Supporting AAC in the Home And School With Aoife Tierney, SLT

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Unfiltered Autistic - Amanda McGuinness

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5 days ago

Hello and welcome to the unfiltered Autistic Podcast. The Podcast that aims to give an unfiltered account of Autistic lived experiences, created and hosted by me Amanda Mc Guinness, an Autistic Autism and Visual Support Specialist and parent to 4 Neurodivergent children. Having spent a lifetime filtering my true self, to be the person I felt others wanted me to be, I realised at the age of 39 I could no longer be that person. It was time to be my true unfiltered Autistic self. I realised I deserved to have the same compassion and thoughtfulness I put out into the world. I deserved to be me.

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Supporting AAC in the Home And School With Aoife Tierney, SLT

Unfiltered Autistic - Amanda McGuinness

1 hour 58 seconds

2 weeks ago

Supporting AAC in the Home And School With Aoife Tierney, SLT

In this latest episode of Unfiltered Autistic Podcast, Amanda speaks with AAC specialist , Aoife Tierney Speech and Language Therapist of Sparking Speech. The episode focuses on supporting the use of AAC in the home and school environment.

Aoife Tierney is a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapist and the founder of Sparking Speech.

After qualifying in 2012, Aoife worked for the NHS in England before moving home and founding Sparking Speech in 2020.

Aoife founded Sparking Speech with the intention of creating a Speech & Language Therapy practice that provides high quality assessment and evidence-based intervention. Aoife believes in a child-centred, strengths-based and Neuro-Affirmative approach that allows each child to reach their potential.

Aoife loves learning and talking about all things Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) and Gestalt Language Processing.

Aoife is the exclusive distributor for Bjorem Speech Publications products in Europe and the Uk and sells these products in her online store. These products are designed with Speech and Language Therapists, educators and parents in mind to support speech and language development.

Upcoming Events:

Aoife will be launching a new community hub, ‘The AAC Advocates’ for parents, carers and educators in November 2026. To be the first to find out when the doors open sign up here.

Aoife runs the Let’s Communicate Together course with Julie Holmes from Be Me Speech Therapy. The doors will open for the next group of parents in 2026. Sign up to their newsletter to be the first to hear about it.

Here are links to:

The AAC Advocates Waiting List - https://sparking-speech.mykajabi.com/opt-in-a73632c3-dac6-4013-ade1-2f24311325a8?cid=4ed6b68d-7611-49d6-94ab-1beb28f02dab&preview_theme_id=2162233223

Let's Communicate Together Newsletter - https://letscommunicatetogether.mykajabi.com/opt-in

Sparking Speech Shop - https://sparkingspeech.com/shop/