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Sinead Thrippleton - Senior Speech & Language Therapist BSc (Hons)

Since qualifying in 1995 I have worked continuously in both the UK & Ireland providing high quality speech & language therapy to children experiencing a wide range of speech & language difficulties.

Specializing in working with children, I can offer you a prompt, effective and supportive local service whether you are looking for just an assessment, a course of therapy or a second opinion.

Since returning to Cork from the UK in 2002, I have worked as a Senior Speech & Language Therapist for a range of employers including:

• Brothers of Charity – Autism Service (ASD)
• Health Service Executive (HSE)
• University College Cork  (UCC) – Speech & Hearing Sciences
• St. Josephs Foundation – Charleville Co. Cork
• Cork City Partnership
• The Children’s Leukaemia Association.
• Mainstream schools/ Special Units attached to mainstream schools/ Special schools

I provide Speech & Language assessment and therapy for children 18 months to 18 years.

I frequently work with children presenting with:

• “Late Talkers”
• Speech Sound Difficulties (Phonological delay/disorder)
• Oral/Verbal Dyspraxia
• Receptive Language Difficulties (difficulties understanding language)
• Expressive Language Difficulties (difficulties using language)
• Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
• Intellectual Disability (ID)
• Cleft lip and/or palate
• Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) including Asperger’s Syndrome
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
• Down Syndrome
• Cerebral Palsy
• Literacy Difficulties
• Social Communication Difficulty


Membership of Professional Bodies

• Member of Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists  (IASLT)
• Member of Irish Association of Speech & Language Therapists in Private Practice (IASLTPP)
• Member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT)


Professional Development

• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• 'Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children' – TEACCH
• Derbyshire Language Scheme
• Lamh – sign system
• Social Use of Language Programme (SULP)
• Intensive Interaction
• Hanen – “It Takes Two to Talk”
• Hanen – “More Than Words”
• Non-Directive Therapy
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