Jill Redgrave

Hello!
Speech and language therapy can help people with a wide variety of speech, language, and communication needs, enhancing their ability to effectively participate in interaction with others. Language is also the medium through which learning takes place, so that speech and language therapy plays a vital role in helping children and young people to better access the school curriculum and maximise their academic potential.

I work with children and adolescents at Positive Leap in North Wales where we celebrate different learning styles whilst providing strategies to deal with the difficulties. I provide initial assessments, individualised intervention programmes, and review appointments to help children and young people with unique speech, language, and communication needs. I am passionate about helping individuals develop communication, speech, language, literacy, and social skills to build confidence, independence, and lifelong potential.

Assessment may include formal standardised assessments or informal techniques like observation of your child’s play or completion of questionnaires for secondary school pupils. I am also qualified as an autism assessor trained in ADOS-2 and ADI-R. After assessment, spoken or written feedback is provided. Assessment results are then used to develop a programme of intervention, if needed.

Intervention is provided in the form of individual sessions and/or written activity plans. The number and frequency of these sessions will be agreed at the outset of a course of intervention. Therapy activities are tailored to the age and interest of the child or young person. They are often enjoyable and fun, whilst simultaneously being designed to achieve specific goals.

Review appointments occur at the end of an agreed period of intervention, in order to monitor progress and to provide ongoing feedback and discussion about progress and therapeutic goals.

Training. An Elklan tutor, I provide evidence-based training for teachers, teaching assistants, early years practitioners and parents.

There are many different types of communication problem in children and young people which can be helped by speech and language therapy, either directly through therapeutic intervention, or indirectly by creation of communication-friendly environments at home or at school. If you would like to discuss the possibilities that speech and language therapy can provide, please don’t hesitate to get in touch for an initial chat.

Who I see

I offer speech, language, and communication assessment and therapeutic intervention for children aged from 2 to 18 years with the following range of needs:

Early developmental delays in speech, language and communication development

I may be able to help your child, aged 2-5 years, if they are displaying some of the following behaviours:
-late to start talking
-difficulty with attention and listening skills
-difficulty understanding what you are saying; for example, unable to follow simple instructions
-difficultly linking words together to form sentences
-unclear speech
-difficulty playing with or interacting with others
-late development of play skills

Speech delay/disorder

A delay or disorder in development of speech sound production may result in unclear speech, accompanied by frustration at not being understood. As children with unclear or immature speech increase in age (from 3 to 18 years), their speech problems may affect them socially and emotionally. I can provide structured programmes and activities which target speech sound production to help your child achieve clear, more intelligible speech.

Language delay/disorder

Language difficulties occur in older children and young people (aged 5-18) who struggle to communicate effectively.
Does your child seem to struggle to understand language that they have heard or read?
Do they find it hard to follow single- or multi-step directions?
Do they have expressive language impairment where they have difficulty putting their thoughts into words?
If you are concerned about your child’s language development, I may be able to help.

Academic difficulties

I work with school-aged children and young people up to the age of 18 who are struggling academically, due to reading and writing problems or learning differences. If your child or young person is struggling at school, they may have an underlying undiagnosed language problem, and assessment and input from a speech and language therapist may help. I can provide an in-depth assessment and report to help you to obtain an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for your child so that they have access to additional support in school settings.

If you have concerns about your child, please get in touch to discuss them.

Testimonials

“Jill Redgrave did a superb job in evaluating my three-year-old child with language delays.” (Parent)

“Jill’s intelligence and her caring attitude, with lots of interesting hands-on activities, were crucial to obtain superior results in such a young client.
My sentiments of gratitude for Jill’s work are shared by other mothers within my community of patients and friends.” (Parent)

“Thank you for all your assistance with Joseph’s speech lessons… Your methods and games have helped Joseph immensely, making learning fun and interesting.” (Parent)

“Jill’s consistent and fun approach to speech therapy is what made the difference in my son’s fast progress. I was near tears the day Jill said, ‘Your son is fine now… You don’t need to bring him to me any more.” (Parent)

“Mrs Redgrave provided screening and therapy services for the students of our school for about two years. During this time, she provided professional and reliable support for our students, their families, and our teachers.
One thing that stood out about Mrs Redgrave was her integrity. Although she worked privately, she would never recommend on-going speech therapy for a child that did not need it. Her nurturing manner endears her to children. And parents will appreciate her professionalism and prompt reporting.” (Student Service Co-ordinator, IB World School)

“I feel very passionate that everybody knows just how much of a life-line to Jess you have been since we met you! In addition, your professionalism, support and advice along with all your encouragement for both Jess and myself was and still is invaluable.” (Parent)

“Thank you so much for all your help over the past months. The progress Jamie has made has been simply incredible and we certainly wouldn’t have achieved it without your help and guidance”. (Parent March 2019)

“I would like to thank you for the report you undertook via Zoom. Today I received a call to let us know that the education authority will be issuing a statement of special needs for Alex. They added that it would not have been possible without the extensive report from you.
I am so very grateful to you for your understanding, patience and the time you took to help us”. (Parent September 2020)

More about me

I qualified as a speech and language therapist with a BA(Hons) degree in Linguistics and Language Pathology at the University of Reading. I provide speech and language therapy face-to-face or via telepractice to clients in North Wales.

I have worked in a variety of settings in both the UK and the Bahamas, including in NHS community clinics, schools in Manchester and Cheshire, IB World Schools in the Bahamas, special education settings, and private clinics. I have had over twenty years of experience as a private practitioner.

I specialise in early language development (2-5 years), language delays and difficulties (including their impact on education and social communication), and speech sound difficulties.

I actively encourage liaison between school, home and other relevant professionals to achieve consistency of care for the children and young people who I see.

In addition to my work as a speech and language therapist with the paediatric population, I have many years of experience with bringing up my own three children. This has enhanced my practical, hands-on awareness of children’s behaviour from birth to adulthood, and how they learn best. I know how difficult it can be to juggle work and family commitments, so I plan intervention activities and home practice strategies that can be easily incorporated into everyday life at school, at home, in the car, or wherever life may take you.

I am a member of the following professional bodies:

• 
  Health & Care Professions Council as a registered Speech and Language Therapist
• 
  Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
• 
  Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP)

I am also fully registered under the Data Protection Act.

Fees

My fees are available on request. Please do get in touch.

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Online resources to get you started

Afasic – Voice for Life – Provides help for parents of children with speech, language and communication difficulties.

ICAN Talking Point – ICAN is a charity which provides help to children and families impacted by communication difficulty. Their Talking Point provides resources and fact sheets for parents and professionals; for example, information about speech and language development at different ages so parents can check their child’s progress. There is also information about what speech and language therapy assessment is all about.

BBC Tiny Happy People – This link provides lots of activities and play ideas to help your young child, aged 0-5 years, to develop their communication skills for the best possible start in life.

Words for Life – Created by the National Literacy Trust, this link has activities and support for helping to improve language, literacy and communication skills from home for ages 0-12 years.

Contact Me

You can contact me by ringing the following mobile number: 07544 485333, or by sending me an email at the following addresses: admin@positiveleap.co.uk or jill@positiveleap.co.uk
I look forward to hearing from you.