Laura Studied at University Of Cape Town and Graduated in 2008 with a BSC(hon) in Speech Language Pathology.
She has worked in a variety of areas with work in a private Neurology practice in Cape Town as well as Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg. She also worked within a rehabilitation environment in Johannesburg before opening her practice in 2013.
Laura has a special interest in neurology and enjoys the adult and Paediatric population. Laura is Prompt trained and talktools trained.
Services rendered:
A variety of areas of speech therapy services are dealt with within the practice including the Neonatal, Paediatric and Adult populations.
All management is done using a holistic approach to the child and their family;
Delays and disorders of speech and language development in the preschool child including children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism and children with a cleft lip and or palate
Articulation and phonology disorders or delays (speech sounds errors e.g. ‘rabbit produced as ‘wabbit’ lisps etc., including children with a cleft lip and or palate.
Learning delays or disorders in the school aged child (reading and spelling difficulties, use and understanding of language) in all populations including ADD and ADHD
Paediatric feeding and swallowing difficulties as well as feeding aversions in children including children with Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Autism and children with a cleft lip and or palate.
Fluency disorders (stuttering) from the beginning stutterer to the move advanced stutterer.