ERIN'S TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Erin graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology. Erin is committed to ongoing learning and professional development, keeping her knowledge base up to date and expanding her skills. She is a member of Speech Pathology Australia and holds the status of Certified Practising Speech Pathologist. Erin is also a trained Orofacial Myologist.

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Erin has completed additional training in a range of assessment and therapy approaches, which includes:

• Motor speech/Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) approaches:

  • Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme

  • Dynamic and Temporal Tactile Cueing

  • ReST Therapy (Rapid Syllable Transition Therapy)

  • Principles of Motor Learning

  • PROMPT (PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Musculature Phonetic Targets)

  • Speech Systems Intelligibility Treatment (SSIT)

  • Speech Motor Chaining

• A wide range of evidence based approaches for Speech Sound Disorders, including:

  • Various treatment options such as minimal pairs, maximal pairs, multiple oppositions.

  • Complexity Approaches​

  • Cycles approach

  • Treatment of persistent and residual speech sound errors

  • Use of biofeedback and ultrasound in treatment of speech sound errors

• Orofacial Myology (Australian Academy of Orofacial Myology)

• Early communication therapy approaches:

  • Hanen It Takes Two to Talk

  • Hanen More than Words

  • Hanen Target Word

• Feeding therapy approaches:

  • ​SOS Feeding Therapy

  • Ellyn Satter Division of Responsibility / Feeding Dynamics Model

  • Paediatric Feeding Education Program

  • Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy (Wolf and Glass)

  • Paediatric Feeding in the Complex Caseload: Responsive Feeding House Model

  • Managing Paediatric Feeding Difficulties (Specialty Workshop)​

• Learn to Play: Assessment and Intervention Using Play

• The Lidcombe Program for Stuttering

• Key Word Sign