Our people are our biggest asset.
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Peter Scott
Executive Director, Chairperson
BPsych, GradDipPsych, MRehabCouns, GAICD
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Jacqueline Lane
Director / Chief Financial Officer
BBus(HRM), GAICD
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Dr Vanessa Parletta
Chief Executive Officer
Psych(Hons), MSoSc(Crim), MBA(HRM), DBA
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Lisa Baker
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Cert IV Bus, Cert IV EmpServ, DipMgt, MBA (current)
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Alasdair Grant
General Manager Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MBusAdm, PostGradDipMgmt, CertIVOHS, BAppSci(OT)
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Anthea Smith
General Manager - Behaviour Support
BA(Psych) (Hons), MPsych(Couns)
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Camilla Lukeman
National Manager-Speech Pathology Services
BAppSc(SpchPath)
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Eimear Quigley
General Manager - Psychological Services
BSc(psych)Hons MclinicPsych
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Rob Savage
Chief Information and Technology Officer
DipMgt, GradCertBus, GradDipBus, MBA, MCSE, Prince 2 Foundation Cert, ITIL Foundation Cert
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Shruti Jagadale
General Manager- Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
BHlthSc, MPhysio
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Simone Jones
General Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccTherapy
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Justin Chand
People , Culture and Performance Manager
BBA(HR), Bcomm(Accg)
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Marko Bajic
Business Improvement Manager
Cert IV MentalHlth, DipEmpServ, DipMgt
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Matthew Frearson
National Customer Experience and Incident Prevention Manager
BBSc(Psych), DipCouns
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Travis Williamson
Marketing Manager
BMar&Com (current)
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Chris Barnett
National Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager
GradDipPhysio, MSc(Physio), GAICD
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Christopher Galvin
Talent Acquisition Manager
BBus(OpMgmt
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Elizabeth Trickey
Support and Performance Manager
DipFLM
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Joseph Carrello
Psychological Services Manager - WAPHA and EAP
BPsych, JI Accredited Trainer
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Karina Ninness
Employee Experience Manager
BA/BBus(Acct) CA
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Rebecca Ryan
Accountant
BCom, DipFinPlan, CPA, Xero Partner Accreditation
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Sarah Stewart
National Psychological Services Manager - Clinical & Forensic Services
Registered Psychologist, BA(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons), MClinPsych
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Siana Heath
Paediatric Multidisciplinary Team Manager
Occupational Therapist, BAppSc(OT)
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Angela Contreras
Learning and Development Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BAppSc (OT)
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David Woodward
Learning and Development Manager- Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology and Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MSc, BSc(Physio)
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Dr Dannette Marie
Learning and Development Manager – Behaviour Support and Psychological Services
BScPsych, BA(Hons)Psych, MSc, Ph.D, Psych
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Dr Geoff Waghorn
Senior Innovation and Research Consultant
BSocSci, PGDipPsych, PhD
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Dr Joyce Man
Learning and Development Manager – Psychological Services
BA(Psych), GDipSc(Psych), MClinPsych, PhD, MAPS
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Dr Michelle Brown
Learning and Development Manager - Speech Pathology Services
BA, MSpchLangPath, PhD
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Dr. Sharon Keesing
Learning and Development Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
PhD, MSc(OT), BAppSc(OT)
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Irina Risteska
Learning and Development Manager -Positive Behaviour Support
BSc (Psych), BSc (Psych Hons), MCurricInstr (ABA), BCBA
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Katie Cole
Learning and Development Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BAppSc(OT) , MA (Health Research)
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Dr Alina Thompson
Learning and Development Manager – Behaviour Support
PhD, BPsych(Hons)
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Dr Carmen Atkinson
Quality Manager – Behaviour Support
PhD
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Dr Liz Cooper
Senior Psychologist/AHPRA Supervisor
BPsych(Hons), MClinPsych, D.Psych(Clinical)
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Dr Sanjana Malhotra
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych, MScPsychCouns, MPhilPsych, Ph.DPsych
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Dr Serena Cribb
Clinical Neuropsychologist
BA(Psych)(Hons), MPsych(Clincal Neuropsychology), PhD
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Dr. Michelle Messenger
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA (Soc Sc) MA (Psych) PhD
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Louisa Gibson
Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar
BSc(Psych), GradDipPsych, MClinNeuropsych/PhD
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Dr Julie Hepworth
National Quality Manager – Psychological Services
BA(Hons), PhD, MAPS
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Kristen Willis
National Manager - Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych)(Hons), MPsych(Clinical)
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Melissa O’Brien
National Property Manager
Cert IV ES
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Ahmet Sait Yildirim
State Manager – Psychological Services
BSc(Hons), MClinPsych
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Amanda Tucker
State Manager – Behaviour Support
BPsych
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Chanel Dunn
State Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT/BPsychSc, MPublicHlth
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Claudia Dunn
State Manager – Behaviour Support - NSW
Registered Psychologist, BPsych(Hons)
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Courtney Patterson
State Manager-Positive Behaviour Support Services
BA(DevPsych), BScCogNeur, GDipPsych
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Craig D’mello
Assistant State Manager- Positive Behaviour Support Services
BA(Psych), GDipPsych(Adv)Hons, MSocWk
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Donna Thomas
State Manager-Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)
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Errin Finucane
Assistant National Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons), MPublicHlth
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George Tyler
State Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)
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Jane-Maree Perkins
Leaning and Development Manager/State Manager – Speech Pathology
BSPath (UoN), MClinEd(Cwk)(Flin) – in progress
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Lucy Stevens
State Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSSc(Psych), MSpchPath
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Preethi Kannan
Psychological Services Manager - Victoria
MA(FPsych), BSc(Psych), GradDipPsychSc
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Shannon Moss
Assistant State Manager – Positive Behaviour
BA (Psych), MClinCouns
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Simone Parke
State Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
BExPhysiol, ESSAM AEP, ASCA Level 1 Coach
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Babar Khan
Regional Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
