About
Welcome to the Speech Therapy Practice. I’m glad you found us, and I hope we can help.
My name is Jo Frost, I have over 30 years’ experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist and, together with my small team of highly skilled Speech and Language Therapists, we are able to cover a range of specialist areas for adults and children across Birmingham and the West Midlands
We match the skills of our therapists to your needs to ensure a service that suits you. We will endeavor to see you as quickly as possible to provide assessment and treatment services. We have a purpose-built clinic in Kings Heath Birmingham, where we offer face to face assessment and therapy for Children and Adults. We also provide Expert Witness Reports and undertake Medico Legal work.
We have a range of therapy rooms that are available for hire to Health Care professionals. Please contact us at info@thespeechtherapypractice.com to discuss hire rates and availability.
Get To Know Our Team
Sophia Parinchy.
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
The team, it is wonderful to work as part of such a dynamic and supportive team of therapists.
What do you love about the children you work with?
It’s an adventure that keeps me on my toes! I love that every session is different, always fun but never the same!
What are your favourite results?
Working with my families to empower their child to communicate and sharing the pure joy when their child communicates with us in therapy!
How long have you worked here?
Over twelve years
Jo Frost.
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
I love the team and of course every day is different! There are so many opportunities to make a real difference to people’s communication skills both in the clinic and out in the community
What do you love about the Adult’s you work with?
They are all so brave and committed to the work we do together, they’re happy to try out new projects and challenges to keep the therapy goals fresh and exciting
What are your favourite results?
I LOVED working on a podcast with a client, building the content for the show gave us loads of opportunities to work on language before using all of the speech skills we had worked on to create a terrific podcast!
How long have you worked here?
From the inception!
Una Jones, Personal Assistant
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
I love that I am able to bring a wide range of skills to the company to ensure that it runs efficiently for staff and clients.
What do you love about the opportunity to liaise with so many clients and therapists?
Having the knowledge about what we as a company offer means I can provide them with the information they need to so they can make decisions that are right for them
What is great about being part of the team at TSTP?
I love the flexibility, independence and being valued for all I contribute as part of the team
How long have you worked here?
Over 2 years
Lucy Watkins, Speech & language Therapy Assistant
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
I love working with all of the therapists, they’re approachable, kind and knowledgeable
If you could choose just one book to recommend what would it be?
The Monkey Puzzle book, it’s a happy story, lovely illustrations the language is rhythmic and flows beautifully. The story itself highlights similarities and differences.
What’s the most rewarding part of your role?
Seeing how happy the children are, how they enjoy therapy and of course the progress they make
How long have you worked here?
Since 2024
Fiona Burney.
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
I love that we are a team who are passionate about what we do and we all support each other to really focus on what each individual child and family need .
What do love about the children you work with?
I love working with children with speech sound difficulties! Making something that can be tricky fun and achievable for them
What ‘s one of your favourite resources in therapy?
I love Popup pirate! I might use it as a reward, we might use it to develop turn-taking. It’s great for hide and seek when working on language or to build anticipation when developing early communication .
How long have you worked here?
Since 2012
Penny Thompson.
What do you love about working for The Speech Therapy Practice?
I love getting to know children and their families over a period of time and being creative with the therapy I offer to meet their needs
If you could recommend just one book what would it be?
You Choose by Nick Sharratt and Pippa Goodhart. It gives children and opportunity to expand their language and use their imagination.
What is the most rewarding part of the work you do?
Seeing children make progress over time with the support of their families and therapist. I love seeing a child progress from being non-verbal to verbal.
How long have you worked here?
Since 2013