Jayne Foxley
Speech and Language Therapist
I have over 20 years’ experience of working within the Speech and Language Therapy profession. I currently
work with a range of adults and children to assess and support communication and eating and drinking difficulties.
My experience includes those who have learning disability, autism, brain injury and those who have sadly
experienced developmental trauma.
I love working with those who have behaviours that may challenge (I prefer to think that they are
distress/communication behaviours). I love this work, particularly when there are breakthrough moments with
those who have been deemed 'hard to reach' or who have not had clear communication before.
I believe in advocating for the individual and doing all I can (with the team involved) to get their true voice heard. I
enjoy working in the child or adult's environment to develop communication systems that work and to support staff
to support the individual. I believe that multidisciplinary working, to include parents and staff is vital- we don’t
always have all the answers but so often end up with a plan when we all ponder upon things together. I believe in
functional goals led by the person or their representatives.
I really enjoy learning and believe that we can learn new things all of the time - I have learned so much from the
voices of those with personal
experience and this continues.
I offer training in many different areas of communication and learning disabilities/autism/ eating and drinking to
include strategies and resources that are beneficial.
In addition to my own work, I work with colleagues as an associate. I have experience of working with case
managers.