GradDipMgt, MRehabCouns, MBA
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Chantelle Veron
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services/Early Intervention Specialist
BSc(OT)
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Cliantha Kisten
Regional Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSpPath
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David Eng
Regional Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSc(Psych)(Atmy&HumBiol), GDipWHS, MSpeechPath
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Debbie Berry
Regional Manager-Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Visual), GDipEd
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Dee Sharma
Regional Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT, DipCmmtyWelfare
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Emma Cullen
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccThy(Hons)
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Emma Lothian
Regional Manager ‑ Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
BHSc(Physio), BSc(Sprt&ExSci)
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Erin Bowcock
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Chld&Comm)Hons, DipChnServ, CertIIIChnServ
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Georgia Holloway
Regional Manager – Behaviour Support
BHumSc(PubHlthPlcyProm), BPsych(Hons), DipPsychPrac, GradDipPsych
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Heidi Maunder
Regional Manager-Speech Pathology
BSpchPath(Hons)
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Jessica Murray
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BTeach(Sec)/BA, GDipPsych, MSW
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Katie Paull
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BBehSc, MEd(ABA)
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Katie Scriven
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccTherapy
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Kirsten Pilgrim
Regional Manager - Speech Pathology Services
BAppSc(SpchPath), BTeach
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Maddison Beard
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), Bcom(HRM), GradDip(Psych)
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Michael Vainer
Regional Manager - Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
Physiotherapist, BPhysio, MBA
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Munya Alam
Regional Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
BExPhys, AEP, AES, ESSAM
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Sally Hewett
Regional Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT
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Timothy Vervaart
Regional Manager - Workplace Rehabilitation and Health – NSW
BPsychSci
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Vivian Bromley
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BEd(Prim)
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Zsofia Ablonczy
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
GDipArts(Psych), PGDipArts(Psych), MArts(Psych), PGDip(AppPsych)
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Amelia Margaritis
Administration Manager
Cert III BusAdmin
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Blake Murdoch
Job Development and Marketing Manager
BBus
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Courtney Fletcher-Skidmore
Positive Behaviour Support Manager - Forensics
BPsych
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Geoffery Henrisson
Reporting Manager
BBus (Acc and InfoTech)
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Jamie Charlesworth
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (Report Reviewer)
Registered Psychologist, BBehavStud(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons), MAPS
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Kirsty Courbois
Behaviour Support Manager
BEd(Prim), GradDipInclEd
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Madeleine Van Bodegom
Quality Manager – Behaviour Support
BTeach(Hlth&Phys Ed)Hons
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Penny Bugden
Quality Manager - Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), BSocSc(Psych)Hons, MSocHlthCouns, MProfPsych
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Petrina Scott
Account Manager
Arts, Cert IV TAE, Cert IV FLM, Cert IV ES
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Shelby Coy
Behaviour Support Manager
Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, BPsych, MA(PBA)
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Adam Lozi
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MClinExPhys, BSp&Ex
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Alana Fasolo
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BSc(Psych), GradDipSc(Psych)
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Alex Millington Blazey
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BPsych(Hons)
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Amit Londhe
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
Provisional Psychologist, BPsych(Hons)
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Anika Tabassum
Regional Manager – Behaviour Support
MSocWk, GDipCouns,BSc(Psych)
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Anna Dodevska
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
AdvDipBus, Bpsych, GradDipPsych, DipCommServ, MProfPsych
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Anthony Ngo
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSci
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Arslen Mizzi
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons)
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Averil McInnes
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
B. Occ Therapy (Hons)
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Aye Mon
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
DipSysCounsel, BPsychSc (Neuroscience)
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Bettina Zabat
Team Leader-Positive Behaviour Support
MSW
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Brittany Jenkins
Positive Behaviour Support Manager - Forensic
BSocSc(Psych, Crim), MCouns, CertIV, TrngAssmnt
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Chelsea Davies
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych
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Courtney Stannard
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)Hons
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Dilay Tuncel
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BCCJ, GDipPsychAdv
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Eduardo Morales Vargas
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons), MProfPsych
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Elyssa Romero
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BExPhys, AEP, AES, ESSAM
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Fredric Fernando
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons)
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Georgia Brennan
Behaviour Support Manager
BPsychSc, GDipPsych(Ad)
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Haiden Mace
Team Leader- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
GDipPsych, GDipPsychAdv
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Hollie Morrison
Team Leader- Speech Pathology
BSpchPath(Hons)
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Imogyne Napper
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BSci(OT)
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Jennifer Lai
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(Honours), MOT, Cert III & IV Fitness
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Jessica Taylor
Customer Experience and Incident Prevention Coordinator
Certificate IV in Youth Work
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Josephine Osborne
Team Leader - Positive Behaviour Support
BSc(Psych)Hons, DipCouns
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Katarina Frohlichova
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BPsych, MScClinChiPsych
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Katrina Caton
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
Provisional Psychologist, BPsych(Hons)
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Keelin Garry
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons), MPPsych
