Amy Collins
Email: [email protected]
CORU Number: SL015659
Year of Qualification: 2010
About my practice
Amy is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 16 years’ experience supporting neurodivergent children, teenagers and young adults across Early Years and School Age Disability Services in both Ireland and New Zealand. Amy has worked as a Clinical Specialist SLT with the National Council of Special Education (NSCE) and Ministry of Education (New Zealand). Amy has recently relocated with her family to the beautiful West Cork, where she is now providing SLT services online and in person.
Amy completed her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Studies in University College Cork. She worked as a music teacher and Montessori preschool assistant, along with providing respite support for children with disabilities, before continuing her studies in the University of Limerick, where she completed a Masters in Speech and Language Therapy.
Amy is passionate about providing Neurodiversity affirming support to the clients and families she works with. She works alongside her colleagues in providing neurodiversity affirming Autism identification, with a particular interest in supporting late identified girls and women. She is passionate about a whole-community approach to understanding a young persons’ needs, working with siblings and grandparents alongside parents and education teams.
Amy uses a Total Communication approach to supporting communication for the young people she works with. This ethos accepts and validates all forms of communication, both spoken and unspoken. Amy enjoys exploring Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) systems for her clients, is a certified Lamh tutor and works with technology companies supporting young people using AAC devices. She provides specific, tailored communication intervention for each child she works with, including supporting those identified as Gestalt Language Processors (GLPs)
Amy provides tailored school supports for educators across all education environments, having a long standing relationship with the Education Centres, providing high quality Neuroaffirmative webinars to support educators with providing supports to Neurodivergent children and young people To date, she has trained over 1000 staff members, and counting!
Amy is a proud ally for the LGBTQ+ community and works closely with young people in exploring their identity in a safe and compassionate space. Amy is registered with CORU and is a full member of the Independent Speech & Language Therapists in Ireland (ISTI)
Qualification: Masters in Speech & Language Therapy I Degree Early Childhood Studies
Areas Treated
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