Lynda graduated from Birmingham City University, U.K. with a Bachelor of Honors in Speech and Language Therapy.

Over the last 12 years, Lynda has worked in clinics and hospitals in Ireland, U.K and for the last 8 years in the Middle East. She has performed diagnosis and treatment of disorders related to pediatric (toddler/child) feeding aversion, apraxia, disorders related to cleft lip and palate, language disorders, pragmatic language disorders in infants, pre-school children, school-aged children and adults.

Lynda is an advocate for early intervention and is passionate about working with children and their families in a one-to-one setting to educate and promote social, emotional, and behavioural health and academic success.

Lynda has focused her clinical skills on assessing and treating late talkers, speech disorder, selective mutism, fluency, neurocognitive disorders (attention, memory, executive functioning, problem solving), and feeding difficulties.

Lynda is certified in the following programmes: The Lidcome Programme – a behavioural treatment for young children who stutter. The ADOS – Autism Diagnostic Observation schedule which assesses if a child is displaying traits of Autism. The Attention Autism Programme which can be used by school staff to build the communication, interaction and attentional skills of children with Autism Spectrum Condition. The Hanen parent training programs for early intervention: ‘It Takes Two to Talk’ and ‘More Than Words’.

Lynda is currently working toward completing her Masters in Psychology.

Lynda is a member of the London Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is licenced to practice in the United Kingdom and Dubai. Lynda has volunteered with an Orphan Society in Bahrain and continues to help families in need around the world.

She is excited to have joined a great team at Neuropedia Dubai and welcomes the opportunity to work with you and your child!