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Clinical Director 

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Senior Speech Pathologist

Meet Nava!

Nava graduated from the University of Sydney with a Master of Speech Language Pathology. She is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, and a member of Speech Pathology Australia. Nava is the founder and director of Little Steps Therapies.

Nava has worked as a Speech Pathologist in both government, not for profit, and private sectors. She has provided assessments and therapy for children in clinic, preschools and home settings. Nava has also provided therapy and rehabilitation for adults in a hospital setting.

Nava is extremely passionate when it comes to working with her clients and their families to build the skills needed to communicate. She has a special interest in working with children who have disabilities. 

Nava is also a Clinical Educator working in collaboration with Macquarie University. She enjoys teaching University students studying Speech Pathology and guiding them through their placement at Little Steps Therapies.

Nava has received additional professional development and training to become a certified practitioner in:

- Hanen: It Takes Two To Talk

- Sounds Write 

- Shape Coding

- DIR Floortime

-Derbyshire Language Scheme

- ASD From The Inside Out

Outside of the clinic, Nava loves spending time with her family, travelling, eating chocolate, and trying new exotic dessert recipes.

Team Leader 

& 

Senior Occupational Therapist 

Meet Cassie! 

Cassie is a qualified Occupational Therapist registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).  Cassie studied Occupational Therapy at the Australian Catholic University. 

Cassie is enthusiastic about working with children and is passionate about delivering fun and energetic therapy. She is cheerful, creative and consistently looking forward to new and interesting ways to deliver topics of learning. 

Cassie enjoys working closely with families to ensure that therapy is fun, effective, functional and tailored to the child’s interests and needs. Cassie believes in open, honest and upfront communication between the clinician and family to support the child and promote accomplishments.   

Cassie has been working with children of all ages for 8 years. She is passionate about working with children of all ages and supporting the child’s ability to develop skills and confidence in all areas of daily living skills. She has a particular interest in supporting successful transition to school and promoting development of motor skills to support the child’s ability to participate in age appropriate skills. 

Cassie values the importance of developing professional knowledge and skills. She has engaged in professional development activities including “Secret Agent Society” for social skills, Proactive course for anxiety and Sensory Processing for self-regulation. 

Outside of Little Steps, Cassie loves to spend time outdoors and participates in leisure activities including Aerial Circus activities such as silks and Lyra (hoop). 

Senior Speech Pathologist

Meet Jessica! 

Jessica is a passionate Speech Pathologist who graduated from a Master of Speech Pathology at the University of Sydney in 2019. 

Jessica has experience working with clients across the lifespan, including in the areas of paediatric feeding, paediatric speech and language, adult disability, and neurodegenerative diseases. 

Jessica is particularly passionate about paediatric feeding therapy, and has completed multiple post-graduate trainings in this area including the SOS Approach to Feeding and a number of Responsive Feeding Approach courses. 

Aside from feeding therapy, Jessica is extremely passionate in supporting individuals to communicate functionally, especially those who would otherwise be unable to express themselves freely. 

Jessica firmly believes in the power of play-based, strength-based, and multidisciplinary therapy approaches, and focuses on supporting a holistic approach to each client’s individual therapy journey. 

Outside of work, Jessica enjoys ceramics on the pottery wheel, cooking, and spending time with friends and family. 

Speech Pathologist  

Meet Martine!  

Martine graduated from Macquarie University after completing her Bachelor and Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology. She is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist and a member of Speech Pathology Australia.  

Martine is passionate when it comes to interacting with children and their families and has a strong ability to motivate and encourage clients in achieving their goals.   Martine always ensures that her clients always have fun in therapy and that their sessions are tailored to their preferred interests. 

Martine enjoys a broad range of practice areas, including speech sound disorders, literacy and social communication. Martine has received additional professional training to become a certified practitioner in ASD from the inside out.   

Outside the clinic, Martine loves spending time with family and friends, reading books and playing board games with friends. 

Speech Pathologist

Meet Annabelle! 

Annabelle graduated from Macquarie University with a Masters of Speech and Language Pathology. She is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, and a member of Speech Pathology Australia.

Annabelle is passionate about working with her clients to build the communication skills required to meet their goals. She enjoys working closely with clients and their families to develop individualised therapy focused on the child’s interests to ensure therapy is functional and fun.

Annabelle is a friendly, positive, and caring therapist whom children easily warm up to. This enables her to build and maintain relationships with her clients and their families so she can provide as much support as possible. She is particularly interested in working with children with speech sound and language disorders.

Outside of the clinic, Annabelle loves spending time with family, trying new restaurants, and travelling.

Occupational Therapist

Meet Katherine!

Katherine has completed her Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. Katherine is passionate about working with children and families to provide family-centred, play-based therapy that children look forward to attending each week. 

Katherine’s bright and engaging manner, and interest in providing novel approaches to therapy interventions supports children to engage in therapy and meet their goals.

Katherine comes to us with almost 20 years experience of working with children with disabilities and their families, including working with children with high behavioural support needs in the out-of-home care system and 10 years coaching at Riding for the Disabled. 

Katherine brings experience of working with people with a wide range of conditions from her previous role as an Allied Health Assistant at a major hospital.

Outside of the clinic, Katherine can be found kayaking in the local rivers or bushwalking with her family.

Allied Health Assistant

Meet Sophie!

Sophie is an allied health assistant, working closely with clients and clinicians under the supervision of our speech pathologists and occupational therapists. 

Sophie is currently studying a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy at Australian Catholic University. She is very passionate about helping people and is eager to learn about all different areas of occupational therapy.

When Sophie is not working or studying, she enjoys going for walks with her two dogs and listening to music. On her weekends she loves to watch AFL with her friends and family and try new coffee shops.