Your Headspace is a friendly and professional independent speech and language therapy service set up by Zein Pereira.
Effectively tailored speech and language therapy for children and young people. Therapy is focussed on working with you to develop skills and confidence in an enjoyable way. Therapy is offered in person or online as appropriate.
Practical training and mentoring for parents, carers and professionals working in a range of contexts. Training is devised with your specific needs in mind and delivered in person and/or online.
Professional supervision with reflective practice at its heart, for speech and language therapists, at all levels of experience. Available in person and/or online.
About
Location
Your Headspace is based in Cardiff.
Services can be offered in person and/or online, contact Your Headspace to discuss your requirements.
Fees
Information about fees is detailed in each service section.
Zein's background
Zein originally qualified as a speech and language therapist in Cardiff and has over 30 years paediatric experience. Zein’s work in the NHS included 11 years as a highly specialist clinical lead. This role involved leading a small team of specialist therapists, and included providing supervision, delivering specialist training, and providing formal second opinions across a Health Board and two Education Authorities.
After leaving the NHS, Zein worked with the national, parent led speech and language charity, Afasic, as a policy and then information officer.
Since these roles, Zein has built up her independent practice, working with families and supporting other professionals through supervision, training and mentoring.
Zein has extensive experience of:
assessment, diagnosis and therapy for complex speech and language needs;
developing genuine collaborative working with parents, carers, and professionals;
working in educational settings supporting the individual, class, and whole setting;
devising and delivering training that is practical and tailored; and
supporting, coaching and supervising speech and language therapists at all levels of experience.
Post graduate professional development/skills
Zein has a BSc (Hons) in Speech and Language Therapy from the University of Wales (1990) and a MSc in Language and Literacy from the University of Sheffield (2018).
Zein is a member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT), and the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice (ASLTIP).
Continuing professional development is essential to comply with professional requirements from HCPC and RCSLT. This involves a range of post graduate activities such as attendance at conferences and specialist study days, as well as academic study and reflective work-based learning.
Zein receives regular professional supervision of her practice from suitably qualified, registered speech and language therapists.
Professional interests
Zein’s clinical interests include specialising in working with children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder, and more recently Down Syndrome.
Zein is interested in collaborative approaches with children, families and colleagues, to enable and inspire change. Also the connections between speech, language and communication and other areas of development such as play, attachment, emotional development, and literacy skills. Zein is also interested in creative learning, coaching and supervision to support professional self-care.