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Andrew Ryder

Type of therapist: Speech and Language Therapy, Autism (ASD) Assessment (for Children), ADHD Assessment (for Children), Autism (ASD) Assessment (for Adults), ASD and ADHD Assessment (for Children), ASD and ADHD Assessment (for Adults), ADHD Assessments (for Adults)

Location: Greater Manchester

Skills

Autism Spectrum Autism Diagnosis (ADOS) Behavioural Difficulties Bilingualism Language Disorder Selective Mutism Social and Emotional Difficulties Sensory Integration Difficulties ASD diagnosis Emotional regulation Social and emotional development Classroom Observation / Advice for Teachers Sensory Integration Difficulties Autism Spectrum Autism Diagnosis (ADOS) Social and Emotional Difficulties Attention-related Difficulties (ADD, ADHD) Autism Spectrum Autism Diagnosis (ADOS) Sensory Integration Difficulties Social and Emotional Difficulties ASD diagnosis Language Disorder Emotional regulation Social and emotional development ADHD diagnosis Attention-related Difficulties (ADD, ADHD)

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Speech Pathology and Therapy (2013)
  • MA Autism Spectrum Conditions (2018)
  • Postgraduate training in Sensory Integration
  • ADOS-2, ADI-R l, NODA, BOSA and 3DI-5 trained (autism assessment tools)
  • Completed training in ADHD assessment and diagnosis in adults and children (DIVA, ACE, ACE+, QbTest)
  • Cert MRCSLT
  • HCPC Registered

CV

  • Andrew is our Head of ADHD Services and Consultant Speech and Language Therapist in Neurodiversity.
  • He graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University and worked in the NHS in Trafford until 2021 before joining The Owl Centre full-time.
  • He has completed an MA in autism spectrum conditions and completed post-graduate studies in Sensory Integration. He is passionate about neurodiversity and neuro-affirmative practice.
  • He has extensive experience in autism (ASD) and ADHD assessments and intervention with children, young people and adults.
  • Further diagnostic specialist training includes Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2), 3di-5 (autism diagnostic interview tool), ADI-R (autism diagnostic interview tool), Diagnosis and Assessment of ADHD in adults (UKAAN) and Children (Sheffield Universities NHS Foundation Trust), QbTest and QbCheck training.
  • Further specialist intervention training includes SCERTS (Social Communication, Emotion Regulation and Transactional Support), It Takes Two To Talk (Hanen), Zones of Regulation (emotional regulation intervention), Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations, Low tech AAC Techniques, Signalong Level 1 and 2, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Intensive Interaction, Palin Parent-Child Interaction (stammering intervention), Word Aware (vocabulary intervention), Colourful Semantics and Lego Therapy.
  • Andrew has also attended further professional training and conferences on Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), Autism and Technology, Sensory Processing and Autism, Women and Autism, Trauma in Autism, Anxiety in Autism, Family Dynamics.
  • Andrew is also an experienced trainer and has delivered training on various subjects across the UK and internationally to healthcare professionals, local authorities and organisations, education staff and parents/carers.
  • He has developed extensive knowledge and experience of various speech, language and social communication difficulties from working in community clinics, mainstream and special educational settings and private day nurseries.
  • He is confident in working with children, young people and adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions, Language delay, Developmental Language Disorder, Speech Sound Difficulties, Bilingualism, Stammering, Selective Mutism and Social Communication Difficulties.

Interesting / fun facts

  • Andrew was a professional performer a long time ago and has performed all over the UK and Europe.
  • Andrew speaks four languages fluently: Welsh, English, French and Spanish.
  • Andrew is really into true crime, which his wife finds very strange!
  • Andrew is proudly neurodivergent and was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.
  • Andrew is a very proud Welshman but also considers himself an honourary Mancunian!

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