Representatives of PSPAWA

Kathryn Glendinning is the Chairperson of the Private Practitioners Speech Pathology Association of WA and Principal Therapist at Southern Stars Therapy. She brings extensive experience across hospital, community, and disability settings, including ICU care, dysphagia management, and videofluoroscopic swallow studies. Beginning her Australian career in community practice, she progressed to leadership roles in Perth. Kathryn holds a Master’s in Early Childhood Intervention and dual degrees in Speech Pathology and Audiology. She is passionate about early intervention and has special interests in neurogenic communication disorders and swallowing disorders, with a strong focus on collaborative, person-centred care.

Christine Bosch is the owner of Ocean West Autism Diagnostic and speech Pathology Services. Christine qualified as a Speech Pathologist and Audiologist in South Africa in 1996 and worked there until she migrated to Australia in 2010. She completed her mentorship in ASD diagnostic assessment in 2011.

Christine loves crime scene investigations and unpacking murder mysteries and considers ASD diagnostic assessment “the CSI of Speech Pathology”. She is passionate about working with families through the diagnostic process.

She previously set up the ASD Diagnostic Assessment Service at Therapy Focus for which she was awarded the Leadership Award in 2017. She currently provides ASD diagnostic services on the panel for Department of Communities, as well as privately in collaboration with psychologist, Meagan Groenewald. Christine is also Co-Vice chair of the board of the Western Australian Autism Diagnosticians’ Forum (WAADF) and has mentored and up-skilled other diagnosticians in the area of complex ASD diagnostic assessment.

Rochelle Wallace is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist, with 30 years of experience, having graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Science) with Honours from Curtin University in 1993. She is a member of Speech Pathology Australia and a committee member of the Private Speech Pathologists Association of Western Australia.

Rochelle has worked in a range of clinical settings including Community Health, Hospitals, Schools and Private Practice, with the majority of her clinical experience being in the paediatric domain. In addition to working with her clinical caseload, for the past 15 years she has worked closely with a number of schools local to her practice to assist in the early identification of children with speech and language difficulties. Rochelle has a strong interest in speech sound disorders and early literacy development. As part of her practice she has completed countless comprehensive speech and language assessments for various purposes, using a range of assessment types and tools.

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Tania Dos Santos is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and Founder of So To Speak Therapy for Kids, a paediatric private practice based in Perth. She holds a Master of Speech and Language Therapy from The University of Auckland and has over 20 years of experience supporting children and families across clinic, community, and school settings.

Tania is passionate about early intervention and neuroaffirming practice, with a focus on engaging, play-based therapy that supports children’s functional communication, independence, and participation in everyday life. She has particular interests in language development, social communication, speech sound disorders, and supporting children with complex communication profiles.

She speaks English, Portuguese, and Afrikaans, and enjoys thinking outside the box to create meaningful and individualised therapy approaches for the children and families she supports.

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Nicole Torre has over 20 years experience in providing communication and swallowing services to children and adults in the community, disability sector and hospital settings. 

She provides diagnosis and treatment for children with speech, language, stuttering and feeding issues as well as swallowing management for people after strokes, progressive diseases and neurological disorders. She has training in the PROMPT technique (speech treatment), the Lidcombe approach (stuttering treatment), LSVT (voice treatment) and is a Key Word sign presenter. She is also a trained SOS feeding therapist. 

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