This webinar will focus on exploring the two different styles of language development (Analytical Language Development & Gestalt Language Development) and looking at how understanding the ways our students learn language changes the way we need to support language in the classroom.

Bio - Aoife Tierney is a highly trained Senior Speech & Language Therapist. Since graduating from Queen Margaret University Edinburgh with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy in 2012, Aoife has gained a wide range of experience working for the NHS in England and in a private capacity (Sparking Speech) in Ireland.

Aoife founded Sparking Speech in 2020 with the intention of creating a Speech & Language Therapy practice that provides high quality assessment and evidence-based intervention. Aoife believes in a child-centred, strengths-based and Neuro-Affirmative approach that allows each child to reach their potential. Aoife loves learning and talking about all things Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) and Gestalt Language Processing.