Khrystal Adams, Operations Executive Expand Khrystal has joined AVUK’s operations team recently. Supporting the Operations Manager, Khrystal assists with a wide variety of tasks within each part of AVUK. Khrystal works Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm, remotely and in our London office. Email: [email protected]
Antonia Aldous, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand Antonia’s first degree was in Biomedical Science from Kings College London. After a few years in medical research, she retrained as a Speech and Language Therapist at City University in London, qualifying in 2002. She worked at Hounslow Primary Care Trust for 5 years, working with preschool and primary aged children with hearing loss as well as in a language unit. Antonia then moved to the Speech Language and Hearing Centre at Christopher Place in London where she worked as a Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist with preschool children with hearing loss and their families. As part of her role, she was the Speech and Language Therapist on the Cochlear Implant Team at St Georges Hospital where she worked for 5 years. It was whilst at St Georges Hospital that she was first introduced to Auditory Verbal Therapy. She was so enthused and excited by it, that she started her training as and Auditory Verbal Therapist at AVUK, qualifying as an LSLS Cert. AVT in 2016. Antonia is passionate about helping children meet their auditory potential, empowering and skilling parents and carers. She believes that therapy should be fun and enjoyable for everybody! Antonia works part-time remotely and at the London Centre on Mondays and Wednesdays from home, 9.45am to 13.45. E mail: [email protected]
Lyndsey Allen, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand Graduating as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1998, Lyndsey’s spent 25 years learning about child development and supporting families to get better outcomes for their children. She’s worked across public, private, and charitable sectors in both clinical and leadership roles, cementing an international reputation as a speaker and trainer. A LSLS Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist since 2008 and PRINCE 2 qualified project manager, she has a distinctive skill set of clinical and business skills. She’s currently working across 3 different organisations. As conference director for ASLTIP (Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice), as clinician and consultant for her independent practice THINK TALK and LEARN, and with AVUK across both training and clinical teams. When she’s not working you might find her pulling some shapes on a yoga mat or hanging out with 4 kids at the park. Publications Hutchins., T. Allen., L & Schefer., M (2017) Using the Theory of Mind Inventory to Detect a Broad Range of Theory of Mind Challenges in Children with Hearing Loss: A Pilot Study Deafness & Education International (Published online 2017.01.23) Allen, L. & Simpson Allen, J (2012) What can a parent and professional do in a home-based program when they do not have a lot of “therapy” toys? In W. Estabrooks (Ed.), 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Auditory-Verbal Practice (pp.93-97). Washington DC: The Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Plus numerous articles for professional and parent publications such as Bulletin (SLT magazine) and BATOD (Teacher of the Deaf magazine). Lyndsey works Wednesday between 10am-12pm. Email: [email protected]
Caroline Armstrong, Senior Partnerships Manager Expand Caroline joined AVUK in April 2023 as Senior Partnerships Manager (maternity cover). She has lived experience of how Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) helps deaf children with listening and speaking skills. Her nephew in Australia was born deaf and with the support of AVT he has communication skills on par with his peers and aspires to be an actor. See Ryan’s story. She has a wealth of experience working with global and national brands and their CSR and corporate communication teams. Her passion and focus are to build strong funding partnerships with corporates, individuals, and the government here in the UK enabling AVUK to achieve their 10-year target of life-changing unrestricted access to AVT for all deaf children 0-5 years, their families, and carers. A model that is already available in many other countries like Australia. Email: [email protected] Telephone: 020 3763 6492 Pronouns: She/Her
