Agnieszka Prącik
I am a certified speech therapist and have MA degree in nursing. I have many years of professional experience as a speech therapist which I gained while working in a nursery, in a Polish-English kindergarten and in a speech therapy clinic.
I love working with people, especially children, who are my greatest inspiration.
As an experienced practitioner, I am convinced that children learn best through play. Play appropriately matched to the child’s age and possible problems has a comprehensive impact on the child’s speech development, enabling the acquisition of social norms and preparing them for learning at school.
I work using various methods and always treat the patient individually. This approach ensures accurate diagnosis, selection of an appropriate therapy plan and its effective implementation.
I constantly improve my qualifications by participating in conferences, training and workshops in field of speech therapy and medicine.
I try to share my knowledge and experience with others. While working in Poland, I conducted exercises in the Elements of Orthodontics for students of Postgraduate Speech Therapy Studies in Krakow, Limanowa and Przemyśl, and independently coordinated the subject “Development of children’s speech” during Postgraduate Studies at the University of Economics in Cieszyn.
What do I do?
I currently run a private speech therapy practice and work in a hospital as a nurse. I actively cooperate with the Polish Saturday School in Warwick of which I am a co-founder and one of the Trustees.
Professional qualification & registration
January 2015 – Professional registration: Nursing and Midwife Council
2006 – Professional registration in Malopolska District Chamber for Nurses and Midwives in Cracow, Poland
Education
2008-2010 – Pedagogical University of KEN in Cracow,
Postgraduate studies- Speech Therapy
Qualifications to diagnose and conduct speech therapy in educational and health institutions
2005-2007 – Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow,
Professional title: Master of Nursing
2002-2005 – Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow,
Professional title: Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
Trainings and workshops
- “Orofacial therapy and sensorimotor stimulation of people with abnormal muscle tone”, Dr. Anna Regner, Katowice, 2012.
- “Therapeutic feeding of infants – neurophysiological concept”, Aleksandra Łada, M.A., Katowice, 2012.
- “Diagnostics and miofuctional therapy of oral function disorders related to food intake and speech production”, Aleksandra Łada, M.A., Katowice, 2012.
- “1st degree of Sherborne Development Movement Course”, Integration Training Center – Małgorzata Mroziak, Bielsko-Biała, 2011.
- “Therapy for delays in speech development using own original methods”, Dr. Iwona Michalak-Widera, Katowice, 2013.
- “The competent guardian of young children”, Comenius Institute, Warsaw, 2011.
- “Therapy of a young child with ASD – online course”, Joanna Wójtowicz-Pałasz, M.A., Warwick, 2023.
- “ABC of autism – comprehensive video course”, Private Teachers’ Improvement Center Speech Therapist’s File, Renata Bronisz, M.A., Wasilków, 2023.
- “Difficult behaviors children with autism spectrum disorder – how to encourage cooperation?”, Private Teachers’ Improvement Center Speech Therapist’s File, Barbara Libicka-Gortadt, M.A., Wasilków, 2023.
- “Orofacial hypersensitivity – online training”, Beata Wasilewicz, M.A., Warwick, 2022.
- “Sensory games in speech therapy – online training”, Beata Wasilewicz, M.A., Warwick, 2022.
- “Effective r-sound therapy – online training”, Dominika Szczepańska, M.A., Warwick, 2022.
- “Understanding learning disabilities and Autistic Spectrum Disorder e-learning course delivered by Florence Academy, Warwick, 2022.
- “Time to talk tier 1 training online”, Luise Perry, Warwick, 2022.
Conferences
Passive participation and active participation as a speaker. Participation in conferences confirmed by certificates.
- “5th National Scientific Conference on the occasion of the World Day of People Who Stutter.” Co-organized by the Faculty of Philology – Institute of Polish Language 20/10/ 2012 in Katowice (as a participant).
- “1st International Speech Therapy Conference: Speech therapy in theory and practice.”
Co-organized by the University of Silesia on 20-21. 04/2013 in Katowice (as a speaker – title of the speech: “Is it selective mutism? Difficulties in adapting the child to nursery and the occurrence of secondary language communication disorders”). - “International conference on child language disorders in the context of multilingualism.” Organized by the Jagiellonian University, the University of Warsaw and the Institute of Educational Research on 27-28. 05/2013
in Krakow (as a participant). - “1st National Scientific and Educational Conference Early speech therapy diagnosis from an interdisciplinary perspective.” Organized by WSP im. Cardinal August Hlond on June 8, 2013. in Mysłowice (as a speaker – title of the speech: “Primary activities as one of the bases of secondary activities”).
Publications
- “A child in a nursery- about the opportunities and shortcomings of early speech therapy intervention in a nursery”, which received a positive reviewer’s opinion and was published in a multi-author monograph edited by Mirosław Michalik, Anna Siudak and Zdzisława Orłowska-Pope entitled: “New Speech Therapy: Differential diagnosis of disorders linguistic communication”.
- “Is this selective mutism? Difficulties in adapting a child to nursery and the occurrence of secondary language communication disorders” published in the journal Forum Speech Therapy.
- “Primary activities as one of the bases of secondary activities”, an article for the post-conference volume entitled: On what influences the reception and expression of statements of people with language communication disorders, edited by Ewa Boksa. Kraków 2014, Libron publishing house.