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Kelly Cupido
Team Leader- Occupational Therapy services
BOT
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Kesley Popescu
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BSc (Crim&CrimJus)
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Kevin Phang
Team Leader-Workplace Rehabilitation
BExPhys&Rhb
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Kyriann Coates
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
GradDipPsych, BSc(CogNeuro&HlthPsych) , BA(Soc&DevPsych)
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Lara Bultitude
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
DipComServ, BPsychSc, GDipPsychAdv
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Laura Ooi
Team Leader- Occupational Therapy Services
MOT
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Melanie Cook
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BOT(Hons)
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Mia Fewster
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccTherapy
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Ming Wong
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
MOT, BSc(Pharm)
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Natascha Palmer
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), GradDipPsych, GradDipPsychAdv
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Nateesha (Teesh) Tuckett
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner(Report Reviewer)
Provisional Psychologist, BPsySc, BSc(Psych)Hons
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Nicklaus Vincent
Team Leader - Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BAppSc(Ex&SportSc), MPhty
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Nikita Vio
Occupational Therapist Team Leader-Occupational Therapy Services
BOT
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Oliver Vorenkamp
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BPhysio(Hons)
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Olivia Byrne
Team Leader – Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych(Hons)
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Olivia Calleri
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BSc(Psych)
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Shabreena Mavi
Team Leader Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology Services
Mphysio(MuscSc), BPhysio, APAM
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Shivashree Kumar
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BA(Psych), BPsych
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Stephanie Dagher
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), GDipPsych
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Stephanie Ramm
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
Provisional Psychologist, BPsych(Hons)
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Todd Wright
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BBehSc(Psych)
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Winnie Chong
AHPRA Supervisor
BSc(Psych), PGradDipPsych, DipPsychPrac
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Yael Abitbol
Team Leader – Psychological Services (WAPHA)
BA(PsychChildFamStud), BA(Psych)Hons, MPsych(Clin)
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Alex Vermeer
Provisional Psychologist/ Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner/ Support and Performance Coach
BPsychSc(Honours)
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Cassandra Holland
Senior Occupational Therapist / Rehabilitation Consultant
BOT
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Clarissa Haylett
Specialist Occupational Therapist-Neurology
BOcc Therapy, Dip Vocational Rehabilitation
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Emma Read
Senior Psychologist / AHPRA Supervisor
MOrgPsych, BBSc(Hons)
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Eu-Anne Lek
Occupational Therapist / Senior Rehabilitation Consultant
BAppSc(OT)
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Jessica Wheadon
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner(Report Reviewer)
BPsych(Hons)
-
Katie Wake
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych, MEd(ABA)
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Katya Petrova
Registered Psychologist
BPsych (Hons)
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Kiara Johnston
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner (Report Reviewer)
BPsych(Hons)
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Kimberley Murray-Dicker
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
Bach Teach/Bach Arts (Hons)
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Lauren Hughes
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner( Report Reviewer)
BPsychSci
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Lorraine Teeuwen-Green
Senior Psychologist/ AHPRA Supervisor
BSc(Psych), MHSP, GradDipPsych
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Luke Carr
Senior Systems Engineer
BSc CS, MCSE Server Infrastructure, MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, Cisco CCIE
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Margaret (Cathy) Macpherson
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
MA (Psyc), MResPsych)Sci)
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Megan Perry
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (Report Reviewer)
BPsych (Hons)
-
Monique Andreacchio
Provisional Psychologist / Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych(Hons)
-
Nicole Martelli
Senior Speech Pathologist
BSpPath
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Sally Williams
Senior Speech Pathologist
Speech Pathologist, BAppSc(SpchPath), MHealthIndMgt
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Vivianne Younis
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
BArts (Hons), GradDipPsych, PostGradDipPsych, AdDipMgt, ABACert
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Aaron Basile
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BScPsych(Hons), BWrtg
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Adam Bulakovski
Physiotherapist/Rehabilitation Consultant
BPhysio
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Adam Hunt
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc(Hons), GradDipPsych, BIE(Ani)
-
Akanksha Singh
Rehabilitation Counsellor/Rehabilitation Consultant
Rehabilitation Counsellor, MRhbCouns, MSocWk, BCom
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Alexandra Hodge
Occupational Therapist
BSc(OT)Hons
-
Alexandria Gutherie
Speech Pathologist
BSc(SpchPath)
-
Alinta Paten
Provisional Psychologist
BPsych
-
Alysa Soman
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPyschSc, GradDipPsychAdv
-
Amber Grace
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych(Hons)
-
Amber Shi
Occupational Therapist
BHlthSc, MOT
-
Amie Thomas
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc(Hons)
-
Amy Hirst-Webber
Provisional Psychologist
BA(Psych&AddSt), BA(Psych)Hons
-
Andrea Mongelli
Physiotherapist/Rehabilitation Consultant
BSc(ExSprt&HlthSc), MSc(Physio)
-
Angela Kinsella
Speech Pathologist
MBA Finance, MSc (Speech-Language Pathology), CertIVTA
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Angelina Klimoski
Rehabilitation Counsellor/Rehabilitation Consultant
BHlthSc, GradDip(RehabCnsig)
-
Annika Giles
Provisional Psychologist / Rehabilitation Consultant
BPsych(Hons)
-
Ashleigh Redpath
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
GradDipPsychAdv, BSc(Pysch)
-
Ashumeet Singh
Provisional Psychologist/Positive behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc(Hons)
-
Asli Basaran
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
.
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Belinda Charley
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
CertIVADHlthAss-CmmtyRehab, BA
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Benjamin Etheridge
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
GradDipPsych, BA(PsychCnslg)
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Benjamin Morgan
Physiotherapist
BScPhysio(Hons)
-
Biljana Pravica
Occupational Therapist
BSc(OT)
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Billie Tomkins
Administration Officer
Cert III Bus, Cert III Individual Support Disability
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Billie-Rose Waters
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
.
