Anna Halford Email & Phone Number

Barnet, North London

- Working collaboratively within the Speech and Language team, reporting to Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, delivering quality service to families in a community setting (within Children’s Centres), including vulnerable and hard to reach families. - Working within large teams of different professionals in Children’s Centres- Working in Children’s Centres in an advisory role, advising families on communication skills encompassing general and specific queries (including: pre-verbal communication; bilingualism; language delay; social communication; phonological development and disorder; articulation; stuttering; hearing impairment; physical and intellectual disability; cleft palate and feeding). - Identifying children with, or at risk of communication difficulties, and providing strategies to support and encourage communication development at home. Referring families to Highly Specialist SLTs if appropriate, and providing ongoing support and education. - Conducting informal observation and assessment of children within ‘Stay and Play’ sessions to inform the course of intervention - Modeling and educating families on positive interaction styles (based on Parent-Child Interaction (PCI) techniques) - Providing support and education to Children’s Centre staff

Liverpool, Nsw Australia

• Provided outpatient services for children with a variety of speech, language and fluency disorders• Gained experience working with children with complex medical conditions (including both intellectual and physical disabilities, including cleft palate and Velocardiofacial Syndrome)• Gained experience observing and assisting within a feeding clinic • Involved in conducting group-based interventions for preschoolers at risk of specific language impairment (Launch to School program)• Participated in transdisciplinary assessment for children in the Launch to School program, including administration of numerous speech and language assessments, and selected Occupational Therapy assessment tools• Provided education and support to families, including significant experience training families on providing intervention at home• Collaborated with a large team of speech pathologists and other allied health professionals• Conducted a Quality Improvement (QI) project and collaborated on significant resource development

Ryde, Nsw Australia

• Provided services to individuals with traumatic and acquired brain injury within an inpatient setting • Varied caseload including: aphasia, dysarthria, Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, cognitive communication difficulties, post-traumatic amnesia (PTA), voice, swallowing difficulties• Provided education and support to families and clients as part of a multidisciplinary team• Regular involvement and collaboration within the multidisciplinary team• Conducted research on evidence-based interventions for individuals in PTA; completed numerous research reviews producing Critically Appraised Papers (CAPs) and a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT)• Designed a standardised orientation program based on evidence of best practice to be implemented on the ward

Hurstville, Nsw Australia

• Provided services to individuals with complex physical and intellectual disabilities within a community setting• Gained significant experience in dysphagia management• Regular involvement and collaboration within a multidisciplinary team• Provided education and support for care staff working with clients with a range of disabilities• Created resources for use in group homes based around staff education and client care• Services provided using a person-centered framework

Matraville, Nsw Australia

• Provided speech pathology services to a diverse paediatric population within a primary school setting • Gained significant experience delivering classroom-based and group-based language intervention• Involved in the planning and implementation of an English as a Second Language (ESL) withdrawal group• Provided ongoing support and education to teachers and families

Master Of Speech Language Pathology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General