Paediatric Speech Pathologist

& Infant Mental Health Practitioner

Ballarat

Telehealth

Welcome!

I’m Victoria, an experienced Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist and Infant Mental Health Practitioner with over fourteen years of experience.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Applied Science, Speech Pathology (Honours) Charles Sturt University

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Sciences, Infant and Parent Mental Health The University of Melbourne

Professional Development

  • Reflective Family Play

  • Newborn Behavioural Observations

  • Circle of Security Parenting Facilitator

  • Tuning in to Kids

  • DC:05 Training for Clinicians

  • Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2)

  • Clinical Supervision Training Bouverie

How I can Help

  • Speech Pathology

    Early Intervention Speech Pathology Services for babies, toddlers and preschool children with a focus on supporting language development, social-emotional development and/or feeding skills. This includes:

    Language Development – understanding what is being communicated and/or being able to use words, phrases and sentences appropriately for their age.

    Social-Emotional Development – building and maintaining strong healthy relationships with others, and developing emotional regulation skills.

    Feeding Skills – difficulties with developing feeding skills, food textures, food variety and/or mealtime enjoyment.

    Children referred may have a formal neurodevelopmental diagnosis, such as, Autism, ADHD, Elective/Selective Mutism, Dyslexia or parents maybe concerned for their child’s development and simply get in touch.

  • Perinatal & Infant Mental Health

    Parent-Infant Dyadic Therapy and Parenting Support to help in strengthen the parent-infant attachment relationship. This promotes parental mental health while fostering the infant’s developing sense of self and overall well-being.

    Therapy focuses on emotional attunement, helping parents understand their own emotional experience and their baby's internal emotional experience, while becoming more sensitive to their baby's needs.

    Disruptions to the parent-infant attachment relationship may arise when parents are navigating significant stress within the perinatal period. This may include:

    Infants with a complex or chronic medical condition, NICU, premature birth and birth trauma.

    Infants with developmental differences, regulation issues or feeding difficulties.

    Mothers with mental health concerns, birth trauma, and/or complex trauma within the perinatal period

  • Clinical Supervision & Professional Development

    Clinical Supervision and Education Seminars for professionals working in Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, and Early Intervention Services. Topics include:

    Early Language Development, Social-Emotional Development, Attachment Relationships, Childhood Trauma, and Infant Mental Health.

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