Telehealth speech pathologist specialising in family-focused, evidence-based speech pathology services for children aged 0-12 years. Services include:- Comprehensive assessments- Targeted therapy- Consultative services for families- Collaboration with a network of medical and allied health professionals for holistic care and referrals- Strong interest in preventative education by offering consultations and parent sessions on communication, feeding, and orofacial development

Telehealth speech pathologist specialising in providing personalised speech and language therapy for clients aged 7 and up. I leverage innovative technology to deliver effective, evidence-based interventions in a supportive virtual environment to clients all across Australia. My expertise includes working with diverse populations, addressing a wide range of communication disorders, and promoting essential skills for academic and social success. Committed to fostering a collaborative approach, I partner with families, caregivers, support workers, and educators to create tailored strategies that empower clients to achieve their communication goals.

Hybrid (mobile & on-site) senior speech pathologist working across Inner West, Southwest Sydney and parts of Greater Western Sydney. In this role, I assess, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders in children and adults. I use a range of formal and informal assessment tools. I also provide parent and caregiver and larger-scale staff training at group homes. I work collaboratively with a range of different allied health (e.g., occupational therapists, music therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, and behaviour support practitioners) and medical professionals, support services, support coordinators, and educators, in providing holistic multidisciplinary care to paediatric and adult NDIS participants with the following diagnoses:- Autism (all levels)- Intellectual Disability (all levels)- Learning difficulties- Stroke- Global Developmental Disorder (GDD)- Complex mental health i.e., Schizophrenia- Cerebral Palsy- Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

Mobile speech pathologist working in aged care facilities in Greater Sydney. This role includes:- swallowing assessments and recommendations- communication assessments and recommendations - providing dysphagia and IDDSI education and training to aged care facilities staff- liaising with multidisciplinary teams, especially dietitians, in supporting the nutritional needs and safe mealtimes at aged care facilities.

Mobile speech pathologist working across all areas of Greater Sydney. In this role, I provide one-on-one speech pathology intervention in areas of speech, language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), fluency/stuttering, voice, and swallowing/dysphagia. I also provide parent and caregiver training, as well as larger scale staff training at group homes. I work collaboratively with a range of different allied health and medical professionals, support services, support coordinators, and educators, in providing holistic multidisciplinary care to paediatric and adult NDIS participants with the following diagnoses:- Autism (all levels)- Down Syndrome- Intellectual Disability (all levels)- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)- Dyslexia- Learning difficulties- Hearing impairments- Stroke- Huntington's Disease- Multiple Sclerosis- Global Developmental Disorder (GDD)- Parkinson's Disease- Fragile X Syndrome- Spina Bifida- Cerebral Palsy

My day-to-day duties include:- Organising and overseeing the daily activities of a healthcare facility with a strong multidisciplinary approach- Managing staff, communicating with different departments and ensuring adequate patient care- Liaison with a range of health professionals (occupational therapy, mental health occupational therapy, speech pathology, physiotherapy, exercise physiology, dietetics) and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) support coordinators.

Blinded assessor and intervention therapist in a randomised control trial comparing Constraint Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT) to Multi-modal Aphasia Therapy (M-MAT) conducted by COMPARE Aphasia Lab, La Trobe University.Role as a blinded assessor include:- liaising with participants- conducting language assessments- data entry onto REDCap

Paediatric speech and language pathologist role focusing on areas of speech, language, fluency, and literacy for children birth – 18 years of age. Values upheld whilst in this role:- Goal directed- Evidence-based- Play-based- Child lead- Family-centeredProviding assessment and intervention services, as well as liaison with multi-disciplinary team, as well as schools and families. This role also included doing administrative tasks such as using a practice management system (HealthKit) to process payment, organise invoices and receipts, Medicare Rebates, and as well as NDIS plan management.Addressed difficulties with all aspects of communication and skills of daily life such as:- Challenges of General Development- Delays in reaching of communication milestones- Challenges with social skills- Problem Feeding and Picky Eating- Delayed speech / articulation- Delayed language- Listening or processing problems- Literacy difficulties / Dyslexia (spelling, reading, writing and/or reading comprehension)- Oral-motor problems resulting in problems with feeding, speech and / or dribbling- Difficulties with auditory processing- Poor written language- Lower reading or spelling levelExperienced working with children with:- Autism Spectrum Disorder- Attention Deficit Disorder- Developmental Delays- Dyslexia- Genetic disorders including: Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome- Late Talkers- Language disorder and/or delay- Learning Difficulties- Speech and language Disorders

Assessment of K-2 students at Southwest/Western Sydney as part of the Building Better Readers Project. Assessment tools include:- York Assessment of Reading for Comprehension (YARC)- Castles and Coltheart 2 (CC2)- Children's Test of Nonword Repetition (CN Rep)- Rapid Automatised Naming Test (RAN)