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What We Do

Speech Therapy Life looks at working together, to make life better, for the individual and the community around them. Speech and language therapy is so much more than just talking! Speech and language therapy looks at all areas of the communication pyramid:

  • Sensory needs
  • Emotions / wellbeing
  • Attention / active / engagement / structure
  • Play / social skills / knowledge of self
  • Memory boxes and vocabulary knowledge
  • Expressive abilities
  • Executive function / independence
  • Study skills

How We Work

We are a research driven service. We look at a person’s strengths and build on these in areas that matter for the individual and the community around them. We will work together to assess, set targets and implement support. There is no magic cupboard therapy or secret boxes! Instead we work functionally within the individual’s environment. This is what has impact. Services are at both an individual and whole service level where we aim to be: 1. Research driven 2. Collaborative 3. Strengths based 4. Neuro-affirming 5. In person and / or remote e.g., Teletherapy

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For Commissioners

Speech Therapy Life has a proven track record of delivering services across London, Essex, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk that are outcome driven and cost effective. Often working alongside existing providers, we aim to deliver a seamless integration of input. We can take on whole service level agreements using our service framework based on the latest research driven practise.

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For Families

  1. Help navigate services
  2. Help assess profile / diagnose
  3. Help set meaningful targets
  4. Help practise and embed these targets (Therapy)
  5. Review targets
  6. Document information
  7. Collaborate/train

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For Whole Services

  1. Tailor made services
  2. Provide training
  3. Review existing services
  4. Collaboratively plan future input
  5. Diagnose / assessment
  6. Provide therapy

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About

I’m Victoria Germain, a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, who heads up the service. I have worked for 2 greater London boroughs (NHS), the communication charity ICAN and was the head therapist of a National Autistic Society accredited school for 10 years.

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Autism

Autism work is our passion. We strongly believe in the SCERTS framework. This looks at the neurology behind the diagnosis and has the key principle of making intervention meaningful and motivating.

It focuses on Social Communication (how we interact with the world around us), Emotional Regulation (how we manage our sensory needs and emotional wellbeing) and Transactional Supports (getting the environment and interaction style of educators right). It compliments previous approaches which we continue to utilise as and where appropriate.

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Assessment

Assessment involves:

  • Gathering information from the individual / those around them
  • Meeting the individual (where appropriate)
  • Informal observation
  • Formal speech and language therapy assessment (where required/appropriate)
  • Spoken feedback
  • Signposting / Strategies
  • Report where requested
  • Opportunity for future support from a speech and language therapist
  • Therapy

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Training Offered

Training is tailored to the needs of the individual/service and those around them. Therapy frameworks and approaches can be incorporated into training sessions where licensing allows.

A wide range of training packages are available, contact me for further information.

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Costing

We recognise the restrictions of budgets and aim to offer a high quality, research driven service that provides excellent value for money. Please contact us to discuss your individual requirements.