Ben Bolton Grant
Course Director | Leeds Beckett
Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM
Ben Bolton Grant has extensive clinical experience working with children with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
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Biography
Ben is the Course Director for MSc Speech and Language Therapy. He is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with extensive clinical experience working with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties, but has a particular specialism in working with people who stammer.
Ben qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2007 with a BSc (Hons) from Leeds Metropolitan University (now Leeds Beckett), and completed an MSc at the University of Sheffield in 2016.
Prior to taking up the role of Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett in 2017 Ben has worked in clinical practice in a variety of generalist, specialist and clinical leadership roles. This has been predominantly with children and young people with a range of communication needs within the NHS, Education settings, the charitable sector and independent practice. Alongside his current role at the university he continues to hold a small clinical caseload, and works closely with the charity Action for Stammering Children delivering intervention for young people who stammer.
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Childcare
Education/Learning
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Areas of Expertise (3)
Communications
Speech and Language Therapy
Therapy
Education (2)
The University of Sheffield: MS, Language and Communication Impairment in Children (LACIC) 2016
Leeds Beckett University: BSc (Hons), Clinical Language Science (Speech and Language Therapy)
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Languages (1)
- English
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Speech and language therapy services in the media
RCSLT online
2023-06-19
The news package aired across multiple ITV regions and featured therapists Lauren Flannery, Melanie Packer, Emma Ferris, Ben Bolton-Grant, Jackie Hammerton, and Lisa Morgan. They gave an on the ground perspective, explaining the increasing demand on the profession and the impact it’s having on people with speech, language, and communication needs.
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