Our Staff

Bottom row right to left: Tina Grivas, Filiz Kilic, Sarah McMillan, Jessica Kean, Jodie Laughton, Ildiko Szabo, Sylvana Mahmic.
Middle row left to right: Melissa Logan, Nina Kyte, Amanda Niland, Karen Fermin, Elif Erdogan, Lisa Michelle.
Standing right to left: Mana Ciuffardi, Susan Laughton, Cherie Cowen, Kate Plaza, Julie Cowmeadow, Marg Aiken, Sharon Gay.
Staff not in photo: Isabelle Le, Emma Pierce.

Margaret Aiken – Early Childhood Teacher

DipTeach (Early Childhood Education), BA, Graduate Cert. (Autism)

 Mana Ciuffardi –  Admin Officer

Auslan TAFE Certificate 3

 Cherie Cowen – Occupational Therapist

BOccThy (Occupational Therapy)

 Julie Cowmeadow - Speech Pathologist

BSpeech Pathology, BSc (Psyc), Dip Ed(Prim), Hanen Certified

 Elif Erdogan – Admin Officer

 Karen Fermin – Occupational Therapist

BAppSc(Occupational Therapy)

 Sharon Gay – Early Childhood Teacher

BTeaching (ECE), MEd (Special-Early Intervention)

 Tina Grivas  - Speech Pathologist

Master of Speech and Language Pathology (MSLP) Hanen Certified

 Jessica Kean – Sibsclub coordinator

Doctoral candidate, University of Sydney

 Filiz Kilic – BAppSc (Speech Pathology), BAppSc Hanen Certified

 Nina Kyte - Early Childhood Teacher DipTeach (Early Childhood Education), Occupational Therapist

BAppSc(Occupational Therapy)

 Jodie Laughton – Speech Pathologist

BAppSc(Speech Therapy), Hanen Certified

 Susan Laughton – Occupational Therapist

BHSc (Hons) (Occupational Therapy)

 Isabelle Le- Vietnamese Bilingual worker

 Melissa Logan – Teacher Assistant, Children’s Services Certificate 3

 Sylvana Mahmic – Director and Special Educator

BEd(Primary), MEd(Special-Integration), Doctoral Candidate UWS

Sarah McMillan  - Speech Patholohgist

BSpPath (Hons), Hanen Certified

 Lisa Michelle – Social Worker

Bachelor of  Social Work

 Amanda Niland- Early Childhood Teacher

 Dip T (Early Childhood), Grad Dip (Montessori), Grad Dip (Children’s Literature), Master of Early Childhood  MA (Hons), Grad Dip (Music), Doctoral Candidate

 Emma Pierce - Special Educator

Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma of Education (Primary), Master of Education (Special Education)

 Kate Plaza - Occupational Therapist

BAppSc(Occupational Therapy), DIR/Floortime Certified Level C1

 Ildiko Szabo- Teacher Assistant

Certificate 3