Louise Ashton, Training Lead and Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand MA Communication Pathology, MRCSLT, PgDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Louise is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory Verbal Therapist. She is dually trained as a Speech-Language Therapist and Audiologist and obtained her masters degree at the University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2004. Louise relocated to the UK and specialised in delivering audiology and speech and language therapy to various client groups working for the National Health Service (NHS) and Local Authorities (LA) in Scotland, London and Bristol. She undertook training whilst working for the NHS to become a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in children with hearing loss. She completed her postgraduate diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy with distinction at Aston University in 2011. She was mentored towards LSLS CertAVT® whilst working at AVUK. Louise also trained in the assessment and treatment of oro-motor speech production difficulties using the PROMPT approach (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Target). Louise leads on Auditory Verbal UK’s online AGBell and RCSLT accredited Foundation and Advanced training programs, supports the clinical team, mentor in-house trainees, provide intervention services using telepractice, and regularly travels internationally to give lectures or train professionals. She supports a small caseload of families who received technology from the Johannesburg Implant program. in her private practise in South Africa. Louise works remotely from South Africa and in our London centre Working hours: Monday -Thursday core hours 08:00-12:00 and remainder flexible (Nov-April). Monday-Thursday core hours 07:00-11:00 and remainder flexible (April-Nov). Publications: Clark, F., Ashton, L., Kenely, N., Hogan, S. (2021). International Telepractice for therapy and training – Auditory Verbal UK’s Perspective. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups Quayle, R.E., Ashton, L. & Estabrooks, W. (2020). The Development of Play and Auditory-Verbal Therapy. IN Estabrooks, W., McCaffrey Morrison, H. & Maclver-Lux, K. Auditory-Verbal Therapy Science, Research and practice. Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., Maclver-Lux, K., Ashton, L. & Quayle, R.E, (2020). The Auditory-Verbal Session: Planning, Delivery and Evaluation. IN Estabrooks, W., McCaffrey Morrison, H. & Maclver-Lux, K. Auditory-Verbal Therapy Science, Research and practice. Plural Publishing Inc. Ashton, L. & Clark, F. (2017). Turning Pages Through the Ages: Acceleration progress through interactive book sharing. British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Association Magazine, September 2017. ISSN 1336-0799. Ashton, L. & Gazeley, K. (2017). The Parent Journey. British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Association Magazine, May 2017. ISSN 1336-0799. MacIver-Lux, Lim, S.R., Rhoades, E.A., Robertson, L., Quayle. R. & Honck. (2016). Milestones in Auditory-Verbal Development: Auditory Processing Speech, Language, Emergent Literacy , Play and Theory of Mind in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp219-262). Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K., Honck, L. & Quayle. R. (2016). Blueprint of and Auditory-Verbal Therapy Session in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp 341-350). Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., Honck, L., Tannebaum-Katsaggelos, S., de Melo, M.E., Clem, B.C., Sindrey, D., Katz, L., MacIver-Lux, K & Steacie, P. (2016). Auditory Verbal Therapy in Action: Step-by-Step Session Plans in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp 351-472). Plural Publishing Inc. Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Louise Honck Facebook: Louise Avuk
Victoria Bishop-Rowe, Head of Communications and Engagement Expand Victoria, known as Tori, joined AVUK in August 2022 bringing with her almost 10 years of strategic communications experience working across the public and charity sectors. Tori is passionate about integrated, agile and effective communications having previously developed and led national campaigns that create positive change, build profile and deliver measurable outcomes at organisations including Terrance Higgins Trust, The Electoral Commission and The National Lottery Community Fund. Heading up the communications team which covers digital comms, PR, marketing and public affairs, Tori is helping deliver the ambitious and exciting 10-year strategy and create a groundswell for support for AV therapy to ensure all deaf children have the same opportunities in life as their hearing peers. Tori works from Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/Her
Alicja Boryn, Volunteer Expand Alicja completed her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences, then spent a year on the project management graduate scheme at Rolls-Royce. She left this to complete an MSc Environment and Development, before joining the Civil Service Project Delivery Fast Stream in 2020. So far, Alicja has completed postings in the Department of Transport and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Alicja joined AVUK on a six-month secondment, where her main focus was leading on the hybrid working policy. Alicja now volunteers for AVUK and supports the fundraising team. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/Her
