Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Ben Bolton-Grant
Course Director
Ben is the Course Director for MSc Speech and Language Therapy. He is a qualified Speech and Language Therapist with extensive clinical experience working with children with a range of Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties, but has a particular specialism in working with people who stammer.
Ben qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 2007 with a BSc (Hons) from Leeds Metropolitan University (now Leeds Beckett), and completed an MSc at the University of Sheffield in 2016.
Prior to taking up the role of Senior Lecturer at Leeds Beckett in 2017 Ben has worked in clinical practice in a variety of generalist, specialist and clinical leadership roles. This has been predominantly with children and young people with a range of communication needs within the NHS, Education settings, the charitable sector and independent practice. Alongside his current role at the university he continues to hold a small clinical caseload, and works closely with the charity Action for Stammering Children delivering intervention for young people who stammer.
Current Teaching
Ben teaches on both the BSc and MSc Speech and Language Therapy courses.
- Phonetics and Phonology - theory and practical (level 4 and level 7)
- Language Disorders (level 4 and level 7)
- Communication Disorders (level 6 and level 7)
- Clinical and Professional Studies (level 7)
- Dissertation supervision (level 6 and level 7)
Research Interests
Ben is undertaking doctoral studies supervised by Dr Sarah James and Dr Trish Holch, investigating the outcomes and mechanisms of change in an intensive intervention for young people who stammer. His wider research interests include the lived experience of stammering, clinical management of stammering and clinical education.
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