About Us
We are fully qualified speech
and language therapists with a total of over 40 years experience
working in this field
Rosemary Doherty
Rosie qualified as a speech and language therapist in 1972 after training in London at UCL. She has worked in a
wide range of hospital, community and education settings throughout her
career as an NHS therapist. She was a service manager for 15 years and
a Team leader for 7 years before becoming a private practitioner.
She
has extensive experience from her work in Nottingham, London, Norwich
and the Great Yarmouth and Suffolk Areas, with a wide range of
difficulties which include children and adults with neurological
difficulties (progressive neurological disorders, stroke, head injury,
cerebral palsy) and voice disorders, children with special educational
needs, for example: complex language difficulties, Autism Spectrum
Disorders, Down Syndrome, literacy problems.
She is an accredited
trainer and supervisor. She has a strong belief in working
collaboratively with teaching staff, and therapists as well as carers.
Aaron Davis
Aaron
worked as a teacher before training as a speech and language therapist
at City University, London, where he qualified in 2001. He gained
experience working in various NHS settings in Islington, Haringay and
Barnet and at the Connect Centre for adults who have suffered a stroke.
He has since worked in Norwich and North Norfolk for the NHS Primary
Care Trust and latterly as a private practitioner and in collaboration
with Suffolk Southern Area Education Authority, where he has gained
extensive experience working with children with Special Needs, in
particular: Autism Spectrum Disorder, complex language problems and
literacy difficulties, children with Down Syndrome and muscle based
difficulties. He is also trained in the Lidcombe method working with
children who stutter. He has particular interest in the impact of
speech and language difficulties on learning to read and write and the
psychological impact of communication difficulties.
Aaron has also worked as a supervisor / facilitator with speech and language therapists and students.