Seeta Shah

Seeta Shah is a UK-trained Speech and Language therapist with over 17 years of experience working with children with complex communication and feeding needs. She qualified as a Speech Therapist from City University London in 2009 and completed a specialist Dysphagia and feeding qualification at University College London in 2011.

Seeta specialises in working with children who have a Pediatric Feeding Disorder (6 months – 17 years old), which includes assessment and therapy for :

• Picky/fussy eaters and ARFID-related feeding difficulties affect the quantity, texture, and range of food eaten.
• Swallowing and Oral motor difficulties (Dysphagia) impacting the ability to chew/drink, transfer food and fluid and safely swallow 

Within her scope of work, she provides:

• Assessments of eating and drinking skills alongside parent consultation.
• Intervention and strategies to manage safety and develop eating and drinking skills.
• Intervention and strategies to increase the range of foods eaten.
• Home advice and training for parents and carers.
• Multidisciplinary liaison to manage feeding and swallowing needs.

Seeta also provides assessment and intervention for children with a range of speech, language and communication needs, including: 

• Speech sound disorders
• Receptive and expressive language delay
• Stuttering/fluency
• Acquired speech and language disorders such as aphasia, traumatic brain injury, cognitive communication, dysarthria

She believes that consistent collaboration between parents and multi-disciplinary professionals is key to supporting and developing the child’s skills.