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.

Amanda regularly completes postgraduate courses, training, and professional development. Some of these courses include:

The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS 2) by Dr Anne Chalfant.
The Autism Diagnostic Interview (ADI-R) by Dr Anne Chalfant.
The Social Mind (Collaborative & Proactive Solutions. Understanding and Helping Students with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Challenges Two-day Advanced Training workshop presented by Dr Ross Green).
The Program of Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS Social Skills) by Dr Elizabeth Laugeson.
LAMP - Language Acquisition through Motor Planning is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles. The goal is to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities a method of independently and spontaneously expressing themselves in any setting. Leanna Fox Speech Pathologist, Liberator.
The Australian Orofacial Myology Collaboration 28 hour Foundation Course in Orofacial Myology, Dr Nada Karnib.
LETRS - Language essentials for the teaching of reading and spelling. (DSF, Peta Collins Psychologist).
IMSLE - Institute of Multisensory Structured Language Education. MSL stands for Multisensory Structured Language. SL stands for Structured Literacy. MSL and Structured Literacy are based on the same principles of instruction required for effective reading instruction. This is one approach that is useful for children with dyslexia.
MiniLit 2-day workshop (Colette Reading MulitLit).
Speech Pathologists and Literacy Difficulties: Research Updates, Program Reviews and Practical Strategies (Dr Roslyn Neilson).
Working memory and reading difficulties (Dr Banales, Macquarie University Cognitive Clinic for Reading).
Assessment and treatment approaches for children with reading and spelling difficulties (Dr Saskia Kohnen, Macquarie University Cognitive Clinic for Reading).
Reading development and teaching: ‘It all starts with words' with international guest presenter (Professor Rhona Stainthorp, Macquarie University Cognitive Clinic for Reading).
Spelling, Reading & Writing: Putting the Pieces of the Literacy Puzzle Together (Dr Julie Masterson).
Upper Primary Children and Adolescents with Language and Literacy Difficulties (Dr Julia Starling).
Sounds Write Program. (An evidence-based highly structured synthetic phonics program utilising an exciting and highly successful approach to the teaching of reading, spelling, and writing). (SPELD NSW, Alison Perry Speech Pathologist).
Talk for Writing (SPELD NSW, Courtney McNally Psychologist).
Assessing and Treating Narrative Language in Children with Language Impairment: Evidenced-Based Practices (Professor Ron Gillam and Associate Professor Sandi Gillam).
Reading and responding to children’s literature (Australian Literacy Educators’ Association, Dr Alyson Simpson, and Sue Whiting).
Across the Hemispheres: Read and Right (Dr Elizabeth Cardell).
Kids, communication, and context: Providing holistic and evidence-based care to children with speech and language difficulties (Associate Professor Jane McCormack).
Speech Sound Disorders: The Basics and Beyond (Dr Caroline Bowen).
Speech Pathologists working with Cultural and Linguistic Diversity; the development of best practices. (The University of Sydney, Dr Linda Hand)
HANEN 'More than words' (The HANEN centre). Amanda is a certified HANEN ‘More than words’ trainer.
HANEN 'It takes two to talk' (The HANEN centre). Amanda is a certified HANEN ‘It takes two to talk’ trainer.
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) (Pyramid Educational Consultants of Australia).
Key Word Sign (Macquarie University).
The Lidcombe Program for Stuttering (Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney).
The Management of Stuttering in School Age Children (Australian Stuttering Research Centre, The University of Sydney).
Advanced Auditory Verbal Therapy – Auditory Based Learning for Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Renwick Centre).
Infant Feeding Foundations Workshop by Babble & Munch Speech Pathology

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.

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 development, 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 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.

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Meet the Team

Amanda Moore

Director and Principal Speech Pathologist

Vanessa Tran

Speech Pathologist

Sara Zajac

Office Administrator and Therapy Assistant

Kate Brown

Office Administrator and Therapy Assistant