Azadeh Shafie
Azadeh (Azzy) Shafie is a highly experienced Speech and Language Therapist with over a decade of experience supporting children and young people across the UK and UAE.
She is passionate about empowering children and young people to communicate in ways that are meaningful and authentic to them. Throughout her career, she has worked across schools, nurseries, clinics, family homes, and teletherapy services, supporting individuals with a wide range of communication profiles.
Azadeh values a collaborative and family-centred approach, working closely with the wider team around the child, including parents, educators, learning support assistants, occupational therapists, psychologists, and behaviour specialists. She believes that meaningful progress is best achieved when everyone involved shares knowledge, listens to the child’s voice, and works together to create supportive communication environments.
Her practice is grounded in neurodiversity-affirming principles, recognising and respecting different ways of thinking, learning, communicating, and interacting with the world.
She focuses on building trusting relationships with children, families and educators; creating engaging, functional, and strengths based support strategies that enhance participation, confidence, and well being in everyday life.
As a British therapist with Iranian heritage, Azadeh brings a deep appreciation of cultural and linguistic diversity to her work and is committed to providing inclusive, individualised, and respectful support for every child and family she works with.
Age Range
Pediatric
Years of Experience
10+
Nationality
British
Languages
English, Farsi/Persian
Education
- BSc. Psychology - University of Reading, UK
- MSc. Speech and Language Therapy - University of Reading, UK
Licensing Body
- DHA
- HCPC
- RCSLT
Other Certifications and Trainings
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
- Makaton
- Elklan
- Hanen - More Than Words
- Social Thinking
- SCERTS
- Shape CodingTM
- Word Aware
- Coach U
Areas of Expertise
- DLD and Language Delays
- Speech Sound Disorders and Delays
- Selective Mutism
- Fluency Differences and Stuttering
- Social Communication Differences
- Global Developmental Delay
- Early Communication and Language Development
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Autism
- ADHD
- Down Syndrome
- Parent
- Parent, Nanny, Teacher, and Learning Support Assistant (LSA) Training and Collaboration
- Creating Communication-Friendly Environments