Dr Claire Scott - Consultant Community Paediatrician
Dr Claire Scott is an experienced Consultant Community Paediatrician specialising in child development, neurodiversity, and complex communication profiles. She brings a calm, thoughtful, and highly skilled approach to every assessment, ensuring families feel understood and supported throughout the process.
Claire has extensive experience across the NHS and independent practice, with particular expertise in developmental assessments, autism diagnosis, ADHD, and the wider neurodevelopmental landscape. Her clinical work is grounded in evidence‑based practice and a deep understanding of how children grow, learn, and interact with the world around them.
Families value her warm manner, her ability to explain complex information clearly, and her commitment to making the diagnostic process feel safe and manageable. Claire’s assessments are thorough, child‑centred, and always focused on what will genuinely help a child thrive.
Dani Lee - Specialist Occupational Therapist
Dani Lee is a highly skilled Specialist Occupational Therapist with over a decade of experience supporting children with sensory, motor, and functional needs. She is known for her warm, intuitive approach and her ability to translate sensory and motor findings into practical, meaningful strategies for home and school.
Dani specialises in sensory processing, regulation, motor planning, handwriting, functional independence, and participation in everyday routines. Her work is grounded in a deep understanding of how sensory and motor systems shape a child’s ability to learn, communicate, and engage with their environment.
As part of the Speech Boom multidisciplinary team, Dani leads the school or home observation, providing a clear sensory and functional profile that enriches the diagnostic picture. Families appreciate her clarity, her empathy, and her talent for making complex sensory concepts easy to understand and apply.
Marisa Ciesla - Clinical Director & Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Marisa is a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with over 21 years of clinical experience across the education, medical and independent practice. She is the Clinical Director of Speech Boom and leads on communication‑centred autism assessment, complex communication profiles, and multidisciplinary pathways.
Marisa specialises in social communication, language development, autism assessment, ADHD profiles, and complex SEND presentations. She is known for her ability to see the whole child — integrating communication, sensory, emotional, and developmental factors into a clear, meaningful understanding.
Her assessments are warm, thorough, and deeply parent‑centred. Marisa brings a rare combination of clinical expertise, educational insight, and system‑level understanding, ensuring families receive reports that are both diagnostically robust and genuinely useful for schools and local authorities.
Parents consistently describe Marisa as calm, reassuring, and exceptionally skilled at explaining communication differences in a way that feels validating and empowering.