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My name is Charlotte, my pronouns are she/her and I am a Newly Qualified Speech and language therapist. 
A very warm welcome to my speech and language therapy (SLT) blog. I started this blog in March of 2018. I am currently putting my online SLT spaces under construction, and I will be back soon!

In the meantime, please do ping me an email at speechieatdmu@gmail.com I'd love to hear from you. 


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(Updated March 2023)

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