About Amy

SPECIALIST SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPIST

Amy Kirk
I provide an engaging and flexible approach when working with a young person. I work in collaboration with the key people in the young person’s life to establish a clear therapeutic plan and provide the best support I can, to allow them to develop their communication skills to their fullest potential.

I qualified from Reading University in 2006. Since then I have been working in East Kent in several settings including, early years clinics, specialist and mainstream schools. I’ve worked in both the NHS and independently. I’ve supported a range of clients from pre-school children to young adults, also working with key people in their lives such as parents, carers, and teachers. Through ongoing training and experience, I continue to develop my specialist knowledge and skills. I can assess and support children with a variety of needs, including severe and complex speech, language, and communication disorders.

Qualifications

2002-2006 BSc(Hons) Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Professional Development

Some highlights of my professional development include:

● Extensive experience in diagnosis (ADOS 2) and support for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Condition

● Speech Sound Disorder course led by Caroline Bowen (to help children talk more clearly)

● Verve training (using video feedback to help people living and working with children who have speech, language or communication needs develop communication).

● Enhanced Makaton training (a signing system to support language development.)

● Language Through Colour (a colour coding system to support understanding of language and developing the use of sentences).

● Experience in Language for Learning (Trainer)

● Cued articulation (visual cues to support sound development)

● Paediatric voice disorder training with Annie Elias and Lesley Caval

● Trained in Lidcombe Stammering Therapy approach.

● Experience in Hanen ‘It Takes Two to Talk’ Approach (Trainer)

● Trained in Derbyshire Language Programme

● Trained in the Solihull Approach