Miss Cheryl Snell, Speech and Language Therapist

Cheryl Snell is the Director of Speech and Language Works Limited which provides assessment and therapy to individual clients, schools and hospitals in the northwest of the UK. Her specialist interests include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), acquired brain injury (including strokeAny sudden neurological problem caused by a bleed or a clot in a blood vessel.), autism, cerebral palsyA disorder of posture and movement resulting from damage to a child's developing brain before, during or immediately after birth. and visualRelating to the sense of sight (vision). impairment.

In addition to her expertise in treating speech and language difficulties Cheryl is a well-established expert witness and can provide expert opinions in medicolegal cases and special educational needs tribunals.

Cheryl Snell graduated from the University of Central England in 1992 with a BSc in Speech and Language Pathology and Therapeutics. Over the last twenty years she has worked in a range of services and has developed specialisms in acquired brain injury and childhood disabilities.

She believes in providing a functional approach to her work which holds the client at the centre of all interventions.