JANET O'KEEFE

Janet qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist from the Central School of Speech and Drama, London in 1985. Janet worked for Bexley HA from 1985-1989 working with children and adults in a range of clinics hospitals and schools including developing her special interest in children with hearing impairment. Janet worked for the West Suffolk HA/Mid Anglia Trust from 1989-1997 as a Chief Speech and Language Therapist for Paediatrics and Learning Disabilities based at the Child Development Centre in Bury St Edmunds.

Janet is an author and also organiser of the 'Towards a Positive Future' Conference.

Janet became an independent Speech and Language Therapists in 1997 and built the Wordswell clinic in 1999. Wordswell became a Limited Company in 2004. Janet has continued to develop her specialist knowledge of paediatric conditions including hearing impairment and autism and SEN statementing and Medico-Legal work. She is a full member of the Expert Witness Institute and a Senior Associate Member of the Royal Society of Medicines.

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