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Alison Matthews

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Alison Matthews

Member since: 24/06/2022

I am the founder of Total Communication Services CIC which is a not-for-profit company based in Bury. (www.totalcommunication.org) established in 2015. Prior to this I worked in the NHS for 26 years in an adult learning disability service. I have experience of working with children and adults with learning disabilities, people living with dementia and mental health needs.
Alongside work with individuals, I am able to deliver communication training to staff and families and can create bespoke training to meet your needs. I am a Signalong tutor and a Talking Mats trainer.
I have worked as a Registered Intermediary and in a mental health hospital and a forensic setting. I am able to provide clinical supervision to Therapists and support staff. I have a MSc in Practice Development and am able to provide services with strategic as well as practical guidance around good communication practice.

Conditions treated
  • AAC (augmentative and alternative communication)
  • Aged care
  • Articulation and phonology
  • Autism spectrum
  • Behavioural difficulties
  • Capacity assessment support
  • Case management
  • Cerebral palsy
  • Cognitive -communication difficulties
  • Communication skills at work
  • Dementia
  • Down's syndrome
  • Dyspraxia/Childhood Apraxia of speech
  • Intermediary work
  • Learning disability
  • Medico-legal (including reports for legal proceedings)
  • Mental health
  • Mentoring
  • Motor speech disorders
  • Online therapy / Telehealth
  • Selective mutism
  • Signing
  • Social and emotional difficulties
  • Supervision
  • Training
  • Training for educational settings/schools/SEN staff
  • Tribunal assessments or reports
  • Visual impairment
  • Youth justice
Age ranges treated
  • Adult
  • Secondary school and adolescent
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