Aoife Tierney

For appointment enquiries please contact Sparking Speech on 0838594279 or at info@sparkingspeech.com.

Aoife is a fully qualified Speech and Language Therapist and a registered member of CORU, the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT) and Independent Speech-Language Therapists Ireland (ISTI).

Aoife founded Sparking Speech in 2020 with the intention of creating a Speech & Language Therapy practice that provides high quality assessment and evidence-based intervention. Aoife believes in a child-centred approach that allows each child to reach their potential.

Since qualifying in 2012, Aoife has gained a wide range of experience working across a variety of settings including community health clinics, primary schools and early years settings. An expert in her field, Aoife has worked with children and teenagers with a diverse range of communication needs including:

• Selective Mutism
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Hearing Impairment
• Developmental Language Disorder
• Language Delay/ Late Talkers
• Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
• Delayed & Disordered Speech Sound Development
• Down Syndrome & Other Chromosomal Disorders

Continuing Professional Development

Aoife is committed to ongoing professional development and regularly attends seminars and training courses. These have included:

• Picture Exchange Communication system (PECS)
• Hanen More Than Words
• Attention Autism
• Makaton
• Shape Coding
• Maggie Johnson Selective Mutism Training (Modules 1-4)
• Women & Girls (ASD) Training Course
• Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) e.g. PODD, LAMP Approach, Communication Books
• Transcribing the Speech of Children with Hearing Impairment
• Assessing Minimally Verbal Children with Suspected Apraxia
• Autism Conferences e.g. The Autism Show, Tony Attwood’s Talks Autism Seminar
• Language & Literacy: Difficulties & Intervention