About
Swallow Rehab

Principle Clinician, Amanda, has been a certified practising speech pathologist since 2014 and has worked in all clinical areas from intensive care through to community and with paediatrics through to adults.

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She has a strong passion for research and has been the lead author for a paper published in the Aphasiology Journal. She commenced her PhD studies in 2021 looking at ways to support the inclusion of people with aphasia.

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Supporting people to communicate with confidence is a life passion spanning over two decades. Working within the performing arts industry Amanda has worked with many to boost their confidence on and off the stage. It then seemed a natural transition to become a speech pathologist where she could dive deeper into communication and swallowing difficulties.

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Qualifications:

• BPA MSpPathSt CPSP

• PhD candidate at La Trobe University (Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation)

• Research Assistant at the University of Queensland School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

• Research Assistant at Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

• Teaching Assistant at La Trobe University

• Lee Silverman Voice Treatment LOUD certified (an effective speech treatment for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurological conditions)

• Videofluoroscopy Swallowing Studies clinic facilitator

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