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Speech Pathologist

Qualifications:

Melissa has a Master of Speech Pathology from the University of Melbourne and is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist. She has also a Bachelor of Arts (Hons), a Master of Science (Ed Admin) and a Diploma in TESOL. She is certified to coach parents in the Hanen SPARKTM communication strategies and trained to deliver Systematic and Synthetic Phonics (SSP) program.

Experience:

Melissa has experience supporting individuals of diverse cultural backgrounds with a range of

  • Speech
  • Language
  • Social communication
  • Learning difficulties due to Autism, ADHD, dyslexia
  • Developmental delay
  • Intellectual disabilities.

 

Treatment Modalities:

SSP literacy program, Hanen SPARKTMcommunications, AAC (Proloquo2Go, PECS), play-based natural language acquisition in autism program

 

Provide Services To:

Paediatric and adult clients in schools, homes, private practice clinic and via telehealth practice.

Little about me

Melissa is committed to facilitating client/family-centred care services to optimise clients’ strengths and support them to advocate for their communication needs.

She takes pride in her speech pathologist role and continues to upskill herself through training, workshops, and webinars.

Additional language: Cantonese, Malay