Andrea McGuinness

Development Officer, ACE Centre-North

Since qualification as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1993, Andrea has held a number of posts. All have included working with a wide range of individuals to aid in the development of their communication skills.

The main focus has been working with children and adults with physical and/or communication impairments in a range of settings, including mainstream schools, special schools, further education establishments and the home environment. Through this work, she has gained experience of a wide range of both low and high tech augmentative communication systems. Andrea is experienced in working within schools and linking communication aims into pupils' IEPs and curriculum work. Working within an interdisciplinary team has always been an important aspect of developing each individual's communication skills. Developing and delivering training packages to teachers, therapists, support workers and parents has also formed a large part of the work.

Andrea is now a member of the assessment and training team at the ACE Centre-North.

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