Integrated Treatment Services
Speech and Language Therapists
& Associated Services
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We are pleased to provide appointments with our team of Specialist Therapists across the country. Our team can help you to gain a full understanding of the clients learning, language, physical, psychological, emotional, social, feeding and self help needs. We can provide specialist therapists for all client groups and age groups.
Amy O'Keefe
Specilaist Speech and language therapist
About Amy:
Amy qualified as a speech and language therapist in 2001. She is a highly skilled paediatric speech therapist having worked with a wide range of different client groups. She has considerable experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating children aged from 0-18 years with difficulties ranging from mild speech sound delay to those with profound and complex learning disabilities. As well as supporting children with communication difficulties, Amy has also completed further training to work with those who have eating and drinking difficulties.
Amy enjoys working with children of all ages and has a particular interest working with preschool children. Another key area of interest and specialism Amy has is in the area of complex needs. Amy is skilled in working with individuals with autistic spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, genetic syndromes and learning disabilities. Amy is currently working towards an MSc in Profound and Complex Learning Disability.
Amy has spent many years working in multi-agency contexts including assessment/diagnostic clinics, early years settings, mainstream schools, special schools and Children’s Centres. She has experience in writing joint professional reports and therapy plans.
Amy has delivered training jointly with other professionals from health and education. She is passionate about working in this multi-disciplinary way.
Amy took a lead in rolling out the ICAN Early Talk programme within Lewisham. This provided a partnership programme aiming to develop early years practitioners’ skills and knowledge of communication development and disability through advisory support, accreditation of settings and training.
Amy is keen to make therapy targets accessible and easy to incorporate into the child’s daily routine either at home, nursery or school.
Amy has worked with many bilingual and multilingual families, conducting assessment and therapy through using an interpreter or specialist co-worker.
Amy qualified as a speech and language therapist in 2001. She is a highly skilled paediatric speech therapist having worked with a wide range of different client groups. She has considerable experience in assessing, diagnosing and treating children aged from 0-18 years with difficulties ranging from mild speech sound delay to those with profound and complex learning disabilities. As well as supporting children with communication difficulties, Amy has also completed further training to work with those who have eating and drinking difficulties.
Amy enjoys working with children of all ages and has a particular interest working with preschool children. Another key area of interest and specialism Amy has is in the area of complex needs. Amy is skilled in working with individuals with autistic spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy, genetic syndromes and learning disabilities. Amy is currently working towards an MSc in Profound and Complex Learning Disability.
Amy has spent many years working in multi-agency contexts including assessment/diagnostic clinics, early years settings, mainstream schools, special schools and Children’s Centres. She has experience in writing joint professional reports and therapy plans.
Amy has delivered training jointly with other professionals from health and education. She is passionate about working in this multi-disciplinary way.
Amy took a lead in rolling out the ICAN Early Talk programme within Lewisham. This provided a partnership programme aiming to develop early years practitioners’ skills and knowledge of communication development and disability through advisory support, accreditation of settings and training.
Amy is keen to make therapy targets accessible and easy to incorporate into the child’s daily routine either at home, nursery or school.
Amy has worked with many bilingual and multilingual families, conducting assessment and therapy through using an interpreter or specialist co-worker.
Amy enjoys seeing children both individually and within a group. She has considerable experience devising and conducting group therapy.
Amy is responsive to the individual needs of the child and family she is working with.
Amy can see children during weekdays and at the weekends.
Amy can see children during weekdays and at the weekends.
Amy has worked as part of a team in devising and delivering tailor-made training packages including:
- Identifying and supporting children with speech and language difficulties
- Supporting children with eating and drinking difficulties
- ICAN training
- Autism
Amy's training and clinical approaches:
- Cued Articulation
- Makaton
- Objects of reference and symbol systems
- Picture Exchange Systems (PECS)
- TEACHH
- Workstations
- A range of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices
- Nuffield dyspraxia programme
- Objects of reference and symbol systems
- Intensive Interaction
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Makaton
- Metaphon Approach to Phonology
- Lidcombe Program for Childhood Stammering
- Social Communication Programmes including the Social Use of Language Programme
Amy works with children and young adults with:
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- Language delay/disorder
- Attention & listening difficulties
- Speech sound delay/disorder
- Preschool dysfluency
- Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Learning difficulties
- Physical disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy
- Down Syndrome
- Profound & complex needs
- Eating and drinking needs (including behavioural eating needs)
- Dyspraxia
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