Catherine has experience in both working directly with children as well as managing a team of speech and language therapists and assistants.
Catherines area of clinical expertise is in school aged children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) as well Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and social communication disorder. In addition to this Catherine has a keen interest in coaching and training education practitioners in adapting classroom practice for pupils with speech, language and communication needs.
Catherine works across a range of settings including; clinics, schools, specialist resource bases and within homes too. She regularly assesses, plans, and provides interventions for a range of SLCN including phonology delay and disorder, dyspraxia, SLI, ASD and social communication. Catherine actively contributes to multi-agency assessment and diagnosis of ASD or social communication disorders as part of the school age pathways team.
BSc (Hons) Psychology and Speech Pathology - Manchester Metropolitan University
PGCE (Primary Teaching) - University of Southampton
Catherine is a highly knowledgeable and skilled paediatric speech and language therapist with a total of over 17 years of clinical experience within the NHS and private sector.
Catherine O'Sullivan
Catherine has paediatric 17 years of experience in a range of different settings, she has experience working with:
Catherine works in accordance to the professional and ethical guidelines set by the HCPC and RCSLT.
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