Hello, I'm Rajni.
Children's speech and language therapist · Wanstead, E11
Helping little voices shine
I am a neurodiversity-affirming Speech and Language Therapist providing assessment and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.
HCPC and RCSLT registered · ASLTIP member · Bupa recognised · Enhanced DBS
- HCPC SL038484
- RCSLT RC0040903
- Enhanced DBS · Insured
Start with what you've noticed
What are you noticing?
No clipboards and no drills. Mostly it looks like playing, because for a small child that is what learning looks like.
Meet your therapist
Hello, I'm Rajni Davegun
I'm an independent speech and language therapist with more than five years' experience across the NHS, schools, the community, and now my own clinic in Wanstead. I work with children and young people from eighteen months to sixteen years.
My job is to work out how a child communicates, then help everyone else meet them there. I start with what a child can already do, what they like, and how they prefer to say things — never with a list of what is missing.
For parents and carers
What happens first?
Start with the free call. It costs nothing, and it commits you to nothing.
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Free 15-minute call
FreeYou tell me what you have noticed. I tell you honestly whether I am the right person.
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Assessment
£270Our first proper session, then the analysis, then a proper conversation about what I found.
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Therapy session
£85 an hourOne to one, with you learning alongside your child.
Who I work with
Parents and carers
Start with the free call. It costs nothing, and it commits you to nothing.
ParentsSchools and nurseries
Visits, staff training, and support that stays after I have gone.
SchoolsLocal authorities
Annual reviews, professional meetings, and SEND Tribunal instructions.
Local AuthorityWondering about your child's talking?
Children arrive at language on wildly different timetables. There is no track to be on. This will not tell you what is going on — but it might tell you whether a conversation is worth having.
This is not a test, and a child cannot fail it. It cannot see or hear your child. It is a prompt for a conversation, and nothing more.
Ticking fewer boxes does not mean something is wrong. Children really do differ, and this page knows nothing about yours. It cannot diagnose anything. If anything here worries you, speak to me, to your GP, or to your health visitor.
And this beats everything above it: if your instinct says something is up, trust it, and email me anyway.
The clinic
Finding the clinic
We are on Cambridge Park, opposite the flats, a few minutes from Wanstead station. The sunburst on the window is hard to miss.
There is a bench to wait on and a box of things worth opening. If your child needs to arrive early and settle, that is fine — say so and we will leave the time.
look for the sunburst 
the bench to wait on dinosaurs are popular 
a quiet corner 
the swing chair
Coming from nearby?
The clinic is on the Central line, and I visit nurseries and schools across east London and Essex.
Guides for parents
Plain answers to the things you're googling at midnight
My toddler isn't talking much yet
What to expect at 18 months, 2 and 3, and when to ask.
Read the late talkers guide
Bilingual children and talking
Two languages don't cause speech difficulties. Here's what does help.
Read the bilingual guide
What happens at an assessment?
What we do, how long it takes, and what you leave with.
Read the assessment guide
A little game
Pop a bubble. See a first word.
Every floating word here is one of the most common first words for toddlers. Pop a few — it's exactly the kind of thing we'd do in session (just messier).
✨ Words popped: 0
↑ try clicking them — it's silly, but kids love silly ↑