ABOUT ME

I graduated from the University of Newcastle, in NSW, Australia in 1998.  Over the last 20 years I have worked in a variety of settings, including schools, early childhood centres, homes, community clinics and residential care, in Australia, the UK and New Zealand.

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My husband and I settled in NZ in 2011 and I am now a proud mum of an 8 year old son.  My experiences as a parent have been invaluable in supporting my understanding of child development as well as the importance of play and interaction in developing speech and language skills.  I have loved having the opportunity to watch my son develop his communication skills and engage with the world in his own way.  I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to help other parents to support their children to develop their communication skills as part of my work. 

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I feel that it is very important to look at each child, and each family as individuals, and do my best to ensure that both assessment and intervention are tailored to the needs of the child and family.  I love having the opportunity to work with children and their ‘team’ – parents, siblings, grandparents, teachers and carers.  I believe in working on goals that are important to the family and in finding ways to make practice fit within the already busy demands of the household.

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I am a registered member of New Zealand Speech Language Therapists Association.