Speech Works Testimonials

"Laura is working with our child. She has essentially taken a nonverbal child and is working through an individual programme tailored to meet his needs. Laura has achieved what other professionals said was not possible. She has given our child a voice and is enabling him to be the best he can be. Laura has a wonderful ability in the way she connects with our child. Our child looks forward to his sessions with her and we are so pleased with his progress."

"Laura has been working with West End School for almost a year now and her provision has been invaluable to us and the children. Laura's professionalism, knowledge and flexibility has meant that we can understand and meet the needs of different children quickly and effectively. Working together, we have developed a package which works for our pupils, parents and staff supporting the children though quality targets, action plans, detailed sessions and thorough evaluations. Our children are making great strides in their speech and language development and our staff are now more confident in identifying pupils with speech and languages needs and ways we can help them."

"Laura has achieved what other professionals said was not possible. She has given our child a voice and is enabling him to be the best he can be. Laura has a wonderful ability in the way she connects with our child. Our child looks forward to his sessions with Laura and we are so pleased with his progress."

"Again - as always, thank you so much for all your input with C; we are extremely pleased with how much he's progressed again, his speech is just coming on and on every week."

"Laura, I honestly cannot thank you enough, (she’s the most amazing Speech Therapist ever)!! J wouldn’t be where he is if it wasn’t for you."

"Laura has played a huge part in helping our 3 year old to improve his speech. He has significant struggles, but we have seen great forward strides since he has been working with Laura. She has a very friendly and personable nature, getting on brilliantly with our son, but also acts in a professional remit. Our son has really bonded with Laura, and is now growing in confidence and trying new words frequently, we can't thank her enough!"

"When my son reached age 4 and the majority of people in his life couldn't tell what he was trying to say we knew we had to get him extra support. Laura has helped my son to progress and to say many essential everyday words which he's never been able to pronounce before. He really enjoys his sessions with Laura and they have lots of fun whilst practicing his speech. Laura has given us so much advice regarding his speech disorder and also how to ensure provisions have been put in place prior to him commencing school. It is clear that she truly cares about the children that she sees. Laura is extremely professional at all times but also friendly and approachable. We can't thank her enough for all her help and we consider ourselves very lucky to have found Laura when we did."

"Laura combines expertise and experience with a friendly and supportive approach, treating our children as the individuals they are. We have found Laura's help invaluable. In addition to her expert professional advice, she is so kind, helpful and supportive. Laura worked so hard to engage with our children, the whole family and nursery/school, getting us all on board and maximising the impact of her strategies. She adapted her approach to suit our personal circumstances and took time to help us deal with the emotional impact as well as giving practical advice on how to move things forward. She went above and beyond on more than one occasion and we would thoroughly recommend her services."

"Laura is fantastic. During the 9 months she's worked with our son, we've seen a massive improvement in his speech. Before working with Laura he was unintelligible to most people including family. Now, he is understood by those he comes into contact with and has the confidence to speak to those he's only just met. Laura's knowledge and experience was clear from day one. Our son’s relationship with Laura is relaxed, fun and respectful. Contacting Laura was the best decision we ever made."

"We absolutely love Laura, with her help our son’s speech has developed amazingly which has boosted his confidence no end. Laura is super friendly and amazing with kids, she makes the sessions fun and interactive and our son is completely at ease with her. Laura is also great at giving guidance on how to encourage their development and practice what they learn in sessions. We honestly wouldn't hesitate in recommending Laura."

"Warm, friendly , intuitive and engaging - all attributes that get results along with her knowledge, professional experience and indepth understanding of language and social communication. Our son responded positively to Laura from their first meeting and we are really pleased with his progress. We have no hesitation in recommending Laura to other parents, carers and providers of children’s services."

"Thank you for your brilliant job. My son came out of his shell from the first session with you. It was a joy to see him showing character as the week progressed. I can’t wait for his school to notice and I’m sure his reading will go through the roof!"

"Laura has been supporting my son with Verbal Dyspraxia for nearly six months now and I can’t believe the progress he is making. When Laura met my son she quickly realised his vowel pronunciation was extremely poor and it was having a strong effect on his ability to communicate. She focussed heavily on this for the first few months and it has had a dramatic effect on his ability to be understood by others. His rate of progress has sky rocketed. I firmly believe every child with a speech disorder deserves a speech therapist as talented and enthusiastic as Laura."

"We look forward to our sessions with Laura. She immediately identified possible issues with our sons speech which others had failed to highlight. Laura has developed a series of strategies to help move our sons interaction and speech forward. We consider Laura to be part of our team, she has always gone that extra mile in everything she has done. We would highly recommend her friendly and professional service."

"Laura has been great! Our son has come such a long way, it’s amazing! I can’t imagine where we’d be without her intervention. It has helped my child’s confidence so much, seeing him talk and interact with his peers makes us burst with pride, we have Laura to thank for that. As we continue with our therapy sessions with Laura, I’m confident we will have our son where he needs to be for starting school. We couldn’t be more grateful to you, Thankyou Laura."