About Us

Supporting Talking was established in 2011 and has since been supporting children and families across the South West.

We are a small, yet expanding, service offering child led, holistic speech and language support. We strive to ensure support is fully integrated with all key individuals, professionals and settings working with the child. Therapy is available for children with a range of needs and can be face to face or via video platform. We support children with:

Speech sound difficulties (phonology and articulation)

Language difficulties (delayed language skills and Developmental Language Disorder)

Fluency disorders (stammering/Stuttering)

Social communication difficulties

Supporting Talking also offers a range of training packages for schools, early years settings, Children’s Centres and parents. Supervision for Newly Qualified and developing Therapists is also available.

EXPERTISE

Assessment

We offer holistic assessment of children’s speech, language and communication needs. We work with children of all ages.

Training

We offer training for schools, nurseries and parents. Experts in developing training programmes, we offer bespoke training face to face or online to suit your requirements.

Therapy

We offer face to face and Telehealth (via video platform). We offer flexible packages to suit your budget. Therapy can be offered at home or in your child’s education setting.

Resources

We have a website (supporting talking.com) dedicated to advice, information and resources to support speech, language and communication skills in the early years.

SLTs

Nicola

Owner

Nicola qualified as a Speech & Language in 2007. She received a BSc Honours Degree awarded by the Universities of Exeter & Plymouth.

Nicola is a specialist in Early Years and also has extensive experience working in primary schools with children who have speech sound difficulties. In addition, Nicola is Vice-Chair on the Executive Board of Directors for The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP) and a mum to a rather lively preschooler!

Katie

Associate

Katie is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with experience working with children across a range of settings, including nurseries, mainstream primary schools, and specialist primary and secondary schools.

Katie is a supportive and empathetic Therapist, bringing enthusiasm and fun to all her sessions. Katie also splits her time across independent practice and a local NHS Trust.

Christine

Associate

Christine is a qualified Speech & Language Therapist with more than 15 years experience working with preschool and school age children. She works with a range of needs but is a specialist in social communication and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Christine has extensive experience working within the NHS and working collaboratively within multi professional teams.