Victoria Joffe is Professor of Speech and Language Therapy, and Dean of Integrated Health and Care Partnerships at the University of Essex. Victoria’s area of clinical and research expertise includes Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) in children, young people and adults, Developmental Language Disorder, the interface between education and speech and language therapy collaborative practice and the training of therapy and teaching staff, Narrative and Vocabulary Interventions, language and literacy development, and evidence-based practice.
Victoria works with various health trusts, integrated care systems, education authorities and third sector organisations devising and evaluating research into models of service delivery across the lifespan. She provides training and consultancy to professionals working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND).
Victoria is co-editor of the journal, Child Language Teaching and Therapy, and acts as a speech and language therapy partner for the Health and Care Professions Council. She is chair of the RCSLT’s national clinical excellence network for older children and young adults with developmental SLCN.
Victoria has recently been working on three National Institute Health Research-funded research projects looking into new interventions for children with social communication disorder, children with Down Syndrome and children who stutter. She is currently involved in research on the use of apps to facilitate communication in adults with aphasia, and in a new study modelling Allied Health Professional service provision to meet the needs of children and young people with SEND.
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