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Laura Morgan, BSc
Speech & Language Therapist
she/her
Manor Farm Lakes
Thursdays & Saturdays (fortnightly)
& some weekday evenings

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Laura is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, who works with us to provide Autism assessments for young people and adults. Laura completes interview and ADOS assessments as part of our Autism assessments. She can also carry out observations in educational settings. 

As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) in the NHS, Laura has extensive experience working with a range of young people, families, schools, and other professionals. ​Laura is a warm and compassionate practitioner who cultivates a trusting environment resulting in excellent relationships and positive outcomes. Laura adapts her approach according to her client's needs and interests. Laura is registered with the HCPC, RCSLT & ICO. 

 

Key experience:

- Assessing, diagnosing, and providing therapy for dysfluency, speech sound difficulties, language needs, social communication difficulties, neurodiversity, and selective mutism.

- Providing Autism specific supervision to colleagues in her community team

- Input to Early Concerns Neurodiversity Pilot programme working with education settings, specialist teachers, assistant educational psychologists, and parents to support potentially neurodiverse children.

- Developed and delivers  'Supporting Social Communication’ training to education staff and parents. Laura also provides  assessments with Community Paediatricians for under-5 and for complex cases over 5s.

- Coordinates student placements and Preceptorship programme. 

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Memberships:

  • Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)

  • Royal College of Speech & Language Therapy (RCSLT)

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Qualifications:

  • BSc in Speech & Language Therapy, University of East Anglia, 2015.

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Work experience:

  • Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist, Bedford, Cambridgeshire Community Services, 2022-present.

  • Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, Ashford, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, 2020-2022.

  • Speech & Language Therapist, Folkestone, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, 2018-2020.

  • Social Media Manager for the Diagnostics Clinical Excellence Network (CEN). 

  • Community Befriending Scheme participation.

 

Relevant training:​

  • Michael Palin Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (including additional Cognitive Behavioural Therapy)

  • VERVE

  • Intensive Interaction

  • Hodson’s Cycles

  • Core Vocabulary

  • PECS

  • ADOS assessment

  • BOSA assessment 

  • Selective Mutism vs ASD

  • Placement Educator

  • Preceptorship

  • Cued Articulation

  • Language through Colour

  • Shape Coding

  • Emotional Regulation

  • Hanen More than Words

  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), The Education People, 2020

  • British Sign Language, Signature, 2010

  • Makaton (Level 1), EKHUFT SLT, 2019

  • Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme (Modules 1-4), Course Beetle, 2020

  • Children and Adult Safeguarding (Level 3), Cambridge Community Services, 2023

  • Psychological First Aid, Public Health England, 2020

  • Supporting Memory Difficulties, STLS based at EKHUFT, 2020

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