Our Team

Vivienne is our Principal Speech Pathologist. She graduated with a Master of Speech and Language Pathology and a Bachelor of Speech, Hearing and Language Sciences from Macquarie University. She is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and a member of Speech Pathology Australia.

Vivienne is passionate about supporting preschoolers, school-aged children and young adults with their language, speech and literacy difficulties (reading, spelling and writing), delayed talkers needing early intervention, parent coaching, supporting children and adults with social communication and pragmatic difficulties in a neurodiverse way and children who stutter. She is also experienced with providing assessment and therapy in a range of clinical settings, such as homes, schools and clinic-based settings.

Vivienne works hard with families and clients to develop relevant individual goals in therapy and enjoys making therapy motivating and fun for every client, whilst incorporating the most up-to-date evidence-based practice into her sessions.

Vivienne is also involved with giving back to the speech pathology community. She was a member of Speech Pathology Australia’s Early Career Reference Group, which is aimed at supporting speech pathologists at various points of their career.

Vivienne can also offer services in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Vivienne’s Professional Development:

• HANEN - More Than Words

• The Lidcombe Program

• Sounds-Write Training

• Infant Feeding Foundations Course (Babble and Munch)

• Carryover Techniques in Articulation and Phonology (presented online by Pam Marshella)

• Behaviour Support for Students with Learning Difficulties (presented at LDC by Kristin Bayley)

• ADHD in the classroom (presented at LDC by Dr Caroline Stevensen)

• Frontal Lisp, Lateral Lisp (presented online by Pam Marshalla)

• Supporting Written Language and Reading Comprehension in Children with Language Impairments (presented online by Jennifer Larson)

• Reading Disorders: Presentation and Treatment (presented at LDC by Dr Saskia Kohnen)

• Supporting Vocabulary Across All Grades and Subjects (presented at LDC by Dr Samantha Hornery)

• Emotional Regulation and Anxiety for Students with ADHD & LD (presented at LDC by Andrew Greenfield)