About
Steph Fielding is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 15 years’ experience working across NHS and education settings with children and young people.​ She has developed particular expertise in supporting children with social communication, interaction and language differences, working with pre-school and school aged children in both mainstream and specialist settings. Steph currently works both within the NHS and as part of the Autism North East Multi-Disciplinary Team.
Areas of Expertise
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Social communication and interaction
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Language and communication assessment
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Complex communication needs
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Contributing to multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental assessment
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Supporting communication in education and everyday settings
Steph's Approach To Work
Steph works in a detailed and practical way, combining careful observation with formal assessment to build a clear understanding of each individual’s communication profile. She focuses on identifying both strengths and areas of need, helping to develop practical strategies that support communication, interaction and participation in everyday life. Her work contributes an important perspective within the Multi-Disciplinary assessment process, ensuring that communication needs are clearly understood and supported. Steph is passionate about supporting individuals to be understood and to communicate in ways that feel accessible and meaningful to them.
Specialist Training
Steph has completed extensive specialist training, including:​​
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SCERTS (Social Communication Emotional Regulation Transactional Support)
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Makaton Regional Tutor, supporting communication through accessible and inclusive approaches.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), Speech and Language Sciences
Professional Memberships
MRCSLT, MASLTIP, HCPC
Client
Autism North East worked efficiently as a team to diagnose both of my daughters. As a result of this I have been able to apply for an EHCP for my youngest and arrange extra support for my oldest child at school. It has given me massive reassurance as a parent to never doubt my own judgement with my children.
Client
The team here were absolutely wonderful, responding quickly to requests and ensuring all appointments happened within a helpful time-scale for me.
Parent
I highly recommend the team at Autism North East - they were thorough, compassionate, and all highly qualified.
Parent
The team are kind, thorough and really clear with all of the people involved in the process, and I would really highly recommend.
