Let"s Talk Small Talk

Small Talk Speech and Language Therapist Dawn Tomalin interviews the brilliant Laura Kerbey, Autism & Education Consultant and Author. They discuss PDA and Laura's recent book about PDA for teens. Laura has been working with young people with a range of learning difficulties for over 20 years, but er passion has always been working with and teaching those who are autistic. Having worked in schools and colleges, she understands the barriers to learning that autism creates and the

Dawn talks to Helen Daniel about her work and her recent book. Helen is an autism and neurodiversity support practitioner who helps neurodivergent families  find their own path to radical self-acceptance. She supports neurodivergent children and young people to better understand themselves through empowering workshops and resources. Listen to them talk all about Helen's work and neuro-divergence acceptance

To celebrate the end of SMIRA's selective mutism awareness month, Libby and Dawn discuss all things selective mutism. Small Talk have several speech and language therapists who have extra training and experience to be able to work with children and young people with selective mutism, yet across the country it remains difficult to access speech and language therapy for this particular client group

Libby and Paula discuss Paula's new book with her approach to family life when you have SEN in the mix, autism, parental blame and much more.

Listen to Libby interview Steph Curtis parent, blogger and author