Chloe Smith
Speech and Language Therapist
Chloe is from London, UK and recently relocated to the UAE. She is a registered Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) with HCPC and a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy. Chloe completed her Masters in Speech and Language Therapy at University College London (UCL). Chloe began her studies in Speech and Language Sciences with her undergraduate degree at Plymouth Marjon University. She achieved a first class dissertation focusing on gender differences within autism.
Chloe worked for the Evelina London children’s healthcare service, within the Guys and St Thomas’ NHS trust. Chloe worked across the early years, community and schools service delivering a wide range of therapy and training to the community. She works with all children and young people with communication difficulties including children who; are non-speaking, autistic, have language difficulties, stammer, reluctant to talk and have speech sound errors.
Special Interests:
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Autism spectrum disorder
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Speech sound disorders
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Developmental language disorder
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Gestalt language processing
Therapeutic Approach:
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Chloe believes in therapy being evidence-based, child-led and neuroaffirming.
Chloe is trained to deliver PACT (paediatric autism communication therapy), a new evidence-based therapy for families with autistic children. She is currently the only SLT in the UAE with this qualification registered on the PACT website.
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Adult-child interaction therapy
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Natural language acquisition approach
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Play-based therapy
Chloe works with children and young people upto the age of 25 who may have developmental communication needs, and can provide speech therapy in English (in-person and online).