Lizzie Leusink

Based in London (Archway)

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

I enjoy working with children and young people of all ages. I love getting fully involved in playing with children and meeting them where they are, whether that be in messy play, acting out scenes with their favourite toys, or discussing computer games they love.

I always aim to really listen to what children and young people have to say, showing them that I respect and value their ideas. I love being surprised by the insightful, funny, and creative things that children and young people say or show me.

I take a pro-neurodiversity approach to my work, always seeking to understand, value and respect a child or young person’s individual perspective, strengths, and individuality.
Keeping up to date with new research, I enjoy adapting my theoretical knowledge to create flexible and low-pressure activities.

- Autism
- Neurodiversity
- Speech Sound Disorders
- Selective / Situational Mutism and reluctant talking
- Stammering
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Client-led approaches
- BA in Linguistics and Spanish
- Attention Autism
- Intensive Interaction
- Introduction to SCERTS
- Social Stories
- Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme
- Cued Articulation
- Foundation Makaton
- Colourful Semantics
- Shape Coding
- Narrative Intervention Programme (Victoria Joffe)
- Lego Therapy
- Comic Strip Conversations
- Talking Mats
- Reading and Language Intervention for children with Down Syndrome
- Clicker 7
- Introduction to the Zones of Regulation
- Introduction to Solution Focused Brief Therapy
- Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- SEMH and Language (Melanie Cross)
- Introduction to Sensory Integration
- Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum