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Go Talking Ways

Speech & Language Therapist specialising in Neurodiversity & Gestalt Language Processing.

14/02/2026

Ever wondered why speech therapy for some children takes time, even when they’re trying so hard?

Speech is a motor skill.
Just like walking into your kitchen and automatically reaching for the bin where it used to be… our brains rely on muscle memory and familiar movement patterns.

For many of the children I support, including gestalt language processors, minimally speaking children, and those with speech sound differences or childhood apraxia of speech, communication isn’t just about “mouth words”.
It’s about building new motor patterns for the mouth, breath, voice and sequencing of sounds.

And that takes:
✨ repetition
✨ movement
✨ play
✨ regulation
✨ connection first

When a child’s sensory system feels safe and organised, new language and speech patterns are far more accessible. This is why therapy often looks like movement and play, because we’re building the foundations for communication to land and stick.

If your child’s speech is unclear, inconsistent, or slow to progress, it doesn’t mean it isn’t working.
It means we’re building new pathways.

Nearly 20 years as a Speech & Language Therapist supporting families across Birmingham & the West Midlands, and I will always start with connection, regulation and movement first.

Steph | Go Talking Ways

10/02/2026

I knew I had to create my own therapy space when sessions stopped feeling right.

When everything started to feel like targets, tables and tick boxes.
When incredible children were being measured by how still they could sit… not how safely they could communicate.
When parents were leaving sessions with more pressure, not more understanding.

And when I realised the biggest breakthroughs in communication never actually happened at the table.

They happened on the floor.
In play.
In connection.
In the moments where a child felt safe enough to be fully themselves.

After nearly 20 years as a Speech & Language Therapist, I’d seen enough to know there had to be another way, especially for neurodivergent children, gestalt language processors, and those who are non- or minimally speaking.

So I built the kind of space I couldn’t find.
A space where regulation comes before requests.
Where connection comes before correction.
Where communication is supported through play, movement, sensory safety and attunement… not pressure.

And that’s when Go Talking Ways was born in 2022.
What started as a small vision has grown into a bigger therapy space, a growing community of families, and a place where children and parents feel truly seen, supported and understood.

Because communication isn’t something you can force.
But you can create the conditions where it grows.

Now I support families across Birmingham and beyond who are looking for a more holistic, connection-based approach to speech and language therapy… one that empowers parents just as much as it supports their child.

If you’ve ever sat in a session and thought
“this doesn’t quite feel right for my child”…
trust that feeling.

There are other ways.
And you’re allowed to seek them out.

💬If this resonates and you’re exploring speech and language therapy for your child, you’re always welcome to message me and start a conversation. Let’s Go! 🫶🏻

Steph | Go Talking Ways

09/02/2026

No one prepares you for how lonely the journey can feel.

Behind almost every enquiry I receive is a parent who feels:
overwhelmed
exhausted
and often… very alone.

Navigating communication differences, SEND systems, schools and appointments can feel like a world you never expected to be in.

Even when support exists, many parents tell me:
“I just want someone who understands my child”.
“I want someone who understands us”.

That’s why my work is never just about the child in the room.
It’s about supporting the whole family.

Because when parents feel empowered and understood,
their child’s communication journey changes too.

I’m a Birmingham-based Speech & Language Therapist with nearly 20 years’ experience supporting neurodivergent, non, minimally speaking children and GLPs & their families.

If you’re feeling lost or alone on this journey,
you don’t have to figure it out by yourself.

💬 DM me “CHAT” if you want to talk. And let’s start there.

⸻

Steph | Go Talking Ways

07/02/2026

If your child has been given PECS… read this.

PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) is still widely used in speech therapy and schools, and it often comes from a genuinely well-meaning place.

But it’s important for parents to understand what it is.

PECS is a behaviourist approach based on exchanging a picture to receive an item.
It primarily teaches requesting.

The problem?
Communication is so much more than requesting.

Children need ways to:
• comment
• protest
• share joy
• describe
• advocate
• connect

If a child is already using gestures, movement, sounds or eye gaze to tell you what they want, they are already communicating.

We don’t need to withhold to create communication.
We need to respond to it.

I’m a paediatric Speech & Language Therapist in Birmingham with nearly 20 years’ experience supporting neurodivergent and non-speaking children using connection-led, regulation-first approaches and AAC.

💬 If this resonates… DM me if you want to talk through communication options for your child.

⸻

Steph | Go Talking Ways

27/01/2026

Let me say this like I would to a friend over coffee ☕️

Language grows and develops when a child feels safe, regulated, and connected.

When the nervous system isn’t in fight-or-flight.
When someone is following their lead, not testing them.
When language is modelled, not demanded.

This is why so many parents tell me:

“They know the words… but they won’t use them”.

Because knowing language and accessing language are two very different things.

In my work as a paediatric Speech & Language Therapist in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and all over the West Midlands, I focus on:
• connection before expectation
• regulation before words
• modelling language in real, meaningful moments
• play, movement and shared attention, not performance

That’s how communication grows naturally, especially for children who are:
– late talkers
– Gestalt language processors
– non or minimally speaking
– neurodivergent

If flashcards, questions and asking your child to ‘say the word’ hasn’t worked… it’s not because you’re doing something wrong. It’s because language doesn’t develop when it’s demanded.

📍Speech & Language Therapist | Birmingham
Nearly 20 years supporting children who communicate differently.

💬 If this feels like the missing piece, drop me a DM. I’m always happy to talk it through.

⸻

Steph | Go Talking Ways

26/01/2026

Behind the scenes 🎥

When I say I use a connection-based approach, this is what I mean.

It’s not about testing.
It’s not about compliance.
And it’s definitely not about forcing words.

It’s about understanding how a child’s nervous system, sensory system and relationships shape communication, and creating the right conditions for language to grow.

This work is grounded in neuroscience, child development and play… but always led by connection first.

If this approach feels aligned with how you see your child… you’re not alone 🤍

📍Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist | Birmingham
Supporting children who communicate differently… and the parents walking the journey with them.

⸻

Steph | Go Talking Ways

Address

Queslett Road East
Sutton Coldfield
B742EZ

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 1pm

Website

http://www.talkingways.co.uk/

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