Our Staff
Educational Psychologist - Danielle Lonsdale
Certifications include: Bachelor of Arts Honours (Psychology) Master of Child and Educational Psychology and Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
With over 20 years experience Danielle is a registered Educational and Developmental Psychologist specialising in assessment and intervention of children and adolescents.
She has vast experience in her field and a keen interest in the areas of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Disability and Social Skills Programming. Danielle strives to work with children and their families from initial consultation assessment through to achievement of all therapy and program goals.
Clinical Neuropsychologist - Christine Ernest
Christine is a registered Clinical Neuropsychologist who has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Psychology from the U.S, as well as a Doctorate in Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Her specialised training includes expertise in assessment and diagnostics in brain functioning and the associated cognitive and behavioural presentations. She has previously worked in various academic and research settings, including being a Research Fellow with a number of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals to her name. Christine has Membership in a number of National and International professional organisations including the Australian Psychological Society (APS), College of Clinical Neuropsychologists (CCN), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), the American Academy of Paediatric Neuropsychology (AAPdN) and the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN). Christine has recently returned to practice after a period of being a stay-home Mum to her five boys. She has considerable experience in parenting and working with pre-school and primary school- aged children in various capacities.
Speech Therapists - Donna Anderson, Vanessa Hally, and Liana Siskos
Donna is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP) who has a Masters of Speech Pathology and a Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies, with 7 years teaching experience in kindergarten/Pre-prep and early intervention, and over 10 years as a Speech Pathologist. Donna has a Paediatric focus in articulation, phonological awareness, receptive and expressive language, social/pragmatic skills, including social skills and ready for school groups for children with ASD and similar issues.
Vanessa is a Certified Speech Pathologist with a Masters Degree in Speech Pathology from The University of Melbourne and a Bachelor Degree from LaTrobe University in Health Science majoring in Rehabilitation Counselling. Vanessa has been working successfully for 3 years as a Speech Pathologist in Early Childhood Intervention assisting children with speech, language, literacy and pragmatic difficulties. Vanessa’s caseload work come from clients presenting with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Intellectual Disability, developmental delay and various genetic conditions and syndromes. Vanessa has a passion for helping children thrive, her passion has continued from her earlier university days where she volunteered at Focus on Speech assisting in a Lego Club Social Skills Group to her contribution to a research study which she is now co-author of in the Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology for the study “A rural clinical placement: Children’s outcomes” published in 2019.
Liana is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP) and holds a Batchelor of Speech Pathology. She has 15 years of clinical experience across a range of paediatric settings including mainstream and specialist schools, community health, early intervention and now, private practice. Liana has extensive experience working with children from birth-12 years in the area of speech (articulation), language, play, fluency, early literacy skills and AAC. She is confident working with children who are on the autism spectrum, have a developmental delay, a genetic condition or other learning challenges.
Liana has pursued further studies in DIR/Floortime and is an advanced level provider. She has also additional training in Hanen parent training programs and is involved on our Autism Diagnosis team.
As a Speech Pathologist with a focus on child and family-centered therapy. Liana specialises in the development and implementation of therapeutic strategies tailored to the unique needs of each child. She is passionate about providing individualized speech therapy services to help children reach their full potential while focusing on the importance of the dynamic between individual differences, emotional development, and communication.
Admin Staff - Michelle Barrass & Karalyn Thakur
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