KID SPEECH LONDON was established by Dr Belinda Seeff-Gabriel, a highly specialised Speech and Language Therapist with 26 years’ experience of working with children who have speech, language or communication difficulties. She splits her time between teaching post-graduate students at City University and her clincial work at KID SPEECH LONDON. Belinda’s Qualification in Dyslexia Teaching (obtained in 2016) allows her to work holistically with children who may also have additional literacy difficulties.                        

Qualifications:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

• PhD in Developmental Speech Disorders (UCL, UK)

• Level 5 Diploma in Dyslexia (OCR, UK)

• MA Speech Pathology (Wits University , South Africa)

• BA Hons Speech Therapy and Audiology (Wits University, South Africa)

• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (MRCSLT)

• Member of the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (MASLTIP)

• Registered with the Health Care Professional Council (HCPC)

Publications & Talks:

Belinda has published a range of papers, chapters and articles related to children who have speech and language difficulties. She has also published an assessment, standardised in the UK, to assess the language abilities of children with extreme speech difficulties. Some of her more relevant publications include: 

Chiat,S., Armon-Lotem,S., Marinis,T., Polinsenka,K., Roy,P., Seeff-Gabriel,B. (2013) Assessment of language abilities in sequential bilingual children: The potential of sentence imitation tasks. In V.C. Mueller Gathercole (ed.) Issues in the Asseessment of Bilinguals. Bristol: Mulitlingual Matters.

Seeff-Gabriel,B., Chiat,S., & Pring,T. (2012) Intervention for co-occurring speech and language difficulties. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, vol 28, No, 123-133

Seeff-Gabriel,B., Chiat,S., & Dodd,B. (2010) Sentence imitation as a tool in identifying expressive morphosyntactic difficulties in children with severe speech difficulties. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol 45, No 6, 691-702

Seeff-Gabriel,B., Chiat,S., & Roy,P. (2010) There’s more to repetition than meets the ear, RCSLT Bulletin, Issue 697, May, p21-22

Seeff-Gabriel,B., Chiat,S., & Roy,P. (2008) The Early Repetition Battery. Pearson Ltd.

Law,J., Dockrell, J.E., Castelnuovo,E., Williams,K., Seeff,B. & Normand,C. (2005) Early Years Centres services for pre-school children with primary language difficulties: what do they cost, and are they cost-effective? International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, vol 41, No 1, 67-81

Seeff-Gabriel,B., (2005). Addressing the challenge of assessing expressive language in children with severe speech disorders. Afasic Abstract, Autumn 2005.

Seeff-Gabriel,B., Chiat, S. & Dodd, B. (2005). The relationship between speech disorders and language. In B. Dodd (ed.) Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Speech Disorders (2nd Edition). London: Whurr.

Law,J., Dockrell,J., Williams,K. & Seeff,B. (2004). Comparing specialist early years provision for speech and language impaired children with mainstream nursery provision in the UK – an application of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS). Child: Care, Health & Development, vol 30, No 2, 177-184

Seeff-Gabriel,B. (2003). Phonological processing: A platform for assisting second-language learners with English spelling. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, vol. 19, No 3, 291-310

Law,J., Dockrell,J., Williams,K. & Seeff,B. (2002). What is the most effective form of intervention for pre-school language impaired children? RCSLT Bulletin, Issue 599, March 

Seeff,B. & Jordaan,H. (2000). The vowel processing skills of ESL learners related to their English spelling difficulties: A psycholinguistic approach. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, vol 47, 2000, 13-23

Seeff,B. & Bortz,M. (1994). Caregiver-child interaction in a rural village in South Africa. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, vol.41, 73-83