Our Team
Anthea Abbott
Anthea's passion for helping children who find life challenging began during her involvement in the Unigym program at UWA. She was so inspired that she created her own movement clinic on her return to Collie. Since completing her teaching degree she has taught children from Kindy to Year 7. Anthea is dedicated to working with children who find it difficult to fit in and supporting older boys to re-engage in learning. Working as a Learning Support Coordinator and part of the Admin team over recent years has allowed her to implement whole school techniques and strategies to improve the engagement of students at educational risk.
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Kendra Bell-HayesKendra Bell-Hayes has worked as a speech pathologist for 26 years. She has worked in both regional and city practices and as the Head of Speech Pathology at Princess Margaret Hospital. In 2002 she co-founded Next Challenge, a community therapy service, with a commitment to viewing children as a ‘whole child’. This has been crucial in her success when working extensively with schools and Education Behaviour Teams. Kendra has written a number of books and language screening tools, which are used by many speech pathologists and schools in WA. Kendra is passionate about ensuring all children have the tools and confidence to engage with learning.
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Sharna MarshallSharna Marshall has taught across city and rural school for the past 20 years. She is a passionate and creative teacher who always expects the best of and for her students. Sharna has a strong connection with children who have behavioural issues and has held a number of pivotal roles working with children at risk. She also identifies closely with children with anxiety issues and has developed numerous strategies for empowering these children in the classroom. Sharna is dedicated to making the educational journey easier to navigate for all children.
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Nicole Hanson
Speech Pathologist Nicole is a vibrant family focused Speech Pathologist, who understands that each child and their family have different needs. She has a very reflective nature which comes through being a mum of four children; quickly learning that each child has differing strengths, temperament and changing needs. Nicole is passionate about collaborating with a child's family members, teachers, and other health professionals to create 'wrap around' supports for that child. She believes that therapy should assist each child reach their greatest potential and enhance meaningful participation in 'their' community. Nicole has experience with a wide range of speech, stuttering, language and feeding needs. One of the things Nicole enjoys most in her field is the opportunity to work with a diverse range of family dynamics and cultural backgrounds. |
Ruth Canas-Lozano
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Caris Reid
Speech Pathologist (Currently on Parental Leave) Caris is a Speech Pathologist with experience working alongside families, schools and allied health professionals to improve speech, language and literacy outcomes for children. She has experience identifying and treating a range of paediatric speech, language, literacy and fluency (stuttering) difficulties. Caris has been trained in a variety of programs and therapy approaches, including the; Lidcombe Program, Hanen It Takes Two to Talk Program, Sounds~Write Synthetic Phonics Program and Basic Key Word Sign. She recognises the importance of collaborating with families, schools and other relevant health professionals to achieve a practical and holistic approach to therapy. Caris enjoys maintaining a positive, fun and motivating therapy environment by building strong relationships with families and celebrating any progress that children make towards achieving their goals.
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