Meet the Team

Amanda Moore

Director and Principal Speech Pathologist

Amanda is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist with over 18 years' in the industry, along with over 24 years’ experience in the Education sector. She holds a Masters of Speech Language Pathology, along with a Bachelor of Education. She has worked across a range of settings including the not-for-profit organisation the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind children, education within a range of schools supporting children with diverse learning needs, and private practice where she has worked in a number of preschools, primary schools and high schools, supporting teachers and students with varying diverse learning needs. She believes in a child, family, educator centred approach to intervention to support children’s success in different environments.

Amanda has significant experience working with children with special needs, speech, language, literacy and learning difficulties, disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder, syndromes and apraxia of speech. 
She also has extensive experience working with children from ESL (English as a Second Language) backgrounds. 

In her spare time, Amanda enjoys spending time with her children and her dog Lilly, bushwalking, swimming, kayaking, and pottering around in the garden.

Vanessa Tran

Speech Pathologist 

Vanessa is a caring, friendly, and dedicated Speech Pathologist who has been working at All About Speech, Language and Literacy since 2021. She has over 6 years' of experience working across different clinics and settings including preschools, schools, home-based and online therapy. She holds both a Bachelor of Hearing and Speech Science and a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) degree.
 
Vanessa is passionate about working together with clients and their families and collaborating with other professionals to best support clients in achieving functional and holistic goals that empower and increase participation in daily life.
 
Vanessa has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults who have speech, language, hearing, fluency (stuttering), literacy, and social communication difficulties.
 
Vanessa has completed the following additional training:

• DIR Floortime
• Hanen, It Takes Two To Talk program
• Sounds Write program
• Assessment and treatment approaches for children with literacy difficulties by Dr. Saskia Kohnen
• Current issues in bilingual language development workshop, Macquarie University
• Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Pathways to Diagnosis by Suze Leitao
• LAMP Words For Life training
• Advanced LAMP training
• Infant Feeding Foundations Workshop by Babble & Munch Speech Pathology

Your Feeding Toolkit and ARFID: The Anxious Eater by Melanie Potock
 
When Vanessa is not at work, you can find her taking her dog, Leo, out on new adventures, exploring new foods and places to eat, entangled in a new creative project at home, or dreaming about her next trip to the beach.

Ruth Webb

Speech Pathologist 

Ruth has a Masters of Speech and Language Pathology from Macquarie University and is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist. She has experience in school literacy, early language, Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC), social communication and speech sound disorders/development. Ruth is a member of The Hanen Centre for early language development.

Ruth has completed the following additional training:

-       Hanen, It Takes Two to Talk

-       Hanen, Boosting Peer Play

-       Key Word Sign

-       Liberator AAC Training

-       Multilit (Reading Tutor Program (word reading strategies for individuals), Minilit (early literacy), Multilit (literacy yr. 3 to adult)

In her spare time, Ruth enjoys walking her Cocker Spaniel, Cindy, kayaking, swimming, reading, hearing live music and picnics. 

Gabi Sproule

Speech Pathologist

Gabi completed her Bachelor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Macquarie University. Her passion for the field led her to further her studies with a Master of Speech and Language Pathology, also at Macquarie University. She has experience working across clinic settings, schools, preschools and via Telehealth.

Gabi enjoys helping individuals from diverse backgrounds achieve their unique communication goals. Her approach is centred on understanding each client’s needs and working collaboratively to support their journey towards effective communication. She has experience working with children and adolescents who require support with their speech, language, fluency (stuttering), literacy or alternative or augmentative modes of communication (AAC).

Gabi has completed the following additional training;

• PROMPT
• Sounds Write Program
• DTTC Introduction Training
• Paediatric Feeding Learning Framework (QLD Health)

Gabi typically spends her spare time with her family pets, Remi and Luna, on a walk (with a short coffee break for both them and herself). She also enjoys reading, painting and keeping active at through the gym and netball.

Jocelyn Payne

Therapy Assistant 

Jocelyn is currently studying a Master of Speech Pathology at Charles Sturt University, pivoting after a 20-plus-year career as an arts administrator. Her interests are in supporting children with language and literacy, with a focus on neurodivergence and trauma-informed care. She also has experience with multilingual speakers, having trained as an ESL teacher and taking a gap year teaching English in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Jocelyn enjoys cooking, singing, hanging out with her teenage son (when he lets her), and walking her Aussie terrier, Pumpkin.

Sara Zajac

Office Administrator and Therapy Assistant 

Sara has a passion for helping those in need and particularly enjoys working with children, supporting them to increase and grow their self-confidence and social and emotional skills, becoming well-rounded little humans.

Sara has extensive experience in working with children in a childcare setting. Growing up in a family run, successful long day care centre in the Emu Plains area, Sara was employed as a childcare educator for over 12 years, and recently in a nominated supervisor position at a local preschool. 

Sara is currently studying her Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five), and holds a Diploma in Early Childhood Education and Care, along with other qualifications and experience in the fields of Business Administration, Community Services, and Training and Assessment. 

Sara has also completed volunteer work teaching English as a second language, both in Australia and in Thailand. 

In her spare time, Sara enjoys hanging out with her two fur babies, Teddy and Herbie, travelling, and socialising with family and friends.

Kate Brown

Office Administrator and Therapy Assistant

Kate has extensive experience in customer service and enjoys working in an environment that assists and supports the community. 

Kate holds a Diploma of Community Welfare and has a long-standing interest in psychology and behavioural patterns in both adults and children. 

Kate enjoys photography, potting plants, and spending time with her children and dog Snickers in her spare time.