Meet The Team
Alison Spurr
Director/Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: Books and hiking
Favourite Food: Nachos
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: When I see little brains make connections.
Areas of Interest: Craniofacial (including Cleft Palate); Paediatric Feeding; Speech Sound Disorders
Amelia Lim
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: My cat, Archie
Favourite Food: Burrata (it’s the yummiest cheese in the world!)
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Building special relationships with each of my clients and celebrating their achievements as a team.
Areas of Interst: Neuro-Affirming practice in social skills; Executive Functioning; Early intervention and school-aged language; Literacy Skills (including Sounds Write); AAC (PODD, Proloquo2go, Proloquo)
Julia Mchawala
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: African safari animals, especially flamingoes.
Favourite Food: Satay Chicken and Dark Chocolate (not together!)
Moments at work that make it worthwhile: Seeing something ‘click’ for a child and the joy that it brings to them and their family.
Areas of Interest: Early Intervention; Language development; Speech development; Working with kids under 5 years.
Shari Bessell
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: The outdoors, particularly the beach.
Favourite Food: Pasta
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Being able to work alongside clients through all their big achievements and milestones.
Things she does when she is not being a speech pathologist: Going out for brunch and coffee, taking my dogs the beach and cooking!
Rebecca Mintern
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: Tea, books and the colour purple.
Favourite Food: Freshly baked sourdough bread.
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Celebrating children’s achievements and seeing their confidence grow.
Areas of Interest:Neuro-affirming Practice in Social Communication; Executive Functioning; Speech Sound Disorders; School-age Language; AAC (PODD, Proloquo2Go, Proloquo, TouchChat)
Jasmine Paunovic
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: Cups of tea
Favourite Food: Any dish that has noodles
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Seeing children become empowered and confident communicators.
Areas of Interest: Autism; AAC (LAMP WFL, Proloquo2Go, Proloquo, TD Snap and Touch Chat); Stuttering (Lidcombe Program, Oakville Program and Stutter Modification); Selective Mutism; Echolalia.
Sarah Hutchinson
Speech Pathologist
AreThings she likes: Having a laugh
Favourite Food: Any food as long as it is not touching another food!
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Watching my clients make progress week to week
Areas of Interest: Autism including AAC (PODD, Proloquo, Proloquo2go); School age language, Speech Sound Disorders (including Childhood Apraxia of Speech)
Eliza Burdett
Speech Pathologist
Things she likes: Beach days, listening to live music, coffee
Favourite Food: Anything Mango flavoured
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Building relationships with clients and celebrating the small and big wins!
Areas of Interest: Pervasive Demand Avoidance (PDA); Stuttering; Language Disorder (Trained in Shape Coding), Paediatric Feeding.
Sue Vardas
Clinic Assistant
Things she likes: Spending time with my family and playing with my grandchildren.
Favourite Food: Risotto
Moments at work that make it all worthwhile: Working with a great team of dedicated Speech Pathologists.
Things she does when she is not being a clinic assistant: Movies, gardening, travel
We are always looking for Speechies and OTs to join our dynamic team. Please contact us for more information.
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