Meet Kate
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Hello! My name is Kate and I am a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and owner of CommuniKate, an Independent Speech and Language Therapy Service.
I am registered with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP).
I work with many different types of Speech, Language and Communication needs on a day to day basis and specialise in working with children who have Social Communication difficulties.
I support many children who have significant Speech Sound Disorders and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). I have vast experience working within Nurseries, Mainstream Primary Schools, Special Education Needs (SEN) Settings and Children’s Centres.
I have a range of experience in the following Intervention approaches:
- Colourful Semantics
- Makaton and key-word Signing
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)
- Communication Books and iPad Communication apps.
- Lego-based Therapy
- Using visuals to support communication
- Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme
- Cycles Speech Therapy
- Early Language Intervention
- Attention Autism
Kate Blundell
BSC (Hons), MRCSLT, MASLTIP, HCPC Registered.