Member Spotlight | Christine Bosch
Meet Fiona Curtis the owner of Fiona Curtis Speech Pathology Services in Scarborough
Fiona obtained her B.A.Sc. Speech & Hearing from Curtin University and has always maintained her Certified Practising status with SPA. In recent years, her professional development has been very focused on stuttering. She has completed Lidcombe Program Training about 14 years ago and has also done training in how to work with school aged children who stutter. She has attended the Oxford Disfluency Conference twice, in 2014 and 2021.
Committee Member Spotlight | Associate & Provisional Members Coordinator | Curtin Advisory Board Representative | Adele Jane
Meet Adele Jane the owner of Speech Educators in Osborne Park Adele studied to become a Speech Pathologist at Curtin University. Tell us about the areas you are most comfortable working in School age language, literacy Executive functions Inferential reasoning...
Committee Member Spotlight | Vice Chair & PAIG Rep | Jackie Jenkins
Meet Jackie Jenkins the owner of Subiaco Speech Pathology Services. Jackie studied at Curtin University and graduated with a degree in Speech and Hearing Science in 1988. She also won the Clinical Prize for her year. Jackie has attended numerous PD events over the...
Committee Member Spotlight | Treasurer | Simone Dempster
Meet Simone Dempster the owner of Splice Therapy based in Darlington.
Committee Member Spotlight | Chairperson | Di van der Walt
Meet Di van der Walt the owner of Perth Hills Speech Pathology Di obtained her Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy in Auckland, New Zealand. Since then, she’s completed lots of additional training. She is qualified in Sounds-Write. She’s a Certified...
Life Member Spotlight | Liana Gunzburg
Meet Liana Gunzburg the owner of Dianella Speech Pathology Liana obtained her Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech & Hearing) at WAIT [now Curtin University]. She has completed further training in Sounds~Write, Talk 4 Writing courses, and regular attendance at...
Keeping Communication Going when People have Dementia
On the long and distressing journey that is dementia, one of the key issues is keeping communication going. Over time, all communication skills learned over a lifetime are lost. People forget the names of things, lose their understanding of words and sentences, and...
Dyspraxia
Dyspraxia occurs when the brain is not able to adequately plan actions. In adults, this can be acquired as a result of a stroke (CVA) or disease or brain lesion of some kind. The severity can range from mild to severe, and so the symptoms will vary accordingly.