Jennifer B. Boyd, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand M.A. Speech-Language Pathology, LSLS Cert. AVT Jennifer is a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, certified Auditory Verbal therapist. She currently works across AVUK's clinical, training, and outreach teams remotely from Edinburgh. Jennifer trained to be a speech and language therapist at Baylor University and received her master’s degree from the University of Kansas. She began providing auditory-verbal therapy to families at Hearts for Hearing, a comprehensive hearing healthcare center in Oklahoma City in 2012. She qualified as a certified Auditory Verbal therapist in 2015 and continued her full-time, clinical role at Hearts for Hearing until relocating to Scotland. In 2020, Jennifer accepted a position at Hearing First, an online learning community supporting families and professionals pursuing listening and spoken language outcomes for children with hearing loss. Jennifer joined the team at AVUK in December 2021. In addition to her roles at AVUK, Jennifer continues as a consultant and mentor for professionals pursuing certification as listening and spoken language specialists at Hearts for Hearing and Hearing First. Jennifer works Thursday 8-12 and Friday 13:00-16:00, but is currently on maternity leave. Email: [email protected]
Susannah Burden, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand BSc (Hons) SLT, Cert MRCSLT, PgDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Susannah is a listening and spoken language specialist, certified Auditory Verbal therapist. She is currently working at our Oxfordshire centre, with time spent in clinical work with families and in training therapists. Susannah trained to be a speech and language therapist at De Montfort University and completed her postgraduate diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy at Aston University. She was mentored towards LSLS CertAVT® by Jacqueline Stokes, Donna Sperandio, Rosemary Richardson and Catherine White whilst working at Auditory Verbal UK. Susannah has specialised in delivering therapy to children with hearing loss since qualifying, and since 2011 as a certified auditory verbal therapist. Susannah is one of the trainers on the AVUK distance training course and has been mentoring and supporting professionals towards certification for a number of years. Susannah also delivers therapy to families both in person and via telepractice and has a specialist interest in speech development and supporting children with additional needs. Susannah works Wednesday and Thursday between 9am-5pm. Email: [email protected] Facebook: Susie Avuk
Frances Clark, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist and Clinical Lead Expand BA Speech and Hearing Therapy (Speech Pathology and Audiology), LSLS Cert. AVT® Frances qualified as a speech-language pathologist and audiologist at The University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 2004. After working in a South African hospital as a speech therapist/audiologist for one year, she moved to England in 2006. She worked for the Oxford Cochlear Implant Team and Oxford Primary Care Trust as a highly specialist speech and language therapist in deafness. She then worked as a highly specialist speech and language therapist for The Elizabeth Foundation, for pre-school deaf children and their parents, developing the speech and language therapy programme there. In 2013, she began training in Auditory Verbal Therapy through our Part 1 course. In October 2013, she joined the team at AVUK and in August 2015 she qualified as an LSLS Cert. AVT. Frances is the Clinical Lead for AVUK. Frances regularly presents at conferences and delivers training both in the UK and abroad. She has a special interest in using books in therapy, Theory of Mind and Sensory Integration. She obtained a postgraduate certificate in Sensory Integration through Ulster University in January 2018. In 2019 she won a scholarship for Henley Business School and completed a Professional Certificate in Coaching. Frances is a member of the Global Matters committee for A G Bell. Frances works Monday-Thursday 8:30am – 5:30pm at the London centre and via telepractice. Email: [email protected] LinkedIn:Frances Clark Facebook: Frances Avuk Twitter: @frances_AVT
Melanie Davis, Senior Philanthropy Manager Expand Melanie joined AVUK in September 2023 as the Senior Philanthropy Manager to help champion the 10-year vision to help all families who want their child to be able to listen and talk to access Auditory Verbal Therapy. Her career spans well over a decade in the charity sector in both the United States and Australia. Melanie loves building relationships with donors to help them achieve their philanthropic goals of seeing real change for others. She is also a Trustee of the Junior League of London and is currently serving as the Fund Development Vice President for 2023-2024 in a volunteer capacity. Melanie works 8:30am - 4:30pm every day except Wednesdays. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/her
