About
Susannah McKelvey
Since graduating 20 years ago with a First-Class Honours Bachelor of Science (Speech and Language Therapy), Susannah has worked in the UK and here in Brisbane, in a variety of Paediatric clinical settings including:
- Community Health
- Child Development Services
- Disability Services
- Educational and Early Years settings
Susannah has a passion for working with children and their families and values a multi-disciplinary approach to client care. She has a particular interest in early identification and intervention and experience in working with the following:
- Late talkers
- Speech sound delays and disorders including Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Difficulties in understanding and using language including Developmental Language Disorder
- Literacy difficulties including Dyslexia
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication
- Fluency disorders
- Paediatric feeding
- Parent and Professional training
Susannah is also a parent to three children, one of whom has needed speech therapy for cleft palate and hearing loss. She understands how busy and complicated family life can get!
