Speaker
Dr. Clare Smith
Consultant Speech and Language Therapist - Children's Physical & Developmental Health Services, Solent NHS Trust
Biography
Clare Smith is a Consultant Speech & Language Therapist & Clinical Lead for Children's Physical and Developmental Health Services at Solent NHS Trust.
As a National Institute of Health Research Clinical Academic Doctoral Trainee fellow, Clare gained her PhD in Developmental Psychology at the University of Surrey. Her thesis examined the effectiveness of a primary prevention initiative for language development on parent-child interactions and child language outcomes in areas of social disadvantage. Clare's research interests are concerned with environmental factors on early language development, particularly the impact of disadvantage on families opportunities and capabilities to support language development at home.