Nicola SavvidesWarwickshire Independent Speech & Language Therapist
About
About
Nicola Savvides Independent Speech and Language Therapist
I have more than 13 years of experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist. I studied a BSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy at Birmingham City University, graduating with honours.
I started my career working in the NHS in Dudley Westmidlands. I worked with pre-school children in community clinics and nurseries and as a mainstream therapist in schools. After this, I developed my clinical skills and worked within the pre-school special needs team and I became the link therapist within the mainstream team to develop the service and to provide support to colleagues, children, families and education staff to support those children with the more complex and additional needs.
Alongside my NHS work, I also began working in independent practice over 8 years ago, where I joined a growing consortium of independent therapists, providing speech and language therapy services to schools in the Birmingham area.
In addition to working within schools in the Birmingham region, I am also now based in the Warwickshire area where I offer a therapy service to individual children at home and to schools who wish to purchase in speech and language therapy services. Packages of support are tailored to an individual child or to meet a nursery or school's requirements. This can take the form of one to one support, group work and training for both parents and education staff.
What are my services?
- Individual tailored therapy and group therapy
- Intensive blocks of speech/language therapy
- Assessment of speech and language difficulties for pre-school and primary school aged children
- Comprehensive reports
- Progress of therapy for schools and home
- Reviews to monitor progress
- Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in education
- Training and support to schools and other settings
- Collaborative working with NHS Speech and Language Therapists and other allied health professionals
School Provision
A service can be offered for individual children, a whole school contract or for a specific piece of work dependent on the needs of each individual setting.
Helpful Information
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
http://www.rcslt.org
The professional body for speech and language therapists in the UK Health and Care Professions Council
Health and care professions Council
http://www.hpc-uk.org
All speech and language therapist practising in England are legally required to be HCPC registered
Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice
http://www.helpwithtalking.com
The professional body for independent UK based speech and language therapists
ICAN
ICAN http://www.ican.org.uk
Help and advice about speech, language and communication
Afasic
http://www.afasic.org.uk
Supports parents and represents children and young people with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
National Autistic Society
http://www.autism.org.uk
The leading UK charity for people with Autism
British Stammering Association
http://www.stammering.org
Advice and support for adults and children who stammer and their parents
I am a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in independent Practice (ASLTIP).
