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TESTIMONIALS
"Her work was a watershed moment in my son’s development"
"My son was diagnosed with ASD at the age of four. Three years on he was experiencing particular communication difficulties stemming from the presumption that because he could speak ok, he understood what was said to him. In fact he didn’t. This was picked up during an independent SaLT assessment at the age of seven. He had fallen way behind at school and was unable to keep up either academically or socially. The assessment prompted weekly therapy sessions with Cathy for 16 months and the results were nothing short of transformative. My son is now communicating 100 times better than before he worked with Cathy. She built a brilliant relationship with my son and her weekly sessions massively increased his understanding of language by giving him the building blocks and then the confidence to use them. She worked on prepositions, conversation, categorisation, tenses, inference, turn-taking etc, but crucially made the sessions so fun it was nothing like work. She also gave us games and exercises to practise at home. Speech therapy became a critical, but enjoyable part of our weekly routine. Although my son no longer works with Cathy due to her recent marriage and move away from London, her work was a watershed moment in my son’s development and for that we will always be very grateful". (Mrs W - child aged 8)
"Our daughter made very real progress, which is what we want most of all!"
“Cathy has looked after our daughter for 17 months during which time she made very real progress, which is what we want most of all. Cathy is utterly professional: seriously competent, diligent in all things and incredibly child friendly and caring to the parent’s needs as well. We will miss her but wish her every success in her new practice”. (Mrs W - child aged 6)
"I would highly recommend an assessment from Giraffe Speech and Language Therapy"
"We had been concerned about our three year old's speech for a while and had contacted the NHS therapy team and been told to come back when he was a bit older. I am so pleased we got in touch with Cathy to ask for an assessment. She visited our son at home where he felt comfortable. She was positive and fun as well as being incredibly thorough. At the end of the session Cathy was able to tell me the areas we needed to work on. We were really pleased with the report we received - it was well balanced, accurate and detailed. I had known that something 'wasnt quite right' but to know exactly what, is immensely helpful. I would highly recommend an assessment from Giraffe Speech and Language Therapy." (Mrs O - child aged 3)
"The most amazing support to our son"
"Thank you so much Cathy- you have been simply the most amazing support to our son. He has gone from the shyest little boy because he struggled to make himself understood to the most outgoing and chatty little one! The transformation is amazing and thanks to Cathy's incredible support, patience and expertise".
"Cathy has been such a support to my daughter's progress"
"Within such a short period of time the confidence gained has helped my daughter develop in ways I hadn't expected. She is talking more, asking more questions and is so much more engaged with communication". (Mrs C - child aged 6)
"Our son’s confidence has blossomed and he is now a little chatterbox"!
Our son has been seeing Cathy for a few months, he loves his sessions with her and really looks forward to them. Cathy was able to correct many of his sounds in a few weeks, and he is now self-correcting when he makes a mistake, so is making even faster progress. But by far the best development has been how his confidence has just blossomed in the time he has been seeing Cathy. He has gone from a quiet boy who was afraid to speak in case he wasn’t understood, to a little chatterbox who has so many ideas and thoughts to share, and now has the confidence to speak to the world. (Mrs B - child aged 3)
"We all enjoyed our time with Cathy!"
“Our daughter had speech therapy over the past year with Cathy and always looked forward to their sessions. Cathy significantly helped our daughter to develop her speech, while working on her concentration levels as well as encouraging her and building on her confidence. Cathy is patient and with a sweet nature who connects easily with children, while being very professional with communication and providing thorough reports on progress for the parents. We all enjoyed our time with Cathy and we will miss her”. (Mrs K - child aged 4)
"I would not hesitate to recommend her services"
“Cathy has a vast knowledge and mastery of speech and speech development. We benefited greatly from her expertise, and her techniques and therapies used were of an immense help to improve the speech of our young child (delayed speech). Cathy herself is a very warm person and has a very pleasing personality. She gets on with children really well. Her sessions were always fun while being productive at the same time. Her tender approach to deal with children and understanding their needs during the sessions is highly commendable & made our son at great ease. I would not hesitate to recommend her services to anybody who may be concerned about their children's speech development, or where English is not the primary language spoken at home”. (Mr and Mrs L - child aged 6)
"Cathy is professional, organised and a very dedicated speech therapist but is most importantly FUN!"
"Cathy started seeing my son when he was just over 3 years old as he started talking much later than his peers. His speech delay made it very difficult to be understood by his teachers and this affected my poor boy's confidence. Since he started speech therapy with Cathy, my son’s communication skills have greatly improved and I could just see his confidence growing as he is able to exhibit his verbal skills in school. Being able to sit in during the sessions has also allowed us to apply similar communication techniques with our son at home. Cathy is professional, organised and a very dedicated speech therapist but is most importantly FUN. My son is always excited to see Cathy for his sessions as she creates such fun environment with songs, toys and games!" (Mrs F - child aged 6)
"Cathy has shown our son unfaltering patience, good humour and kindness"
"Throughout our three year journey together, Cathy has been a pleasure to have around. She has always been utterly professional,
reliable and is a great communicator. She has shown our son unfaltering patience, good humour and kindness, whilst skilfully drawing out the best from him. Despite being suspected of having a severe speech disorder, he has gone from a frustrated toddler with very few sounds, to a talkative, confident schoolboy, with speech that is within normal bounds for his age. We couldn’t be more delighted with his progression, or with Cathy’s support". (Mrs H - Child aged 5)
