Hayley Quinn Speech Therapy

19/11/2025

31/10/2025

Happy Halloween
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23/09/2025

We accept, we celebrate, we support, we encourage and we love every type of mind. Our days are made fabulous by all the children we support. Block out the noise of misinformed and idiotic individuals who strive to undermine and undo years of progress and understanding. We see you and we will always be your cheerleader!
Autism is not a disease that needs to be cured.
Parents are not to blame.
Medication is not to blame.
Vaccines are not to blame.

23/09/2025

I am speechless when it comes to Donald Trump and his views and manner of communication... Thank you for this post Autistic Girls Network but it's frustrating that we need it xx

18/09/2025

Join us on October 2nd to learn more about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), and in particular camouflaging or masking and its impact. All welcome.

Dr Hannah Hobson from University of York will be presenting this year's Dorothy Bishop lecture. It's an amazing opportunity to hear groundbreaking research. So join us. Live and record tickets are available via Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-dorothy-bishop-lecture-with-dr-hannah-hobson-tickets-1574349605049?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Timezones
8pm London
9pm Berlin
3 pm New York
4 pm Sao Paulo
8 pm Lagos
5 am Sydney (early start or recording for the Aussies?)

18/09/2025

The Education Select Committee has produced an excellent report on ‘Solving the SEND crisis’, published today.

MPs have rejected the idea of dismantling the SEND legal framework and supported our calls for the system to be made to work as it should. Here's a summary:

🔷 MPs support keeping children and young people’s legal right to an education that meets their needs: “Solution can’t be to remove the statutory entitlements from a system which lacks accountability in many other areas and in which parents already have so little trust and confidence.”

🔶 There's a welcome focus on improving accountability: MPs recommend that Ofsted & CQC inspectors look at compliance with the law on supporting children and young people with SEND – and give lower inspection ratings where local authorities are failing children and young people.

🔷 MPs agree with us that the Government must extend the powers of Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to cover complaints about delivery of EHC plans and SEN support in schools. Time for the Government to finally act on this!

🔶 The SEND Tribunal must remain, say MPs. And Government should “monitor SEND Tribunal outcomes and identify local authorities that repeatedly fail to comply with their statutory duties”. We are cheering!

🔷 And: the Education Select Committee agrees with us that the SEND Tribunal should be able to issue legally binding rulings to health services, not just education providers.

MPs have recognised that restoring parents’ confidence in the SEND system isn’t just about “involving” parents, important as that is. It’s also about making sure the law is followed, so children and young people receive the support they need.

The full report and our response is available to read here: https://www.ipsea.org.uk/news/education-select-committee-report-says-childrens-legal-rights-should-be-protected-and-schools-should-be-inclusive-for-all

02/09/2025

Wow! The Summer Holidays are done. Does anyone else think they went quickly this year?! The Hayley Quinn Speech Therapy Team are looking forward to another exciting academic year where we get to be part of some incredible communication journeys with the children we support and their families.
We are now a team of 6....!!
Hayley - Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Claire - Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner
Jacqui - Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner
Alice - Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner
Teri - Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner
Charlotte - Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner
You may have noticed we've moved from using the job title "Speech and Language Therapy Assistant" to "Speech and Language Therapy Practitioner". I feel the word Practitioner describes their role within the team more accurately. All of the team are experienced and highly skilled at what they do and their role far exceeds being my "assistant".
Here's to academic year 2025/26 🎊

Supporting children's communication skills in Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells & surrounding areas

31/08/2025

And this is why we do what we do! Claire received this wonderful card from one of her families and I think it describes beautifully how important supporting children's communication is, even if that communication isn't using words. Well done Claire ❤️☺️

24/08/2025

Love this 💖

17/07/2025

We've grown again!! Charlotte Halfacre is our newest member of the team and she will be expanding her caseload from September as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant. Charlotte has a background as a qualified teacher and more recently has been working in a preschool setting. We are excited to be able to offer more support to children in the local area ❤️