Tony Deans, Programme Manager Expand Tony Deans has joined AVUK on a six-month secondment from the UK Civil Service Fast Stream. He will be assisting in instituting a programme management structure to help AVUK overcome barriers to its training of professionals. Prior to joining the Civil Service, Tony served in the Royal Navy. Tony works from home on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 - 4pm and in the office on Tuesday from 9 - 5pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: he/him
Rebecca de Vyea, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand Rebecca is a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and Auditory Verbal Therapist. Rebecca trained to be a speech and language therapist at the University of Newcastle in 2002, qualifying with a master’s degree in Language Pathology. She began training with AVUK in October 2018 and qualified as an Auditory Verbal Therapist in 2023. Rebecca has specialised in delivering therapy to children with hearing loss since 2008. She works with babies, pre-school, and some older children with varying degrees of hearing loss and language levels. Rebecca works- Tuesdays 8:30-4:30; Thursday 1pm-5pm; and Fridays 8:30-4:30. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/her
Rachel French, Operations Manager Expand In January 2022 Rachel celebrated 15 years' at AVUK. As part of the Operations team her role encompasses governance, HR, facilities, IT, clinical administration and scheduling. She is also responsible for the scheduling and administration for all of AVUK's Foundation and Advanced training courses and Continued Mentorship programmes. Rachel works flexi-hours and is primarily home-based, her core hours are Mon-Thurs 09.30-17.30. Email: [email protected] LinkedIn: Rachel French
Estelle Gerrett, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand LSLS Cert. AVT, B.Ed (Hons), Adv Post.Grad Dip HI Estelle's career in working with hearing loss and speech development began under personal circumstances. Her son, Nathan, contracted meningitis when he was one, and lost his hearing as a result. Despite being told that Nathan would not be able to develop speech, Estelle believed there must be a way. So Estelle, who already had a career as a primary school teacher, went to University and gained a Masters in Hearing Impairment and Speech Development so she could teach her son to talk. She later certified as an Auditory Verbal Therapist and over the past 14 years has coached hundreds of parents to develop their children’s listening, talking and social skills at the Hearing House in New Zealand. In September 2017 Estelle moved to the UK and joined the team of Auditory Verbal therapists at Auditory Verbal UK. At the end of 2021 Estelle returned to New Zealand but will continue to mentor trainees virtually and online. Estelle works in two week rotations. the first week she works on Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-5pm (in New Zealand local time), and in the second week she is contactable by email only. Email: [email protected]
Anita Grover, Chief Executive Expand Anita became Chief Executive of AVUK in 2013 following a 20 year career in the public sector. As a senior civil servant, she led communications on the government’s disability, employers, pensions and poverty agendas, working with a succession of cabinet ministers, business leaders and third sector organisations. Anita is profoundly deaf, having lost her hearing progressively from childhood. She had successful cochlear implant surgery in 2006 and brings to the role personal insight into hearing loss and a passion for improving outcomes for deaf children. In 2014 Anita became the first CEO of a UK-based charity to be awarded the Macquarie David Clarke Social Innovation Fellowship and was nominated for the 2015 Rising CEO of the Year at the Third Sector Awards. In Dec 2016 Anita was awarded a Fellowship by the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. Anita is a Fellow of the Institute of Direct and Digital Marketing; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a former governor of a primary school in Buckinghamshire. From 2018-2020 she supported smaller charities in the health sector as a consultant on the Kings Fund Cascading Leadership programme and is currently a coach on the GSK/Kings Fund Grow programme. Anita usually works Monday- Thursday, sometimes spread across Friday also. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @AnitaGrover Facebook: Anita Avuk Pronouns: She/Her
Sylvia Hallahan, Senior Partnerships Manager Expand Sylvia joined AVUK in November 2022 and brings with her a wealth of knowledge from working with global and national brands on consumer lead fundraising initiatives, as well as Charity of the Year partnerships and special events. She is passionate about empowering brands, employees and donors to make a real difference and raise expectations and outcomes for deaf children through access to Auditory Verbal Therapy. Sylvia works Monday – Friday both remotely in France and from the London centre. Email: [email protected]
