Marquita Stables
Speech and Language Therapist
As a qualified teacher, I taught German and French in a Cornish secondary school for several years before retraining. In 2015 I qualified as a speech and language therapist and worked for eight years with Cornwall’s NHS Speech and Language Therapy Service. In 2023 I left the NHS to start working independently with Mid Cornwall Speech and Language.
As a speech and language therapist, I have supported children and teenagers with a wide variety of speech, language and communication needs including:
- speech sound disorder including Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- motor speech difficulties
- developmental language disorder
- language disorder associated with other conditions
- autism
- social communication
- selective mutism
- stammering
- AAC [Augmentative and Alternative Communication]
- learning disability
- SEMH [Social, Emotional and Mental Health]
- trauma and attachment
I have supported children and teenagers in mainstream and specialist settings, and in their own homes.
My experience includes assessing and treating children and teenagers:
- who are bilingual
- with complex needs
- with profound and multiple learning disability
- who are autistic and experiencing poor mental health and/or trauma.
As a dually qualified speech and language therapist / teacher, I am skilled at supporting young people not just at home, but also in their preschools and schools. In partnership with parents and teachers, I aim to boost young people’s communication and enable participation and learning to their full potential.
I have a functional, practical approach to therapy and listen to young people and parents to establish their priorities. I work with parents to co-produce a plan that develops their child’s communication skills in a way that is enjoyable, motivating and a good fit for the family routine.
Additional Training
- Masters’ module: communication needs associated with trauma
- Makaton signing
- Parent-child interaction therapy for stammering
- Intensive interaction
- Nuffield Centre Dyspraxia Programme
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Social, Emotional and Mental health
- Autism and anxiety
- Pragmatics and inference
- Communicating with voice output devices [AAC]
- Self-Advocacy
- Shape Coding
- Phonological Awareness
- Introduction to sensory integration
Professional Qualifications and Registration
- BA [Hons] German and French Language and Linguistics 1991
- PGCE [Postgraduate Certificate in Education] 1994
- BSc [Hons] Speech and Language Therapy 2015
- Certified Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists [CertMRCSLT]
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council [HCPC]
- Member of the Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice [MASLTIP]
