Katie Clark
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Katie has nearly 25 years of experience as a Speech and Language Therapist, starting as a new graduate in NHS Fife before joining NHS Forth Valley in 2003. After working in the Deafness/Hearing loss team for 9 years, she was appointed as Deafness Advisor to the Forth Valley-wide team in 2021, subsequently assuming the role of Team Lead in the Falkirk team in 2022. Katie has led on embedding a whole systems approach to improving communication skills for children and young people to build an environment of protective, tolerant, and enhancing relationships around the child and young person.