Mariana Helbig, Senior Auditory Verbal Educator Expand MA CED LSLS Cert. AVEd Mariana is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she received a BA in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from the University of Buenos Aires in 1999. After finishing college, she settled in St. Louis, Missouri, United States with her husband; where she continued her professional development. In 2000 she obtained a scholarship from the Oberkotter Foundation, with which in 2002 she completed her Masters in Early Intervention in Deaf Education and the career of Teacher of the Deaf, as well as Teacher for the Deaf at Fontbonne University. In 2006, she obtained the certification as a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist - Auditory-Verbal Educator (LSLS Cert. AVEd). From the year 2000 to 2018, Mariana worked at the Moog Center for Deaf Education in St. Louis, Missouri, United States; first as a classroom assistant, and since 2002, providing early intervention to children with hearing loss and their families (0-5 years). Through the Moog Center, she acted as a consultant for two centers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Lima, Peru. In the year 2018, Mariana co-founded and created Escuchar sin Límites, a web page dedicated to supporting listening, spoken language, and cognition development of children who are deaf or hard of hearing through family empowerment, professional training, and access to information in Spanish. The opportunity of working in the United States and in Latin America, allowed Mariana to experience the disparity of access to resources and information available to Spanish speaking families and professionals, who support the development of people with hearing loss to the maximum of their potential, so they are active and full participants in their society. Mariana serves as a member of the AGBell Academy's Certification Committee since 2018, and the AGBell Academy's Board of Directors since 2021. In her spare time, Mariana spends time at home, travels, or visits her family and friends in Argentina. She enjoys the outdoors, hiking, skiing, walking, and paddleboarding. She currently resides in Düsseldorf, Germany with her husband, Sebastian, and their four sons, Santiago, Matías, Nicolás, and Tomás. Mariana generally works Monday – Thursday typically between 8am and 12pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/her
Sarah Henry, Senior Development Manager Expand Sarah joined AVUK in April 2023 as Senior Development Manager to support our 10-year vision to help all families who want their child to be able to listen and talk to access Auditory Verbal Therapy. Sarah started out in the private sector working in the financial marketing world but in 2018 made the jump into the charity sector. Since then, she was worked for Carers Trust and Royal Voluntary Service managing their national corporate partnerships and business development. Sarah was also a Trustee of the London branch of the RSPCA and is passionate about volunteering. Sarah generally works Tuesday to Friday between 9am and 6pm, with flexible Mondays. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/Her
Sarah Hogan, Research Coordinator, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist and Bicester Clinical Lead Expand Clinical Scientist (Audiology), DPhil, PgDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert AVT® Sarah was awarded her MSc in Audiology from University of Southampton in 1985. She started her career as a paediatric audiologist within the NHS and moved to the Welsh Hearing Institute to collaborate on applied research for both paediatric and adult populations. She conducted longitudinal, prospective research into the development of binaural hearing in children for her doctorate at the University Laboratory of Physiology in Oxford. She was the first Clinical Director of The Burwood Centre, an independent assessment centre for children with permanent hearing loss. Sarah lectured on the BSc Audiology at Aston University prior to joining AVUK. Sarah joined AVUK in 2006 as our Research Coordinator and was mentored towards certification, qualifying as an LSLS Cert AVT® in 2012. Sarah coordinates the development of our evidence base through research as well as working directly with families on our programme. She delivers training on various AVUK programmes and presents at national and international conferences. Sarah has several publications in peer reviewed journals and has recently co-authored book chapters with colleagues including, Stacey Lim LSLS Cert AVT; Elizabeth Tyszkiewicz LSLS Cert AVT; Kathryn Ritter LSLS Cert AVT, Denise Hayward and Noel Kenely LSLS Cert AVT; and Ellie Goldblatt and Anita Grover. Sarah works Monday-Thursday 08.30-16.00 at our Oxfordshire centre and remotely. Email: [email protected]
