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Alison Matthews

Member since 24/06/2022

Actively taking new clients BL8
4 Years with ASLTIP
29 Areas of experience
2 Age groups
1 Practice location
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.

Who does Alison work with?

Adult Secondary school and adolescent

What can Alison help with?

  • 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

Where and how?

In person around BL8

Online therapy available UK-wide

What happens next?

  1. 1 Send your enquiry It goes straight to Alison's practice inbox.
  2. 2 Talk through what you need Ask questions and find out how the therapist may be able to help.
  3. 3 Begin support Agree the next step and move forward when you are ready.
Start with a message
Contact details
Practice locationBL8
WebsiteVisit Website
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