An exciting opportunity to hear from leading expert Dr. Vicky Slonims discussing the Intellectual Disability, challenging behaviour and the role of communication.

About the Speaker

Dr. Vicky Slomins is Senior Consultant Speech and Language Therapist in the multi-disciplinary service for children with neurodevelopmental disorders at Evelina Children’s Hospital (Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust).

She is an Expert Adviser for the NICE Centre for Guidelines and a member of the Professional Practice and Policy committee for RCSLT.   She is Chair of the Language and Communication Study Group; one of 4 themed groups in a national autism research network (Discover) established by the charity Autistica.

She is Visiting Reader in Complex Communication Disorders in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division within the IoPPN, King’s College London.  Her research is closely aligned to her clinical interests in intervention for children with autism spectrum disorders and working with children with severe communication impairments and challenging behaviour.