Nicola Spong
Speech and Language Therapist
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), Nicola Spong, provides therapy for children aged 2 to 18 years old and supportive intervention for their parents, carers and educators.
Having worked as a Speech and Language Therapist for the NHS for the last 14 years across the London Borough of Havering (NELFT), Nicola has become increasingly aware of the growing need for effective private Speech & Language Therapy, which can run in parallel with NHS SLT support.
Nicola has worked as a pre-school under five’s specialist, as well as providing therapy across mainstream schools throughout Havering, offering one-to-one and group therapy, assessment and advice. Her areas of specialism include speech sound delay and disorder, verbal dyspraxia, voice disorders in children, Cleft Palate and associated speech sound development, developmental language disorder and auditory memory difficulties.
Nicola has undertaken specialist postgraduate training in the following: The Nuffield Speech Sound Dyspraxia Programme, Cleft Palate and Complex Craniofacial Conditions (at Great Ormond Street Hospital, GOSH), Voice Disorders in Children and Young People (GOSH), Palin Parent Child Interaction (Palin PCI) and Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), to name but a few.
Nicola holds a PGDip Hons BSc in Speech and Language Therapy from City University and is a member of The Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP, www.asltip.com). She is HPC registered (www.hcpc-uk.org).
Nicola is a Mum of two children, who both attend local mainstream schools in Brentwood, providing her with links into local educational settings and SENCo support.
If you are concerned about your child’s speech and language development and you would like to find out more about Speech and Language Therapy sessions with Nicola here at Warley Grange Health (WGH), please email her at: nicola.spong@thespeechandlanguagepractice.com