Sarah Missen
Sarah Missen
Speech Pathologist
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor of Speech Pathology
  • Certified Practicing Member of Speech Pathology Australia

Sarah is a bubbly and bright speech pathologist who is passionate about supporting children and their families to reach their communication goals. She strives to create a fun, engaging and personalised therapy environment to suit the needs of each client, whilst enjoying a laugh along the way! Sarah enjoys building genuine, trusting relationships with her clients and is known for her approachable style, whilst she works closely with families, schools, and other professionals.

Sarah brings five years’ experience working in private practice, supporting children across a broad range of communication needs in clinic, home, school and community settings. Sarah has also been a clinical educator, providing supervision for University students on placement. Sarah has a particular interest in speech sound disorders and school-aged language disorders, and also brings experience working with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), AAC, early intervention, and literacy.

Sarah brings extensive training and expertise across a broad range of evidence-based approaches, including:

  • Hanen Certified Practitioner – More Than Words
  • PODD Training
  • Sounds-Write Literacy Programme
  • Shape Coding, by Susan Ebbels
  • Which Phonological Intervention Should I Choose, by Rebecca Reinking
  • Diagnosis and Treatment of CAS Using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC)
  • Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment (ReST), The University of Sydney