Dr Vicky Slonims is the Chief Investigator of the ICALD programme (Improving Communication with Adults with Learning Disabilities at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. 

She is also a senior consultant speech and language therapist at the Newcomen Centre (King's children's neurosciences centre).

She works in the service for children with complex needs, including:

• learning difficulties
• communication disorders
• autism spectrum disorder

Vicky served on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guideline Development Group on learning disability and behaviour that challenges from 2014 to 2015. She also served on the NICE Guideline Development Group on interventions for autism from 2011 to 2013.

She is a member of the scientific and academic groups of the Pan London Autism Schools Network and on the steering group for the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership.

Specialist interests

Complex neuro-developmental disorders including:

• learning disability
• autism
• language disorder
• specific learning disability
• challenging behaviour