About Me

I’m Rosemin Abdeen, a Specialist Children’s Speech and Language Therapist providing online assessment and therapy across childhood and adolescence, with a particular specialism in Selective Mutism.

I support children and young people with a range of speech, language and communication needs, as well as families looking for clarity, reassurance and specialist guidance.

I have over 16 years’ experience working with children and families, including 7 years providing high-quality online therapy in line with HCPC standards. My approach is gentle, collaborative, structured and emotionally attuned.

Many families come to me after feeling stuck – concerned that referrals have stalled, unsure what their child needs or worried that their child’s voice is going unheard.

My role is to help you understand what is happening, create a plan that fits your child and support you step-by-step as they make progress.

My Experience

I have worked with children and families from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds across mainstream schools, specialist settings, early years services, NHS, private therapy services and online clinical practice.

A significant part of my work is with school-age children and teenagers. This may include speech sound difficulties such as persistent lisps, Developmental Language Disorder, social communication needs, Selective Mutism and higher-level language difficulties affecting friendships, confidence, classroom participation or academic progress.

I particularly value helping young people understand their own communication strengths and develop skills that increase confidence, participation and independence.

I am also particularly passionate about supporting children and young people with Selective Mutism to make gradual, meaningful progress using structured, evidence-based approaches that respect their individual readiness and avoid unnecessary pressure to speak.

Over time, I became increasingly drawn to work that allows for careful assessment, flexible support, close collaboration with families and schools and therapy that is paced around the individual child.

RoseminSLT was created so I could offer high-quality, ethical and evidence-based support with the time and flexibility to look at the whole child – not simply what happens during a therapy session.

I value practical written guidance, clearly structured intervention and collaborative working so that the adults around the child understand what they are working towards and how they can support progress in everyday life.

My Approach

I believe children make the most meaningful progress when therapy is tailored to who they are – their communication profile, strengths, interests, environment and individual readiness.

For some children, this means carefully structured speech or language therapy. For others, particularly children with Selective Mutism or anxiety around speaking, it means progressing gradually and sensitively without creating pressure to communicate before they are ready.

My approach is:

  • child- and family-centred

  • evidence-based and professionally accountable

  • structured but individually paced

  • collaborative with parents, schools and other professionals

  • practical and realistic for everyday family life

  • focused on helping skills carry over beyond the therapy session

I see this work as a responsibility and a trust and I aim to carry it with care, integrity and compassion.

Qualifications & Specialist Training

I hold a BSc in Speech Sciences from University College London and have completed extensive professional development across paediatric speech, language and communication needs.

Relevant specialist training includes:

Parent Coaching & Early Communication

  • Hanen Certified in It Takes Two to Talk®

  • Hanen Certified in More Than Words®

  • Attention Autism

  • Makaton

  • PECS

Language & Social Communication

  • Colourful Semantics

  • Shape Coding

  • Blank Levels of Language

  • Language for Thinking

  • SCERTS

  • TEACCH

  • Social Thinking

  • SMILE

Speech

  • Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme

  • Cued Articulation

Selective Mutism

  • Selective Mutism intervention approaches including graded exposure, sliding-in and collaborative small-steps planning

  • Ongoing specialist development and professional engagement in Selective Mutism

These approaches allow me to tailor assessment and therapy to the individual child rather than using a one-size-fits-all programme.

Selective Mutism Professional Development

I remain actively engaged with the Selective Mutism professional community through SMIRA, the Selective Mutism Association and the National Selective Mutism Clinical Excellence Network.

This helps me remain current with evolving research, clinical discussion and best practice in supporting children and young people with Selective Mutism.-

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