Directors
Alison Copley and Sonya Murchland are registered occupational therapists with broad experience in working with children and young adults with developmental delays, disorders, and disabilities both in Adelaide, country areas of South Australia and internationally. They have worked as team members of Child Development Units and have provided assessment and intervention to children of all ages and their families from hospital inpatient, outpatient, and community-based services.
Registered Occupational Therapists
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Phil Maxwell
Phil is an experienced therapist working extensively with young people and adults with disability. He has particular skills in equipment provision in community settings.
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Kat Barrett
Kat is an experienced occupational therapist working in the community with adults. She brings to the service an excellence in support for Adults with Disability and Equipment Prescription and specialising in complex home modifications.
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Adrian Stone
Adrien has worked well with children in school settings. He loves to support kids to have fun as well as to learn and improve their skills.
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Lauren Modystach
Lauren enjoys working and supporting children and young adults to build their skills at home, in the classroom and in the community.
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Eleanor Beinke
Eleanor loves to support children and young adults to build their skills at home, in the classroom and in the community.
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Apo Kikianis
Apo works with children, young and older adults. He loves outdoor and nature play, as well as supporting individuals to living with mental health conditions
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Rebecca Barnard
Rebecca is passionate about supporting children and young people to develop their skills and reach their goals
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Judy Chancellor
Judy has extensive experience working with families to support the development of infants, pre-school and school aged children. Judy is a certified Marte Meo Practitioner, an approach to support the development of children’s social, emotional and play skills.
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Shenae Filer
Shenae has experience in working with children and families in community settings. She has a particular passion for technology based supports with children during therapy.
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Alison Firth
Alison has worked extensively with infants, children, and adolescents with physical disabilities, autism and developmental delays.
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Emma Gillespie
Emma has experience working in community and health settings, with an interest in supporting children and young people with everyday activities.
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Rachel Higgins
Rachel has worked extensively with children and adolescents with autism, physical and global delay in the home and in educational settings.
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Kathryn Mahadeva
Kathryn has extensive experience supporting families and working with children who have physical, global delays and autism.
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Sarah McCarthy
Currently on leave
Sarah has extensive experience working with children and their families to achieve functional outcomes. She has a particular interest in working in schools to support learning.
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Emma Oertel
Emma is on leave
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Alana Koegler
Alana is experienced with working with children and young people with disability. She has particularly interested in equipment prescription and home modification.
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Courtney Hamden
Courtney is skilled at supporting children and their development at home and in school settings
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Madelaine Stewart
Madelaine loves to work along side and support children to build their skills for life in the home and school
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Rowena Petticrew
Rowena is experienced in working with children and families who face challenges and disabilities. She is particularly interested in supporting feeding and meal times and is qualified in SOS Feeding.
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Annie O'Connell
Annie is a very experienced occupational therapist with a specialisation in sleep services for children and young adults. She has extensive experience including relaxation training, sensory approaches, play, Floortime Model, Marte Meo, narrative therapy and PRPP. Annie has worked in a variety of government, hospital and private practice settings.
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Ann Underwood
Ann has extensive experience working with children and adolescents with autism, neurological disorders, physical and global delays.
Registered Physiotherapists
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Jordan Ignatavicius
Jordan is a physiotherapist who works well to support children to move and coordinate using play based approaches.
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Emily Norton
Emily is skilled at supporting children's physical and developmental needs within the home and school.
Registered Registered Podiatrist
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Dr. Helen Banwell
Helen is an experienced podiatrist and researcher who works with children, young people, and adults in order to assess, diagnose and treat foot and lower limb problems.
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Rani Dars
Rani works in our podiatry team alongside Helen to support health feet development. Rani works also has a keen interest in research and clinical biomechanics.
Assistants
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Ashlyn Johnson
Therapy Assistant
Ashlyn is a physiotherapy student and swimming instructor, who works with children who require physical based programs.
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Rylee Shepherd
Therapy Assistant
Rylee is a therapy assistant who works well with supporting children in schools and in the community
Administration Team
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Jo Angelos
Administration Officer
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Jenny Slack
Administration Officer
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Karen Fowler
Administration Officer
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Rhonda Murchland
Rhonda has worked as a Librarian in public, academic, special and school library sectors. She has a passion for finding the right resources to assist children to play and learn and to support therapists to achieve their desired outcomes.
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John Scrymgour
Finance Officer
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Amy Finlay
Research and Director's Assistant
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Robin Vanstone
Business Advisor
Robin provides consultative advice on business strategy, planning, and operational approaches.
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Tanja Cavanagh
Practice Assistant