Concerned about your little one’s communication skills but can’t commit to speech therapy right now?
3/ Want quick and affordable speech and language advice and support?
Then I could have the course you!
I am offering 1 hour introductory courses on key areas of speech and language development to give you the chance to gain basic knowledge and support with advice that can be put into practice immediately, at a fraction of the cost and time needed for speech and language therapy (only £10 per course!).
Just let me know your preferences by filling in this quick survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JPNPDLB
All courses will be held in Huntingdon and are parent-only.
Workshops
I run the following workshops periodically given levels of demand. Please get in touch if you’d be interested in attending any of the following. They can also be adapted to run in nurseries/pre schools either for staff or parents!
The workshops are small group interactive sessions with between 3 and 10 participants covering a range of topics, such as:-
Early Language Development – milestones for all areas of communication (including attention, play, social skills, understanding and talking), how children acquire language, and ways to support your child at home including Makaton, visuals and ‘Special Time’
Social Communication – information and advice for parents whose children are undergoing a social communication assessment or who have been diagnosed with autism
Speech Sound Acquisition – typical and atypical pronunciation errors and how to help
Makaton – an introductory course into why and how to use Makaton with some basic signs
Bilingualism – dispelling the myths surrounding bi/multilingualism and looking at key ways to support your child’s language development at home
Other – have an idea for a workshop not listed here? Let me know via my contact form!
My parent workshops are perfect if you are:-
Not sure if your child needs extra support and would like information about key milestones
Worried about your child’s communication development but not sure if you can commit to therapy right now
Concerned about long assessment and therapy waiting times
Want a taster of the support I can offer first
Want to meet other like-minded parents with similar concerns
I welcome any parents/carers of young children (between 1 and 5 years): you do not need to already be on my caseload or known to any speech and language service. Sessions vary in length but are usually between 1-3 hours depending on the topic/number of participants. Questions and discussion will be actively encouraged.
INTERESTED? Please register your interest via the contact form. Please include your preferred course(s) and time/day of the week.
Recent Events and Workshops
Stay and Play for Under 2s
It was lovely to see so many of you at the ‘Happy Mama’ Stay and Play on Monday 9th May 2022. I had so much fun I forgot to take any pictures (oops)!! However I hope you found the leaflets and advice helpful. Remember, if you do have any concerns I offer a free 15 minute no obligation phone call so we can chat through your questions and concerns in more detail then.
Library Information Events
Thank you to everyone who came to both Information Events that were held at Huntingdon Library in the Spring. I loved meeting you all and hope you found the leaflets, advice and activity ideas helpful in supporting your little ones.
I couldn’t resist adding some pictures below:-