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Brandon Yeo
Speech Pathologist
BSpchPath
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Cagla Tekin
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych), GradDipPsychAdv
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Caitlin Hoad
Allied Health Assistant
CertIV Allied Health Assistance – Physio
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Carl Burnett
Provisional Psychologist
BPsych
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Charbel
Speech Pathologist
MSpchLngPath, BSc(Hlth)
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Charlotte (Lottie) Hitch
Provisional Psychologist
BA(Psych and Couns); GradDipEd(Primary), GradDipPsych
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Charlotte Finch
Occupational Therapist
BOT
-
Chloe Kim
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc
-
Christina Coen
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(PsychCnslg), BA(Psych)Hons
-
Christine Lee
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
GradDipPsychAdv, GradDipPsych, DipEarlyChlhdCare
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Connor Gutteridge
Exercise Physiologist/Rehabilitation Consultant
MClinExPhysio, BSprt&ExSc
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Courtney Anthonisz
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
CertIVMHlth, BHlthSc, BPsychSc(Hons)
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Courtney Um
Exercise Physiologist/Rehabilitation Consultant
BExPhys, AEP, AES, ESSAM
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Cristina Andreone
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych)(Hons)
-
David Vu
Rehabilitation Counsellor/Rehabilitation Consultant
BHlthSc, MRehabCnslg
-
Deanne Harrison
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Music), BMus(MusTherapy), BPsych(Hons), MScPsych
-
Derek Hu
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych(Hons)
-
Dewi McNamara
Behaviour Support Practitioner
DipCrim&ComJustice, BSSci(Psych)
-
Duncan Silcock
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Pysch), GradDipPsychAdv
-
Elisa Johannes
Speech Pathologist
BSpchPath(Hons)
-
Elizabeth Cheung
Occupational Therapist
MOT, BPsychSc(Psych&HRM)
-
Elizabeth Cunningham
Occupational Therapist
B. Occ Therapy (Hons)
-
Elter Lim
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BScPsych(Hons)
-
Enora Le Gall
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychScCrimnlgy, BPsych(Hons)
-
Enrique Romero
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
LPsy, DipPsych, DipComplemntMed&Therapies
-
Eva Konczak
Occupational Therapist
BOT(Hons)
-
Evan Armstong
Physiotherapist / Rehabilitation Consultant
BEd(PhysEd), BHSci, Mphysio
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Faith Reid
Provisional Psychologist
BA(Psych), M.ACounsPsych
-
Gemma Sabatino
Speech Pathologist
BSc(SpchPath)
-
Georgia Watkiss
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSocSc(Psych)(Hons)
-
Georgie Williams
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc, GDipPsych
-
Gina Mansfield
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych), PGradDipEd
-
Gita Maramraju
Occupational Therapist
BOT(Hons)
-
Graham Shaw
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSSci(Psych)(Hons)
-
Hannah Pose-Glandian
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc
-
Hannah Sutrin
Provisional Psychologist/Behaviour Support Practitioner
GradDipPsych(Adv), BPsychSci, MMentHPrac
-
Heather Emonds
Provisional Psychologist/ Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Pysch), GradDipPysch
-
Heather Harrison
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BA(Acc), GDipEdu, GDipPsych, BPsychSci(Hons)
-
Holly Sutherland
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSci(Psych), PGDipPsych
-
Jack White
Occupational Therapist
BAppSC (OT)
-
Jake Spicer
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
.
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Jasmin Edwards
Exercise Physiologist
BExSpSc, GDipClinExPhys, AEP, ESSAM
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Jasmina Zengovska
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSci, GradDipPsych
-
Jessica Bulkeley
Speech Pathologist
BSpPath
-
Jessica Feeney
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BJourn, MTeach
-
Jessica Luca
Speech Pathologist
BSpPath
-
Jessica Manson
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych), GDipPsych, MPPsych
-
Jessica Vince
Exercise Physiologist
MClinExPhys(Rehab), BSc(Exer&SprtSc)
-
Jessie Hale
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych
-
Joanne Hua
Occupational Therapist
BOT
-
Kara Churchward
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BLaw/BPsych(Hons), MSW
-
Katherine Soyangco
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BTsm, MSocWk
-
Katherine Wilson
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych)
-
Kathleen Camacho
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(PsychSc)(Hons)
-
Katie Southwell
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych
-
Katie Taylor
Occupational Therapist
BAppSc(OT)
-
Kiran Sindhwani
State Manager-Positive Behaviour Support-ACT
BA(Psych)Hons. MA(ClinPsych)
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Korin Whittaker
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSocWk, DipCnslg
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Kylie Konz
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BEd(Prim)
-
Lauren Cook
Speech Pathologist
BSc(SpchPath)
-
Lauren Knez
Provisional Psychologist/ Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych&Socio), GradDipPsych
-
Lauren Smith
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BCouns
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Leanne Gundill
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), PGDipPsych
-
Liam Petersen
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc/BA, GradDipPsychSci
-
Liana Donald
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych)
-
Lucy Wei
Speech Pathologist
BSpchPath
-
Matthew Cologon
Provisional Psychologist/Senior Rehabilitation Consultant
BPysch
-
Megan James
Provisional Psychologist/Behaviour Support Practitioner
Bpsych
-
Megan Johnson
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSciPsych
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Melanie Hamilton
Provisional Psychologist /Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), BSc(Psych)Hons
-
Molly O’Connor
Occupational Therapist
BScOT(Hons)
-
Namita Choudhary
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
MAppPsych(Prof), BPsych(Hons)
-
Natasha McKenzie
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc, GradDipPsych
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Neerja Korey
Rehabilitation Counsellor/Rehabilitation Consultant
BHomMed&Surg, MAPsych
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Nicole Stucki
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(AppPsych), MScAppPsych(Clin), MPsychotherapy
-
Nieke Kotze
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BCrim, BPsych, GradDipEd(Sec)
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Nikita Samiotis
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPyschSc(Hons)
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Niro Wanigatunga
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSocSc(PsychHons ), GradDipPsych
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Oliver Standing
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych) GradDipPsych
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Oscar Goldberg
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSocSc, GradDipPsychSc, MProfPsych
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Pauline Abou Melhem
Occupational Therapist
MOT BHlthSc
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Phil Vlachou
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Bbus, GradDipPsych(Adv), BScPsych
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Rachel McDonald
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych)
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Rachel Qiu
Occupational Therapist/Senior Rehabilitation Consultant
BAppSc(OT)
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Rachel Tran
Speech Pathologist
BSpchPath
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Raquel Allgaier
Physiotherapist / Rehabilitation Consultant
BAppSc(Phty)
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Rebecca Lee
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BPsychSc, GDipPsychAdv
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Rebecca O’Brien
Occupational Therapist
BPubHlth, MOT
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Reka Voros
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych), GradDipPsych(Adv)(Hons)
