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Jessica Wates

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Jessica Wates

Member since: 13/09/2022

I am the lead SLT and director of Building Blocks SLT Ltd. an independent Speech and Language Therapy Practice located in West Sussex. At Building Blocks SLT we adopt a neurodiversity informed approach where we respect and encourage individual communication differences and support our children to develop into confident communicators whatever that may look like for them. We work closely with parents and carers to ensure that the child’s communication environment is enriched both inside and outside of therapy sessions. Our main aim is joy and improved communication. We work holistically, using a Total Communication approach, to ensure that every child can find their own voice, whether that be learning words, developing speech sounds, or looking at alternative and augmentative ways to communicate with others.

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Conditions treated
  • AAC (augmentative and alternative communication)
  • Articulation and phonology
  • Attention related difficulties (ADD, ADHD)
  • Auditory Processing Disorder
  • Autism spectrum
  • Behavioural difficulties
  • Bilingualism
  • Developmental Language Disorder
  • Down's syndrome
  • Dyslexia
  • Dyspraxia/Childhood Apraxia of speech
  • Early childhood language development
  • Language disorder
  • Learning disability
  • Mainstream Schools
  • Mental health
  • Mentoring
  • Play skills
  • Prevention
  • Selective mutism
  • Signing
  • Social and emotional difficulties
  • Training
  • Training for educational settings/schools/SEN staff
  • Visual impairment
Age ranges treated
  • Preschool
  • Primary School
  • Secondary school and adolescent
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