About Nicola Lathey

Nicola Lathey is one of the top Children’s Speech and Language Therapists in the UK.

Growing up with a brother with Down’s Syndrome, Nicola geared her studies at school towards a career as a Speech and Language Therapist. Qualifying in 1999, she gained international prominence in 2013 on publishing her prize-winning and best-selling book, Small Talk (Macmillan). Since then, she has also written a series of children’s books underpinned by Speech and Language Therapy principles, published by Macmillan’s Campbell Books.

Nicola has spoken about Speech and Language development in children on national television (BBC Breakfast) and national and international radio, such as Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. She has written for the Daily Mail, and writes a weekly column for a parenting blog on Daily Mail Online. She has featured in newspapers and magazines across the world, and has given lectures at the request of universities, charities, and businesses in the UK. In 2014, Nicola spoke alongside Professor Sir Robert Winston at The Baby Show in Birmingham's NEC arena.

Nicola is the founding director of The Owl Centre, a multidisciplinary therapy clinic for children and adults which currently has sites in 18 counties in England and one in South Wales.