THE ED PSYCH PRACTICE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Occupational Therapist
- Member of RCOT
Aisling is a highly experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist. Aisling is dedicated to supporting children and their families from early years through young adulthood. With extensive experience... Read More
Aisling is a highly experienced paediatric Occupational Therapist. Aisling is dedicated to supporting children and their families from early years through young adulthood. With extensive experience across special and mainstream education, pre-school, clinic, and home environments, she brings a holistic understanding of how to support your child in the settings where they learn, grow, and thrive.
Aisling is a member of RCOT (Royal College for Occupational Therapists) and HCPC. (Health and Care Professions Council) She ensures her assessments are evidence-based, comprehensive, and tailored to your child's specific needs.
Aisling specialises in:
Early years intervention & developmental assessment (Bayley and EISMART trained)
Autism assessment and support (ADOS trained)
DCD (Dyspraxia) assessment and support
EHCP assessment
Aisling's warm approach is deeply family-centred and child-focused. She collaborates closely with parents, educators, and other professionals to create personalised assessment and intervention strategies, aiming to help your child build meaningful participation in daily activities
Job Titles:
- Speech and Language Therapist
Esther Hiley
Speech and Language Therapist
Esther trained as a Speech and Language Therapist at the University of Manchester. She is a registered Speech and Language Therapist with the Health and...
Esther trained as a Speech and Language Therapist at the University of Manchester. She is a registered Speech and Language Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council and a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Esther has years of experience working with children and young people with speech, language, communication and learning difficulties in mainstream and special educational settings. She specialises in working with preschool children and children with social communication difficulties (including (ASD). As well as working independently, Esther currently works part time as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for children with ASD and ADHD for a local authority in London. She is trained to assess children's social communication needs as part of a multiagency diagnostic team.
Job Titles:
- Speech and Language Therapist
Gill is a highly experienced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over two decades of clinical practice across NHS services in England, Scotland, and abroad... Read More
Gill is a highly experienced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over two decades of clinical practice across NHS services in England, Scotland, and abroad, as well as independent practice. She qualified with a BSc in Speech Pathology and Therapy from Queen Margaret University and later completed an MSc in Language and Communication Impairment in Children at the University of Sheffield. She is a registered member of both the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), having maintained continuous registration since 2001.
She currently works part-time as a Senior CAMHS Clinical Specialist within SCAAND (Service for Complex Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, contributing to specialist multidisciplinary assessments and service development initiatives. Her previous roles include positions within Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Central London Community Healthcare, where she provided expert input in neurodevelopmental diagnostic services and contributed towards assessments for autism spectrum disorders, selective mutism, and complex communication needs.
Her clinical interests include autism and co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions, mental health and communication, differential diagnosis, and the development of clear care pathways for complex presentations. She is trained in ADOS-2 and ADI-R, with additional specialist training in selective mutism, paediatric dysphagia, and dialectical behaviour therapy. She has a strong track record of collaborative multidisciplinary work, supervision, and service improvement, and is passionate about promoting holistic, evidence-informed and neuro-affirmative approaches to supporting children, young people, and families.
Kathy is a fully qualified nurse who has experience of working in private practice with doctors and other professionals. She manages client enquiries and appointments and makes sure that things run smoothly at the practice. Kathy has a knack of ensuring that all our clients feel comfortable while at the practice.
Kim Griffin is an occupational therapist with over 20 years' experience. Her areas of speciality include sensory processing, autism and dyspraxia. Kim qualified as occupational therapist in.... Read More
Kim Griffin is an occupational therapist with over 20 years' experience. Her areas of speciality include sensory processing, autism and dyspraxia. Kim qualified as occupational therapist in my home town, Townsville Australia, way back in 2003. Aside from a short stint in wheelchairs and an unexpected job working with older adults, Kim has spent the bulk of her career working with children, their families and teachers. She has worked in both community and hospital national health services, private practice and schools in Australia, Ireland and the UK.
