Devon Barnes BSpTHy, MSPAA, CPSPDevon is the Clinical Director of the Lindfield Speech Pathology & Learning Centre which she established in 1990. She has over 40 years experience working with children and adults with speech, language, literacy and learning problems.Leading a team of 10 speech pathologists, she has extensive experience working with children and adults with various language based learning difficulties including dyslexia, auditory processing disorder and autism spectrum disorders.Devon regularly attends conferences in Australia and overseas, seeking out the latest research and treatment strategies.Devon is also a frequently invited speaker at Australian and international conferences, including the International Dyslexia Society Conference - Chicago 1999, First Asian Brain Based Learning Conference - Singapore 2005, Australian Speech Pathology Conference, Perth 2006, the Australian Brain - Based Learning Conferences Sydney & Melbourne 2006, the Rewiring the Brain for Academic Gain Conferences – Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra 2007, and the Dyslexia Association of Sarawak Inaugural Conference in Borneo 2010.She also presents regularly at various local education seminars, including NSW Regional Professional Development Days conducted by SPELD (Specific Learning Difficulties Association of NSW).Devon has worked in both the public and private sectors with adults and children as both a speech pathologist and an audiologist. She has worked in hospitals, schools and community health centres where her focus was managing children with learning and associated emotional difficulties.Her work includes special schools where she treated children with hearing impairment, developmental delays, and language and learning difficulties.In the hospital environment she treated adults with neurological impairment resulting from head injuries and strokes.