This online talk will explore common expressive and receptive language difficulties experienced by adolescents with developmental language disorder or related disorders. We will also discuss some strategies that can be implemented both at home and in the school environment to help students become more successful learners. Presented by Oonagh MacMahon SLT

All you need to participate is a PC, Mac or smart device and a broadband connection.

A valid email address is required to register for this event. This will be forwarded to Oonagh MacMahon so that you can be sent the Zoom link for the talk.

Oonagh qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist from the University of Limerick, Ireland in June 2013. Prior to this, she obtained an MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis from the University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland and subsequently gained certification as a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA).

Oonagh has gained considerable clinical experience working with a variety of pediatric profiles, for example, children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Down Syndrome, children with speech sound disorders/delay, children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and younger children with language delay.

Oonagh works in private practice from her clinic based in Enfield, Co. Meath, The Speech Sound Clinic. She is a member of the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT), Independent Speech - Language Therapists of Ireland (ISTI) and CORU.