Gill Townend

Communication and Education Support Project Lead, Rett UK Ph.D.; M.Phil.; B.Med.Sci. (Speech); Reg. mem. RCSLT & HCPC

About this speaker

Gill Townend heads up Rett UK’s Communication and Education team. She is also a researcher at the Rett Expertise Centre Netherlands, Maastricht University, NL. Her background is in Speech and Language Therapy, initially specialising in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and more recently Rett syndrome. She worked for Sheffield SLT service for nearly 20 years before moving to the Netherlands in 2008.

She was responsible for organising the communication track of the 3rd European Rett Syndrome Conference Maastricht in 2013; is co-founder of two national networks for Communication Professionals working with individuals with Rett syndrome (NL and UK); is the European representative on the North American Rett Clinics Network; and is currently working with Rett Syndrome Europe to establish a European Scientific Advisory Board. She led the international project that recently published consensus-based communication guidelines for Rett syndrome.

In 2019 she gained her Ph.D. from Maastricht University, with a thesis entitled "Rett Syndrome: Recognising the Communication Challenges, Needs and Potential of Individuals Living with a Rare Disease".

Gill's conference talks will remain available as replays until 20th November 2021.

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Talks

Welcome to Rett Education 2020

15 November 2020, 03:30 PM
Gill Townend Abigail Davison-Hoult

Look Back and Reflection on the Week

21 November 2020, 10:00 AM
Abigail Davison-Hoult Gill Townend Tracey Campbell

Conference Wrap-up

21 November 2020, 05:15 PM
Tracey Campbell Abigail Davison-Hoult Gill Townend

Discussion Group - Getting Started with Communication. Focus on Susan Norwell’s Rett Education 2020 talks

18 February 2021, 08:00 PM
Abigail Davison-Hoult Gill Townend Susan Norwell Tracey Campbell

Discussion Group - AAC in Schools

18 March 2021, 08:00 PM
Abigail Davison-Hoult Gill Townend Tracey Campbell Michelle Mann Callie Ward

Discussion Group - Getting Started with Communication. Focus on Jaquie Mills' Rett Education 2020 talk

22 April 2021, 08:00 PM
Abigail Davison-Hoult Tracey Campbell Gill Townend

Discussion Group - What Else Affects Communication – Motor Skills, Movement & Positioning. Focus on Meir Lotan’s Rett Education 2020 talk.

20 May 2021, 08:00 PM
Tracey Campbell Gill Townend Abigail Davison-Hoult Meir Lotan

Discussion Group - What Else Affects Communication – Emotional/Behavioural & Sensory Issues. Focus on Kate Ahern and Judy Lariviere's Rett Education 2020 talks.

17 June 2021, 08:00 PM
Gill Townend Tracey Campbell Abigail Davison-Hoult

Discussion Group: Why and How to Develop Literacy

23 September 2021, 08:00 PM
Caroline Musselwhite Tracey Campbell Gill Townend Abigail Davison-Hoult

Discussion Group: Reflection on Rett Education 2020

21 October 2021, 08:00 PM
Gill Townend Tracey Campbell Abigail Davison-Hoult