About Us
Our values
We are passionate about providing high quality assessment and therapy services for infants and children and work closely with families to develop their child's communication and/or feeding skills to maximise their potential.
You know your child best and are the most important people in your child's life. Therefore you and your family are at the centre of all interventions that we provide to your child. We work with you to develop goals and support you to develop your child's skills to achieve these goals.
We also understand the importance of providing coordinated care and aim to work closely with other professionals who are involved in your child's care. This will ensure we achieve the best possible outcomes and provide the highest quality service for your child and your family.
Specialty Areas
We have experience supporting children with a variety of diagnoses and complex needs, including but not limited to:
- Developmental delays
- Syndromes such as 22q11 deletion (also known as Di George or Velocardiofacial syndrome), Charge syndrome, Sticklers syndrome, Down Syndrome
- Cleft palate and VPI
- Cardiac and respiratory conditions
- Tracheostomy
- Prematurity
- Cerebral Palsy
- Intellectual Disability
Our therapists
Carli
Carli has over 15 years’ experience working as a paediatric Speech Pathologist in a range of settings including hospitals, community health, education and private practice.
Carli is passionate about developing functional communication and feeding skills so that your child can use these skills to engage in social relationships and interactions.
Carli's areas of interest include paediatric feeding and dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), early communication development and supporting communication using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Jessie
Jessie has over 14 years’ experience within the Early Childhood field and has worked across metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria. Jessie has worked within Early Intervention, community health, hospital, and private practice settings.
Jessie has a strong interest in adopting a holistic, strength-based approach, using individualised evidence-based therapy and assessments. By using a collaborative approach, she assists with building capacity for her clients and their caregivers.
Jessie’s areas of interest include early communication development, implementation, and support of Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) systems, speech sound development and responsive feeding therapy.
Tracy
Tracy is a certified practising speech pathologist who has worked in paediatrics and adult disabilities, in the areas of early intervention for speech and language, school-aged speech pathology, paediatric oral feeding skill development, as well as low- and high-tech Alternative and Augmentative Communication modalities. She is a Hanen-certified speech pathologist and is trained in the SOS Approach to Feeding, as well as several Alternative and Augmentative Communication programmes.
Tracy adopts a strong collaborative approach to clinical practice, often incorporating her training in the impact of sensory needs, cognition, play, attachment, and security into her assessments and treatments. She is passionate about holistic, family-centred and strengths-based clinical practices.
The mum of two speaks Mandarin as her second language.
Lucy
Lucy has worked as a paediatric speech pathologist for over 11 years. Lucy has worked in a range of settings including hospitals, community health and private practice in Melbourne, Queensland and the United Kingdom.
Lucy is passionate about fostering a family centred approach to therapy and empowering caregivers to support their child’s communication and feeding development.
Lucy’s areas of clinical interest include paediatric feeding, dysphagia (swallowing difficulties), early speech and language difficulties and augmentative and alternative communication systems.
