South West Team

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Elizabeth Fox

BSc MSc MRCSLT MASLTIP

Senior Speech and Language Therapist - Service Lead (South West)

Lizzie is one of the service leads in C&D and heads up the South West branch of the company.

She specialises in working with children and adolescents in educational and clinical settings with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties. Lizzie is qualified and experienced in the use of PROMPT, Makaton signing, British Sign Language (BSL), Lidcombe Early Stammering Intervention Programme, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Word Aware, Lego Therapy, Shape Coding, Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme and Attention Autism. She is an ELKLAN tutor and an Early Language Development Programme (ELDP) trainer.

Lizzie works in Bath, Bristol and the surrounding areas, including Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire. Her special interest is speech sound difficulties.

In her spare time Lizzie enjoys running, hiking adventures and spending time with her family (including black cat Eric!).

Jo Wiltshire

MSc MRCSLT

Speech and Language Therapist

Jo qualified from the University of Essex with an MSc in Speech and Language Therapy. He has worked in specialist schools, providing direct and indirect therapy, group work and staff training. He has experience working with a wide variety of children with language difficulties, speech difficulties, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) and attachment difficulties, as well as working with teachers, staff and parents to ensure that they are able to meet children’s needs throughout the day.

Jo works in schools in the Bath area. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, reading and walking, but he spends most of his time with his children and family.

Sophie Chamberlain

BA MSc MRCSLT

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Sophie qualified from the University of Essex with an MSc in Speech and Language Therapy in 2017. Before applying to become a Speech and Language Therapist, Sophie worked as a support worker in a day service for adults with learning disabilities. Sophie had her first placement with C&D Speech Therapy whilst at university. Sophie has previously worked for the NHS in mainstream schools, specialist schools and in a community clinic. Sophie currently works in schools, homes and nurseries in the South West, including Bath, Bristol and the surrounding South Gloucestershire area.

Sophie has experience in a wide range of interventions such as Colourful Semantics, Lego Therapy, Attention Autism, Socially Thinking and Talkabout. Sophie is trained in using PECS and Makaton signing. Her particular areas of interest include Down Syndrome and ASD.  

In her spare time, Sophie enjoys cooking, the gym and travelling.

Fran Florendine

BA (Hons) PGCE

Speech and Language Therapy Assistant

Fran is a qualified primary school teacher graduating from Bath Spa University with a PGCE, specialising in Early Years. She has taught in many schools around Bath, South Gloucestershire and Bristol. Within her teaching career she has had experience of working with a wide variety of children with speech and language needs. This sparked her interest to persue a new career within this area. 

Fran has experience of teaching and supporting children with speech delay, Autism, ADHD and Attachment Disorder. She has worked along side many professionals to support children with speech, language and communication difficulties, to deliver interventions such as Attention Autism, Wellcomm and speech sound activities. 

In her spare time, Fran enjoys running and keeping fit. She enjoys spending time with her children and husband, going camping in the summer and skiing in the winter.  

Lewis Medolla

BSc MA MRCSLT

Speech and Language Therapist

Lewis qualified from Manchester Metropolitan University with an Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology and Therapy in 2016. As well as working as a Speech and Language Therapist, Lewis has 15yrs of experience working within the state education system, where he has conducted educational and therapeutic intervention with learners across all key stages and overseen the delivery of Special Educational Needs provisions. Lewis also has a Master's degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Bath Spa and has developed language provisions for learners who use English as an Additional Language (EAL) in mainstream schools. 

Lewis has experience delivering targeted speech, language and communication intervention for a variety of needs including: speech sound disorder, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), social communication difficulties and Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC). His most recent experience has been with young learners with Social Emotional Mental Health (SEMH) needs and complex needs in a specialist setting. 

 Lewis has experience in administering formal assessments, such as the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals 5 and delivering a variety of interventions such as, Shape Coding, Language for Thinking, Language for Behaviour and Emotions and the Derbyshire Language Scheme. 

In his spare time, Lewis enjoys music, film, physical training, reading and spending time in nature with his partner.