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Remiya Sivan
Occupational Therapist
MOT, BNursing, Diploma WHS
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Renae Walsh
Provisional Psychologist
BPsych, GDipPsychAdv
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Reuben Gould
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Bpsych(Hons)
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Riad Khalaf
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
MSc(Psych), BSc(Neuro)
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Richard Otoba
Provisional Psychologist / Rehabilitation Consultant
MSc(Occ&OrgPsych), BSc Psychology
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Rocco Rossi
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych & Couns), GradDipPsych
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Rochelle Coloni
Allied Health Assistant
BExSc(ClinPrac)
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Roselyn Yeh
Provisional Psychologist/Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), GradDipPsychAdv
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Rosie Yapp
Speech Pathologist
BSpchPath
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Sagar Nagaraj
Provisional Psychologist
BPsych(Hons)
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Salehe Ghasempour
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), MClinPsych
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Samhitha Joshi
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
MCounsPsych, AdvDipLearnDisab, BPsych
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Sandra Joshua
Provisional Psychologist/Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA(Psych), GDipPsych
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Savio Gracias Flor
Exercise Physiologist / Rehabilitation Consultant
BExPhysim AEP, AES
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Sienna Lipscombe
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsyc
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Simone Fonceca
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych
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Simone Hunter
Occupational Therapist
BSc(OT)(Hons)
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Sophie Lowrie
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSc(Hons)
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Soumadip Das
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
MSocWk
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Stephanie Wong
Physiotherapist
Bachelor of Health Sciences, Masters of Physiotherapy
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Susannah Twigger
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BTeach(Prim)(Hons), DipCommServ
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Tarryn Vlismas
Occupational Therapist
BOT
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Tasha Reynolds
Behaviour Support Practitioner
BHlthSci (Paramedicine), CertIV Fitness, CertIII IndSupp
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Torrey Laidler
Behaviour Support Practitioner
MRehabCouns, BA(Psych)
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Tristan Kay
Provisional Psychologist/Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych
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Vanessa Middleton
Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych(Hons)
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Vi Le Luu
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (Report Reviewer)
BSci(Psych), GradDipPsych
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Vivian Vu
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BSc(Psych), BSc(Psych)Hons

Peter Scott
Executive Director, Chairperson
BPsych, GradDipPsych, MRehabCouns, GAICD
Location: Perth, WA
Peter has been involved in rehabilitation in both Australia and the United States of America since 1982 and in employment services since 1975. Prior to taking over ORS Group in 1992 where he remained the CEO until early 2019, Peter was one of the founding managers of the Rehabilitation Division at the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission (WorkCover WA). Peter is passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives. He recognises that helping people achieve their goals is one significant way to do that, and inspires this belief in all who work with ORS. Peter is an accomplished speaker, innovator and leader.

Jacqueline Lane
Director / Chief Financial Officer
BBus(HRM), GAICD
Location: Perth, WA
Jacqueline is passionate about helping businesses drive performance and innovation through clear strategy, leadership and stakeholder engagement. Jacqueline is an organised and proactive executive and HR professional with over 10 years of leadership and management in the allied health, workplace rehabilitation, disability, training and employment sectors. Proven expertise linking business strategy to operational management through her previous roles managing multiple corporate departments across the areas of property, safety, marketing, learning and development, human resources, quality, finance and accounts. Wanting to help businesses create solid foundations for performance, Jacqueline is a member of a number of community and commercial boards including Managing Director of her own co-working, networking and business support agency in Perth.

Dr Vanessa Parletta
Chief Executive Officer
Psych(Hons), MSoSc(Crim), MBA(HRM), DBA
Location: Gosford, NSW
Dr Vanessa Parletta is the CEO of ORS and is a passionate advocate for providing clients with high quality evidence-based allied health services that work. Vanessa’s Doctorate thesis involved the implementation and evaluation of evidence-based supported employment (Individual Placement and Support) for adults with severe and persistent mental illness. Vanessa’s theses from her Masters and Bachelor degrees involved the implementation and evaluation of a coping skills program for at-risk prisoners and the implementation and evaluation of a stress management program for mainstream prisoners. Vanessa is a strong believer in the evaluation of services to ensure that they are achieving client and funder goals and helping people reach their potential.
Vanessa has over 20 years’ management experience of large government/insurer funded programs for clients with injuries/disabilities requiring assistance to overcome barriers and achieve their goals. Vanessa was awarded the National Employment Services Association Discovery Grant Award in 2012/2013 for her leadership and innovation within the employment services industry. She was also the National Winner, Disability Employment Australia Bid Management Capability Award in 2011.
Vanessa has co-authored three journal articles published in peer reviewed journals and has presented at national and international conferences including the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Forum in Dublin/Kilkenny. Vanessa’s main areas of interest include the assessment of dangerousness and how to reduce physical aggression towards others, including the prevention of critical incidents in workplace settings. She is also an expert in the area of restrictive practices and developing positive behaviour support plans involving these.

Lisa Baker
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Cert IV Bus, Cert IV EmpServ, DipMgt, MBA (current)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Lisa has over 15 years’ experience in disability and allied health services, vocational rehabilitation, and workers compensation; and over 10 years’ experience in senior management positions. Her responsibilities at ORS include the direct leadership of ORS’ Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology, Workplace Rehabilitation and Health, Corporate Services (People and Culture, Finance, IT, Talent Acquisition, Property) and Support Services (Business Improvement, Marketing, and Strategy and Performance) divisions.
Lisa thrives on implementing transformational change through effective strategic business management and continuous improvement. Lisa’s most valuable expertise are within the areas of process design and implementation, training and development, project management, and corporate governance. Lisa’s ability to comprehend complex data and information, and her attention to detail is exceptional.
Lisa has mentored hundreds of employees throughout her career, and currently runs ORS’ management development program nationally. She loves nothing more than seeing people progress and succeed as a result. With a strong focus on business health and significant growth, Lisa is continuing to coordinate projects and strategies that will see ORS’ success and reputation continually improve.