Noel Kenely, Senior Auditory Verbal Therapist and London Clinical Lead Expand Noel qualified as a speech and language therapist from the University of Malta in 2004. He has worked as a speech and language therapist and a sign language interpreter with The Deaf People Association (Malta). He moved to the UK in 2006 where he has worked as a speech and language therapist with different NHS Trusts and as a mainstream teacher at a secondary school in North London. Noel started training with AVUK in 2012 through the Foundation Course which he describes as his light bulb moment when he realised the importance of maximising listening to achieve spoken language. Noel joined the AVUK team in October 2014 and qualified as a Cert. AVT in 2016. Noel leads the outreach work at AVUK and is the clinical lead for the London team. He has a special interest in the use of Telepractice and working with families of deaf children with additional needs. Noel works Monday-Friday between 8:30am- 4:30pm and works remotely and from the London centre. Email: [email protected] Facebook: Noel AVUK Pronouns: He/Him
Alex Kewn, Communications and Engagement Officer Expand Having carried out an internship with AVUK over the summer of 2016, Alex has since graduated from the University of Sussex, worked in communications for a national disabilities charity, and re-joined the organisation on a permanent basis. During his first two years back with AVUK Alex also studied for a Masters degree at University College London, and has since progressed to the rank of Officer. Alex works full-time and is responsible for various aspects of AVUK’s communications including producing digital content and printed material, internal communications, and data analysis. Alex also manages many of AVUK’s events for various stakeholders, including Power of Speech, held biannually at the House of Commons. In addition, Alex is AVUK’s Diversity and Inclusion Champion. In this role he leads on events for staff to come together to discuss a range of issues, and most recently contributed to a Best Practice Language Guide to help all staff in achieving AVUK’s ideals of Diversity and Inclusion. Most recently, Alex has began co-management of Auditory Verbal UK's partnership with Atticus Communications, with the aim of influencing public policy in line with AVUK's mission and values. Alex works full-time between 9am-5pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: He/his
Chelsie Nicholls, Communications and Marketing Manager Expand Chelsie has over 9 years’ marketing experience in the charity sector. Chelsie joined the team as the Communications and Marketing Manager in February 2020 and leads on our communications and marketing activities. Chelsie works full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @AuditoryVerbal Pronouns: She/Her
Vicky Parker, Head of Fundraising Expand Vicky joined AVUK in April 2022 as Head of Fundraising to support our 10-year vision to help all families who want their child to be able to listen and talk to access Auditory Verbal Therapy. For 12 years Vicky has led fundraising teams at organisations such as The Prince’s Trust and Centrepoint where she has developed fundraising strategies aligned with strategic aims. Vicky has grown and developed many teams of fundraisers over the years and is passionate about enabling the AVUK Fundraising team realise the organisations vision. Vicky is also a Trustee of the charity A Mile in Her Shoes where she offers strategic direction and governance support to the team helping women move on from homelessness. Vicky thrives on developing meaningful, transformative partnerships so please do get in touch directly if you would like to explore what a partnership with AVUK could look like for you. Vicky generally works Monday to Thursday between 9am and 5pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/Her
Rosie Quayle, Clinical Advisor Expand BSc (Hons) SLT, Cert MRCSLT, PGDip Auditory Verbal Therapy, LSLS Cert. AVT® Rosie qualified as a speech and language therapist in London at University College London. She moved to Oxfordshire in September 2007 to join the team at Auditory Verbal UK. She completed her diploma in auditory verbal therapy and qualified as an LSLS certified auditory verbal therapist in 2009, after training at Auditory Verbal UK. Rosie has undertaken training in the PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) technique for assessment and management of children with oro-motor speech production difficulties. She lectures and delivers training in auditory verbal therapy to parents and professionals across the UK and internationally and mentors professionals towards certification. Rosie was Clinical Lead at Auditory Verbal UK from April 2013-June 2016. She now works as Clinical Advisor, splitting time between delivering training, direct services to families and overseeing the Quality Assurance process for Auditory Verbal UK. Rosie is a Churchill Fellow, having undertaken a fellowship visit to AV centres in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Rosie works flexibly one day per week. Email: [email protected] Publications Quayle, R. (2021). Using Problems in play to develop communication. SEN Magazine, August 2021. Using problems in play to develop communication • SEN Magazine Quayle, R.A., Ashton, L. & Estabrooks, W. (2020). The Development of Play and Auditory-Verbal Therapy. IN Estabrooks, W., McCaffrey Morrison, H. & Maclver-Lux, K. Auditory-Verbal Therapy Science, Research and practice. Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., Maclver-Lux, K., Ashton, L. & Quayle, R.E, (2020). The Auditory-Verbal Session: Planning, Delivery and Evaluation. IN Estabrooks, W., McCaffrey Morrison, H. & Maclver-Lux, K. Auditory-Verbal Therapy Science, Research and practice. Plural Publishing Inc. MacIver-Lux, Lim, S.R., Rhoades, E.A., Robertson, L., Quayle. R. & Honck. (2016). Milestones in Auditory-Verbal Development: Auditory Processing Speech, Language, Emergent Literacy , Play and Theory of Mind in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp219-262). Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K., Honck, L. & Quayle. R. (2016). Blueprint of and Auditory-Verbal Therapy Session in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp 341-350). Plural Publishing Inc. Estabrooks, W., Honck, L., Tannebaum-Katsaggelos, S., de Melo, M.E., Clem, B.C., Sindrey, D., Katz, L., MacIver-Lux, K & Steacie, P. (2016). Auditory Verbal Therapy in Action: Step-by-Step Session Plans in Estabrooks, W., MacIver-Lux, K. & Rhoades, E.A. (Ed), Auditory Verbal Therapy For Young Children with Hearing loss and Their Families and the Practitioners Who Guide Them (pp 351-472). Plural Publishing Inc.
Gary Rainbird, Database and IT Manager Expand Gary joined AVUK in May 2017 bringing a wealth of IT, Database Management and Research experience from across the charity, recruitment and media sectors. Mainly based at home Gary visits both AVUK centres as required. Gary works full-time Monday to Friday between 9am-5pm. Email: [email protected]
Stuart Robertson, Director of Finance and Operations Expand Stuart joined AVUK in August 2020 as Director of Finance and Operations. He works full-time, Monday to Friday, between 9am and 5pm. Email: [email protected]
Amy Spicer, Family Support Manager Expand Amy holds a Psychology degree from the University of Southampton. After graduating Amy developed a passion for working in the early intervention field and supporting families with children under 5. Amy became the Early Support co-ordinator for a Phase 1 Sure start Centre in Hampshire supporting families with children with disabilities and bringing professionals together to ensure families got timely and cohesive help from professionals. Amy moved on to work in Family Support in Oxford City Children's Centres and then managed two rural centres, one of which was developed to run as a charity model under Amy's leadership. Amy is a parent educator and able to help with all aspects of family support and bursary funding. Her working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8.30-4.30pm. Email: [email protected] Pronouns: She/Her
David Tatham, Trusts and Foundations Manager Expand David joined AVUK in April 2020. He trained originally as a Landscape Architect but joined the Voluntary Sector soon after graduating and has over 21 years’ experience in charity fundraising and development, during which time he has focussed primarily on Trusts and Foundations and Corporate income generation. Prior to AVUK David worked in homelessness, supported housing, the arts and heritage and conservation sectors, including ten years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. David works full-time, Monday to Friday, 9-5pm. Email: [email protected]
Elizabeth Tyszkiewicz, Auditory Verbal Therapist Expand I certified as an Auditory Verbal Therapist (AVT) in 2000, and was involved in the founding of AVUK with Jacqueline Stokes in 2003. My last job, at Midlands Hearing Implant Programme, involved an active caseload of children, who were cochlear implant, hearing aid, or bone-anchored hearing aid users, and their families. I also worked with their support teams, providing training, information, demonstrations, and ongoing collaboration. The job involved a range of training and mentoring activities, as well as presentations at relevant national and international meetings. The caseload at Birmingham Children’s Hospital was very diverse, and I have a particular interest in making Auditory Verbal therapy as accessible and inclusive for as many people as possible. The other area I am keen to focus on is training and professional development, so that the skills of teams supporting children who use hearing technology keep up with the ever-increasing opportunities it provides. My activities since I left my full-time position at Birmingham Children’s Hospital have included delivering training, mentoring individual professionals, and providing consultancy services in the UK, as well as in Spain, Finland and France.