Throughout Kim's career a core focus has been helping children who have sensory processing differences and/or motor skill challenges like dyspraxia and autistic children. She loves being able to unpick the underlying reasons for sensory behaviours, or a child's inability to participate and provide them, their families and teachers with actionable solutions. It's such a joy seeing the smile on a child's face when they are comfortable and succeeding at a task that they previously thought impossible.
Job Titles:
- Speech and Language Therapist
Monal Gajjar
Speech and Language Therapist
Monal qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist at City University. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists...
Monal qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist at City University. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Monal has worked primarily as a paediatric therapist. Her experience includes working with pre-school and school-aged children with a range of difficulties, in mainstream and specialist settings. She has extensive experience of working in a Language Unit for primary aged children. Monal has specialised in Bilingualism and Specific Language Impairment. She has a keen interest in working with students with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
Job Titles:
- Founder, the Ed Psych Practice / Priya
set up The Ed Psych Practice in central London in January 2010. Priya was a successful Educational Psychologist who carried out her Ed Psych training at UCL and subsequently worked with Local Authorities. She also practised at Dyslexia Action and Lyn Fry Associates. It was her vision to establish her own practice that would allow her to support children and young people with a range of developmental needs across educational and home settings so that they could thrive and achieve. Priya was able to realise that dream and spent years running a busy and successful multi-disciplinary Practice before her sudden death in July 2019.
Priya was a forward thinking and dedicated psychologist who was passionate about her work and spent so much time and energy supporting children and young people throughout her career. She loved working collaboratively, was well respected by colleagues and peers, and shared her experience, time and knowledge generously. Priya was proud of the team she gathered together and helped countless children, young people and families over the years.
Priya believed passionately in a team approach to meeting the needs of young people, families and schools. Although she was the person everyone turned to when they wanted information or a discussion, Priya was always curious to question, understand and to learn from others. She valued a collaborative approach to working and gathered together a team of Educational Psychologists, Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Paediatricians and Specialist Teachers who could share ideas and support children together.
Priya ensured that the Office Managers and support staff had knowledge and understanding of each profession's way of working so that they could link parents and schools with the appropriate professionals. Priya attracted people with similar values to herself with the result that we have a caring, creative and dedicated team who are committed to continuing to work in a collaborative way.
Priya wanted The Ed Psych Practice to offer work that is high quality and in line with best practice guidelines. She combined oversight of the whole team and their work with incredible attention to detail. Priya provided high quality supervision and case discussions, proofreading and peer reviewing of reports, provision of up to date assessment tools in line with current guidelines, regular team meetings, and a library of textbooks, journals and books for ideas and reference. Priya had so much positive feedback over the years about the detailed and thorough approach by her team and the excellent quality of the reports. We want to continue to uphold these standards in the work of The Ed Psych Practice.
Priya always heard the voice of the child. She was diligent in ensuring she gained the child or young person's viewpoint when carrying out assessments. Priya would always work with schools and parents to get a full picture about the student in different environments and situations. She would show great determination in getting all of the relevant information to help her gain a clear picture of the child's strengths and needs. The child's best interests were at the heart of every assessment that Priya did and she would not be swayed by other people's agendas. She always encouraged her team to take time to gather more information or to do more assessment if needed. She recognised how important a positive assessment experience can be to a young person's learning journey, and we will endeavour to keep the young person at the heart of our work at The Ed Psych Practice.
Priya was determined to have a Therapy team as an integral part of The Ed Psych Practice to support young people and families with their emotional wellbeing. She understood that therapy can help young people cope with life's challenges. Priya also recognised the importance of emotional support for the team, whether it was through a cup of tea and a chat with a colleague, or arranging a team meal.
The Ed Psych Practice was Priya's pride and joy and although she is not here with us, she lives on in the work that we do. We will always keep her close by remembering her dedication, intellect, enthusiasm, work ethic and the care and support that she showed to those in her life.
Priya's husband, daughters, family, friends and colleagues miss her so much and will always remember her life and the amazing contribution she made through her work.