Alasdair Grant
General Manager Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MBusAdm, PostGradDipMgmt, CertIVOHS, BAppSci(OT)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Alasdair has worked within the occupational health industry in a national capacity for the past ten years and has developed an in-depth understanding of varying insurance models. He brings a strong track record of leading detailed implementation projects structuring new interventions that effectively bring results to organisations and individuals alike. Alasdair is committed to guiding best practice organisational programs inclusive of design, delivery, and process monitoring. Specific areas of focus are linked to outcome fulfilment, customer experience, and service satisfaction supporting stronger relationships with key stakeholders.
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Anthea Smith
General Manager - Behaviour Support
BA(Psych) (Hons), MPsych(Couns)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Anthea has over 15 years’ experience as a registered counselling psychologist and is an AHPRA approved supervisor. Anthea has extensive experience managing psychological and behaviour support services within organisations and is passionate about helping to train and develop provisional and registered psychologists and behaviour support practitioners to become the best they can be in their preferred areas of interest. Anthea’s expertise includes positive behaviour support assessments and interventions, particularly involving clients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Severe and Persistent Mental Illness, couple and family therapy, group therapy programs (children and adults), emotion regulation training, trauma counselling and pain management counselling.
Anthea believes strongly in the need to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided and is currently heading up research within ORS involving the impact of emotion regulation training on the reduction of physical aggression in clients receiving behaviour support funding under the NDIS.

Camilla Lukeman
National Manager-Speech Pathology Services
BAppSc(SpchPath)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Camilla has been a practising Speech Pathologist for over 15 years working in some of the largest tertiary hospitals across Western Australia and Victoria. She specialises in acute management of adults, particularly in the areas of Dysphagia, Voice, Critical Care and Oncology.
Camilla has a strong background in quality and research and believes in providing individualised, evidence based care. She enjoys working closely with the Speech Pathology team and strives to ensure every Speech Pathologist has the opportunities they need to be the best they can be and provide the highest quality service to ORS clients.
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Eimear Quigley
General Manager - Psychological Services
BSc(psych)Hons, MclinicPsych
Location: Stirling, WA
For the last 20 years, Eimear has worked in mental health, child protection and disability, with an unwavering passion for embedding person-centred humanistic approaches in psychological practice. Working as a clinical psychologist and senior leader in the government, non-government and university sectors in Perth and regional WA has given her a strong grounding and focus on compassionately healing others. Most recently, Eimear was the director of the psychology training clinic at Edith Cowan University (ECU), where she led 5 clinical supervisors and 15 provisional psychologist in providing high-quality, ethical psychological services to the community. In her Senior Lecturing role at ECU she provided training for clinical psychology students in foundational therapeutic and professional skills.
Eimear is passionate about disseminating psychological information to multiple audiences. She enjoys writing about psychology and has published two journal articles in peer-reviewed journals and one piece for The Conversation. Whilst at ECU, she created and facilitated staff wellbeing and Alumni psycho-educational sessions on self-compassion, behavioural change and Life Values. She has completed Pod Cast interviews for YouTube in collaboration with a suicide prevention charity organisation and has assisted journalists in print media articles and radio interviews.
Eimear is also focused on giving back to the community and volunteers with the Lion Heart Camp for Kids and is an Executive Director (Secretary) on the Board of Management for ConnectGroups WA.
She is driven to create systemic change in our society and does this by supporting best practice in the development, training and supervision of early career psychologists at ORS.
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Rob Savage
Chief Information and Technology Officer
DipMgt, GradCertBus, GradDipBus, MBA, MCSE, Prince 2 Foundation Cert, ITIL Foundation Cert
Location: Perth, WA
Rob has a technical and managerial background with over 20 years’ experience, primarily in the Information Technology industry. Working within both the private and public sectors Rob has a proven ability to develop and strengthen management teams in order to maximise company profitability and efficiency. With a strong technical background Rob has spent time in both Canada and the United Kingdom offering consultation services to companies such as IBM and Hewlett Packard. Rob’s areas of interest include information systems and process management.

Shruti Jagadale
General Manager- Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
BHlthSc, MPhysio
Location: Mascot, NSW
Shruti is an experienced physiotherapist and has worked across the NDIS and aged care sector in both clinical and managerial roles. Her area of expertise is rehab and gerontology. She is passionate about providing services that are evidence-based, person-centred and working collaboratively with ORS clients, ensuring they are a proactive part of their physiotherapy management plan. Shruti enjoys working closely with the Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology Team and endeavours to train and develop staff to adopt a holistic and goal-oriented approach to support ORS clients to be the best version of themselves.
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Simone Jones
General Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccTherapy
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Simone has over 20 years of experience as an OT and has worked within paediatric mental health, workplace rehabilitation, disability and NDIS sectors. Simone’s expertise lies within the workplace and home modifications for people with disabilities, health conditions and injuries. Simone also specialises in assistive technology prescription; functional daily living skills and Supported Independent Living (SIL) assessments and ergonomics. Simone is a hands-on manager who enjoys training and developing staff and helping them to learn the skills needed to assist clients to overcome barriers and achieve their goals.

Justin Chand
People , Culture and Performance Manager
BBA(HR), Bcomm(Accg)
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Justin has worked within the healthcare and disability services industry for over 10 years and is a tertiary qualified, solutions-driven and highly accomplished leader and project manager. With more than 13 years experience pioneering complex operations and projects across people and culture, accounting, business analytics, workforce management, and governance, Justin possesses a proven track record of employing strategic leadership, building performance-focused teams that are capable of driving high productivity whilst delivering critical projects on time and to budget.
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Marko Bajic
Business Improvement Manager
Cert IV MentalHlth, DipEmpServ, DipMgt
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Marko has 10 years of management experience and has predominantly worked within the Disability Employment Services and NDIS sectors. Within the sector, Marko has held many different positions including; General Manager, National Performance Manager, Mental Health and Disability Specialist and Regional Manager. Marko is passionate about helping people with a disability live their best lives, and he strives to achieve this through his commitment to exceptional customer service, training and development of staff, implementation of systems and efficiencies and his strong focus on quality and ensuring that the National Standards for Disability Services, NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework, NDIS Practice Standards and ISO 9001:2015 underpins all of ORS’ service delivery. Marko’s expertise lies in his ability to manage multiple contracts, develop and roll out policies, procedures and systems across multiple business divisions. His expertise are underpinned by his strong performance orientation, background in digital design, love of social media and technology, strong marketing knowledge, business improvement and development skills as well as his extensive experience in quality and compliance management across multiple industries.

