Meet the Barwon Speech Pathology Team

Hayley graduated as a speech pathologist from La Trobe University in 1998. She is a member of Speech Pathology Australia and is registered as a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist.  Hayley specialises in working with children aged 0 -12 years.

Hayley has been working for more than 20 years with children in Early Intervention Agencies and Private Practice. She is an experienced, warm and highly dedicated therapist who prides herself on her ability to make sessions fun and motivating.   As a mum of 2 school age children, she is aware of how busy family life can be and also empathetic about your concerns regarding your child.

While working with children on their individual needs, Hayley’s focus is also on providing quality parent education and working collaboratively with other professionals such as teachers, aides, psychologists, OT’s and Physio’s.

Hayley has worked in areas such as language delay, intellectual disability, speech sound (articulation) delay.  Her true passion is working with children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or children with social skill challenges and has spent her career developing her specialised skills in this area. She has been part of multidisciplinary Autism Diagnostic teams with both Gateways Support Services and Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). She has also been part of multidisciplinary teams running specialised playgroups and kindergarten programs (Autism Early Learning Programs).

Hayley  specialises in  developing individualised social skills programs based on her expertise developed from the Social Thinking Program by Michelle Garcia Winner.  Hayley uses a whole skills approach and also specialises in strategies developed by the Hanen Program, DIR Floortime training and Story Grammar Marker, (a research-based methodology used to target narratives, conversation skills and social skills).

CONTACT

0431 379 111
hphelan.speech@gmail.com