Additional Training:
Dysphagia: Adults, Paediatrics, and Infants
Videofluroscopy and FEES trained
Lee Silverman Voice Treatment
ADOS
Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD)
PECS
GRID
Attention Autism
Neurodiversity Affirming Practitioner Training
SCERTS
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy
PROMT Training
Colourful Semantics
Lego Therapy
Shape Coding
Talking Mats
VitaStem
Just Right
Zones of Regulation
Tracheostomy Trained
Aural Rehabilitation Trained
Practice Educator Training
Sara Weeks
Based in St Albans and London
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
I have always had a passion for advocacy and making others feel included and heard while also being fascinated by the world of medicine. Speech and Language Therapy provides me the ability to do both! I can help others by advocating for their right to a voice while also assessing and treating more medical based impairments such as dysphagia, post-laryngectomy, and stroke. Over the past 10 years I have been lucky enough to be able to work with a mixed caseload from neonates all the way to the elderly and I have loved every minute of it! I have been blessed to be a part of some of my client’s most precious memories such as watching a child say “mom” for the first time during play as well as supporting a client with having his first beer at the pub with family following complications with his Parkinson’s. Being a part of such special memories is the most rewarding part of my job.
My favourite word is ‘Affirm’. I like that your actions can instill an emotion in others. Whether it be telling your loved ones you love them, affirming to them that you care, giving a student an affirming smile during therapy instilling pride in themselves, and using the correct pronouns affirming someone’s identity making them feel seen and included.
Special Interests:
Dysphagia Adults & Peads
Complex Needs, Adults & Peads
AAC
ASC
Feeding Therapy
Acquired Neurological Impairments
Infant Feeding
Transgender Voice
““It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.””