Matthew Frearson
National Customer Experience and Incident Prevention Manager
BBSc(Psych), DipCouns
Location: Gosford, NSW
Matthew currently manages the customer experience within ORS. He oversees the organisation’s referral and booking process, administration, staff allocation, and customer feedback. Matthew has had extensive experience across multiple roles within ORS and has worked across employment services, NDIS including School Leaver Employment Supports, Finding and Keeping a Job and Behaviour Support in addition to holding a number of management roles. He is passionate about providing exceptional customer service and high-quality evidence-based services in a timely manner and ensures all feedback is actioned and addressed with solutions in place to reduce similar issues occurring in the future.
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Travis Williamson
Marketing Manager
6BMar&Com (current)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Gifted with a sharp mind, a natural ability to connect with people and an insatiable thirst for excellence, Travis brings over 12 years of experience working in the disability sector to ORS.
Driven by his passion for seeing people with disability live their best lives, Travis leads the ORS marketing team and has a passion for video content creation and the power of social media.
Travis has vast experience with relationship management and employment program development, having worked with some of Australia’s largest brand name employers to design, create and rollout employment programs across the country.
Travis works exceptionally well with business and community leaders that share his vision and values and strives to do his part to help create a more inclusive Australia.

Chris Barnett
National Multi-Disciplinary Team Manager
NSW
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Chris qualified as a physiotherapist in the UK in 1995, and undertook a clinical and research Masters at the University of Manchester before moving to Australia with his wife and three children.
Chris has since expanded his roles to work as a guest lecturer at the University of Newcastle and was elected to the Board of Directors for Hunter Medicare Local, now Hunter Primary Care. During that time he completed his Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors course. He loves working with complex problems, involving team solutions that improve the day to day lives of clinicians and clients.
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Christopher Galvin
Talent Acquisition Manager
BBus(OpMgmt
Location: Gosford, NSW
Chris has worked in recruitment and talent acquisition for the past 10 years with more than 4 years in the allied health sector across workplace rehabilitation and NDIS. Chris has a strong focus in optimising the candidate experience and ensuring the recruitment process is smooth and seamless.
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Elizabeth Trickey
Support and Performance Manager
DipFLM
Location: Gosford, NSW
Elizabeth has worked within the employment services industry, workplace rehabilitation industry and NDIS for the past 13 years within many different roles including site, region, service area and national management roles. Elizabeth has a strong focus on contract/service area knowledge, performance, staff morale and team culture and is able to work within any team to identify and address process, performance and system issues and subsequently generate improved performance. Elizabeth’s areas of expertise and interest include customer service, complaints handling, performance improvement and staff management.

Joseph Carrello
Psychological Services Manager - WAPHA and EAP
BPsych, JI Accredited Trainer
Location: Perth, WA
Joseph has over 30 years’ experience as a Registered Psychologist across multiple government and private sector organisations and authorities. He is an AHRPA approved supervisor and has assisted many provisional psychologists achieve full registration. Joseph has extensive service delivery and management experience and currently oversees ORS’ Western Australia Primary Health Alliance contracts for short term brief intervention psychological counselling for adults and children with mild to moderate mental health presentations in WA as well as our Employee Assistance Program services contracts nationally.
Joseph’s expertise is in the areas of EAP service provision, evidence-based psychological counselling, couples counselling, mediation and conflict resolution, outplacement and career transition, Psychological Assessments and delivering training presentations on psychology-related topics. He also specialises in the critical incident and trauma debriefing areas and has assisted numerous companies, individuals and families recovering from significant workplace accidents. He is also the only accredited Judgment Index (value-based assessment) trainer accredited outside the USA to conduct training in the Judgment Index and has presented keynote addresses at international conferences.

Karina Ninness
Employee Experience Manager
BA/BBus(Acct) CA
Location: Gosford, NSW
Karina is a Chartered Accountant with a strong history in business services and taxation. Having worked with a wide variety of clients Karina has specialised in financial systems and software solutions providing timely and streamlined access to pivotal financial information needed for business decision making. Karina also has a wide variety of experience in the financial, not-for-profit and government sectors resulting in a well-rounded understanding of business processes and performance needs.
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Rebecca Ryan
Accountant
BCom, DipFinPlan, CPA, Xero Partner Accreditation
Location: Gosford, NSW
Rebecca is a CPA qualified Accountant who has worked in practice for over 20 years gaining a wide range of accounting, tax and audit experience, working for a variety of clients across numerous industries. Rebecca’s expertise involves her ability to quickly understand how different industries work and what strategies are required to maximise growth and financial performance.
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Sarah Stewart
National Psychological Services Manager - Clinical & Forensic Services
Registered Psychologist, BA(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons), MClinPsych
Location: Mascot, NSW
Sarah is a Clinical Psychologist Registrar and Regional Manager of Behaviour Support at Villawood. She has experience working with a range of presentations across multiple settings through her academic and professional experience. Sarah has worked in Disability and Out of Home Care (OOHC) in a range of roles, including Support Worker, Behaviour Support Practitioner and Psychologist over the last 5 years. She has worked with a range of client presentations including neurodevelopmental disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, complex trauma, personality disorders, psychosis and substance use. Her experience as a Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner has predominantly involved client contact in hospital, forensic and community settings that focus on assessment, formulation and client rehabilitation. Sarah’s interests include conducting neuropsychological and functional behaviour assessments, case conceptualisation, assisting clients to transition from forensic settings into the community and working within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure optimal outcomes for our clients.
