Since qualifying as a speech and language therapist in 2002, I have worked with children with speech, language and communication needs. Working in the NHS for the first ten years of my career, I worked in a variety of settings including special schools, mainstream schools and community clinics. My particular interest is in working with children and families with developmental language disorder, and I have spent a large amount of my clinical career working in language resource bases (for primary and secondary aged children) and in specialist provisions for pre-school children with language difficulties. Recently, I have been continuing my clinical work alongside my teaching as an independent practitioner, working in schools and with children and families.

I work part-time as a Senior Teaching Fellow and my role on the MSc Speech and Language Sciences involves coordinating the module SLAN0004: Management of Communication Difficulties 1: Language and Cognition. This module addresses language disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder and learning disability and covers theory, assessment and intervention approaches. I am the Head of Year A, the first year of study on the programme, and I also have a role in teaching and assessment in SLAN0003: Professional Studies 1.

I achieved Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2013 and have worked with UCL Arena to support other applicants in gaining recognition for their teaching. In September 2019 I began study towards a PhD on a part-time basis, supervised by Professor Wendy Best.