Nan is a speech pathologist and teacher who has over 30 years’ experience working with primary and secondary school students who have speech, language and literacy difficulties.
For the majority of this time she worked at Rossbourne School where she developed specialised programs to assist older students with diverse learning needs, including Autistic Spectrum Disorder, dyslexia and language disorder.
Nan is also a registered teacher and highly values her capacity to work collaboratively with colleagues, families and teachers to achieve the best outcomes for all.
Personal Development/Areas of Interest
- Literacy and Reading Difficulty
- Dyslexia training with ISV
- Development of Writing using ‘Talk for Writing’ Program, including applying the approach across the curriculum in Secondary Schools
- Colourful Semantics
- Narrative-based language intervention (Elizabeth Knowles)
- Social Skills Development
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Applied Science- Speech Science
- Diploma of Education- VIT registration
