Hannah Parker

Hannah Parker

SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

Hannah Parker is another therapist at Early Start, who is like part of the furniture having been with the team since 2015. Hannah graduated from The University of Newcastle in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Speech Pathology. She then moved to Sydney where she worked in a busy Speech Pathology private practice on the North Shore. Whilst in Sydney Hannah gained significant experience and knowledge working with a diverse range of paediatric clients. It was here that she discovered her love of working with clients and families to identify and develop alternative ways of communicating. This as well as learning about new technologies and building meaningful relationships with her families, continues to motivate Hannah in her career.

After moving back to Newcastle in 2015, Hannah has continued developing her skills across a wide range of Speech Pathology areas including Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), speech/phonology, language, stuttering, early language development, play skills, and literacy.

Hannah is a HANEN trained speech pathologist as well as having trained in early play skills, literacy development including Sounds-Write, speech sounds and phonology and developmental language disorders. Hannah has a keen interest in Autism and likes to keep updated with the research, learning about Gestalt Language Processing and supporting our clients with a Neuro Affirming Framework. 

When Hannah is not working with her clients, she supports Michelle with the clinical organisation of the Early Start team, as well as managing the numerous school projects and school and social groups Early Start have running throughout the year. 

Hannah has recently returned from maternity leave and is enjoying working from the Lambton office on Mondays and Thursdays.