Our Clinic
We have a beautiful clinic at 32 Baywater Drive, Wentworth Point NSW. We share this space with our colleague and friend Natalie Chapman, Physiotherapist from Total Motion for Kids.
Our clinic operates Monday-Thursday from 9am-5pm.
Who are we
At Shining Minds we are thoughtful and experienced Speech Therapists focusing on creating a space where children can grow and develop.
We aim to create an inclusive speech pathology practice that celebrates every individual. We strive to foster individuality, creativity, and confidence by embracing a holistic approach to therapy.
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Director & Speech Pathologist CPSP, Ba. (hons), MSPAA, University of Newcastle, Australia
Hannah is an Australian certified and practising speech pathologist with a passion and drive for working with all children. Hannah has extensive experience working in the disability sector in early intervention, physical disability and with rare genetic conditions. In addition to this, Hannah also has experience working with upper primary and high school aged students within the education system. Hannah has passion across all childhood development with specific interest in complex motor impairments, Autism, Assistive and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and feeding therapy. Hannah thrives to offer neurodiverse affirming services with a focus on strength-based goals, family and child empowerment, communication confidence and inclusion. She is passionate about group therapy and believes children are best supported through a positive peer-learning model.
Trained in Intensive Interaction
PROMPT certified trained therapist
Hanen "More than Words" trained
SPELD training for children with Specific learning disabilities such as dyslexia
Social Thinking Curriculum including Michelle Gracia-Winner's Master Class on executive functioning and social thinking.
Australian Sign Language Trained for beginner Level 1 & 2.
Trained in DIR Floortime
SOS Feeding Approach and Infant feeding trained
Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) training.
PODD trained
Training in Sensory Integration
Hannah resides on the Central Coast, NSW with her husband and baby son. She enjoys hiking, travelling and snorkeling.
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Speech Pathologist, Ba. (Hons), Santiago, Chile.
Constanza, otherwise known as “Coni” is a Chilean Speech Language Pathologist from the University of Desarrollo in Chile. Her passion is working with children and helping to increase communication in creative and innovative ways for each child’s individual capacity. This passion developed when she started working at a school with an integration program where she led the department of Individual Needs. In 2020, she decided to travel to Australia to grow in her professional skills and improve her English!
Here in Australia, she has worked as a therapy aide in a neurological disability Centre helping the occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech pathologists.
AGOSCI course: Developing Communication and access skills for children with severe physical challenges.
PROMPT Trained Therapist (2022)
Diploma in Swallowing Disorders, Language, Speech and Childhood rehabilitation
New trends and good practices in augmentative and alternative communication course.
Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) training.
Evidence-based therapies for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Specific Language Impairment.
Independent certified instructor Baby Signs.
Founder of early childhood education home therapy instagram @fono_therapy.
Coni now resides in Sydney, Australia. She most likely can be found listening to music, exploring new places, cooking new recipes and facilitating her creative side by painting. She plans on starting a painting business very soon!
Coni is bilingual (Spanish and English) and is available for allied health assistant and Speech Pathology in Sydney, NSW.
Our Services
We have a beautiful clinic in Wentworth Point NSW. Our clinic is on Parramatta River and is close to multiple cafes, beauty salons and convenient stores. Our clinic has plenty of parking available. We are open for speech therapy from Monday-Thursday.
We are sharing this space with our friend and colleague, Physiotherapist, Natalie Chapman from Total Motion for Kids. We offer a multidisciplinary team approach for shared clients.
We offer a variety of speech pathology services, including:
Highly specific parent training
Social Skills support
Group therapy
Expressive and Receptive language intervention
Speech and Articulation therapy
PROMPT therapy for Dyspraxia or complex motor speech disorders
Early language support for children who are late communicators.
Alternative methods of communicating (AAC, sign language, etc)
Feeding therapy
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Shining Minds Therapy offer training sessions and telehealth services over ZOOM for children, parents, educators, teachers, professionals and schools. These sessions are highly tailored to suit an individuals or schools needs.
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Mentoring and peer support is an important part for early career health professionals. Due to the nature of speech pathology, many graduate speech pathologist may find themselves in very isolating roles which can be overwhelming and stressful!
We are experienced mentors of speech pathology practice. Mentoring is available via ZOOM.
