Emily, is a certified practising speech pathologist with many year practical experience in the field. She has a special interest in paediatric feeding and orofacial myology.

Since completing a Bachelor of Science (Speech Pathology) at Flinders University in 2000, Emily has worked with families both in hospital and community settings to assess and treat a wide variety of communication and feeding challenges. Emily has extensive experience working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and working with children with developmental delays and disorders.

Emily has participated in additional training in orofacial myology extensive additional training in paediatric feeding.

• Feeding and eating challenges
  • Babies struggling with breast or bottle feeding.
  • Difficulties transitioning children to solid foods and lumpy foods.
  • Challenges accepting an appropriate variety of foods.
  • Adults having trouble swallowing which may result in starting to cough when drinking and eating, developing chest infections and/or losing weight.
• Tongue tie and upper lip tie.
• Oral habits such as thumb sucking and tongue thrust swallow.
• Abnormal swallow patterns or oral habits which are moving teeth.