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Siana Heath
Paediatric Multidisciplinary Team Manager
Occupational Therapist, BAppSc(OT)
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Siana has worked as an Occupational Therapist, predominately in paediatrics for over a decade. Siana has worked in a variety of settings including specialist school, early intervention, private practice, orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation. Siana also works as a casual academic at La Trobe University and Federation University supporting paediatric subjects. Siana has a strong focus on strengths-based, family centred intervention. Siana enjoys providing mentoring and support to clinicians to develop their skills in working effectively with children and families.
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Angela Contreras
Learning and Development Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BAppSc (OT)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Angela is an Occupational Therapist with over 18 years’ experience working in rehabilitation and community settings. She has worked with a diverse group of clients presenting with chronic conditions, catastrophic injuries or living with long-term disabilities. Her area of clinical expertise is in complex home modifications involving structural re-design to create enabling environments that promote participation in meaningful activities.
As a sessional academic at the University of Sydney, Angela teaches and coordinates a range of occupational therapy professional practice units for the undergraduate and masters OT programs. She has extensive experience providing clinical supervision to community occupational therapists, focusing on facilitating learning opportunities that allow therapists to build confidence in their clinical reasoning skills. She encourages therapists to form genuine connections with their clients through evidenced-based interventions.
Angela brings an appreciation of different learning styles to her role at ORS, and is adept in creating safe learning spaces that foster professional growth and critical thinking for occupational therapists. She values her own professional development and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) at The University of Sydney, with a view to be awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
She is an AHPRA registered occupational therapist, and a proud member of Occupational Therapy Australia, Home Modifications Australia (MOD.A)and the Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR).
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David Woodward
Learning and Development Manager- Physiotherapy, Exercise Physiology and Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MSc, BSc(Physio)(Hons)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
David has 19 years’ experience working for the NHS in the UK as a physiotherapist, specialising in spinal conditions and neurosurgery before relocating to Australia. After completing his Masters in Advanced Practice he worked as a Service Manager in a Neurosurgery Specialist unit. David has worked as a team leader across many settings within public health and brought his advanced practice knowledge and skill to work as a Team Lead working in the Australian health sector including workplace rehabilitation, NDIS and DVA. David has also worked as an Honorary Lecturer for the University of Liverpool lecturing on the under and postgraduate programmes.
David has a passion for service development through innovation and nurturing the development of staff and service users alike.
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Dr Dannette Marie
Learning and Development Manager – Behaviour Support and Psychological Services
BScPsych, BA(Hons)Psych, MSc, Ph.D, Psych
Location: Perth, WA
Dr Marie has worked as an educator and researcher in psychological science for over 25 years. Her expertise is in the field of mental health. She has extensive international experience as a project leader and research supervisor in a wide range of theoretical and applied fields including abnormal psychology and forensic psychology. She has served as a consultant and advisor to non-government and government agencies and has a long history of advocating on behalf of individuals as well as community-based organisations. Dannette is passionate about designing and delivering evidence-based programmes that improve understanding and performance in behavioural support and psychological services. Dannette is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Western Australia and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).
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Dr Geoff Waghorn
Senior Innovation and Research Consultant
BSocSci, PGDipPsych, PhD
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Dr Waghorn has 24 years’ experience as a Registered Psychologist and 23 years in research. He is one of the leading experts on vocational rehabilitation including Individual Placement and Support (evidence-based supported employment) within Australia and internationally. To date Dr Waghorn has contributed to over 120 peer reviewed research publications. Most of his research has focussed on improving the recovery and social inclusion of individuals living with disabilities and health conditions.
In 2014 Dr Waghorn entered into the Disability Employment Australia Hall of Fame for his significant contribution to improving the lives and experiences of people with mental illness seeking employment. Dr Waghorn’s expertise includes an ability to simplify complex information and research to ensure that it can be practically applied in the real world. Dr Waghorn is a passionate advocate of open employment for people living with disabilities and severe mental illnesses who want to work. He has challenged low expectations in society with questions such as “show me the evidence that this person cannot work given the right support and a suitable job match.”
Dr Waghorn is currently assisting ORS to improve our services through ongoing evaluation and the implementation of best practice innovations. He is currently overseeing a systematic review of best practices in insurance-based vocational rehabilitation along with Dr Helen Lockett.

Dr Joyce Man
Learning and Development Manager – Psychological Services
BA(Psych), GDipSc(Psych), MClinPsych, PhD, MAPS
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Dr Joyce Man is a clinical psychologist and researcher with over 14 years of experience in the disability field. Joyce previously worked as a research associate at Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University where she co-facilitated a group of autism representatives across Europe to promote participatory research within AIMS-2-TRIALS. Joyce also conducted research around autism service pathways and best practice with the autism community across the EU. Preliminary findings have been used to inform the EU parliament with a view to improving service accessibility and standards for autism-specific and mainstream services for autistic people.
Joyce completed her PhD at Macquarie University where she investigated psychologists’ adherence to best practice standards when working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions and the service experiences of carers. She is the recipient of the 2017 Australian Psychological Society, Psychology of Intellectual Disability and Autism Thesis Award.
Joyce has extensive clinical experience in government and non-government disability agencies in Australia, primarily with people with intellectual disabilities and autism. She is also the recipient of a number of industry awards including the FACS 2016 Excellence in Psychology Award in Evidence-Based Practice and The Benevolent Society 2017 Leaders Award.
Joyce is passionate about promoting evidence-based practice in the disability field and regularly contributes via lecturing, training, clinical supervision, reviewing papers submitted to journal publications and publishing peer-reviewed research.
A full list of Joyce’s publications can be found on Google Scholar.
https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=E9XsQ0MAAAAJ
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Dr Michelle Brown
Learning and Development Manager - Speech Pathology Services
BA, MSpchLangPath, PhD
Location: Remote, NSW
Dr. Michelle Brown is a certified practising speech-language pathologist and researcher. Michelle is passionate about empowering others to achieve their personal best. Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Special Education and a Masters of Speech-Language Pathology. In 2018, Michelle completed her PhD titled “Effectiveness of early storybook reading for promoting language and social communication skills with babies and young children with and without a hearing loss”. Michelle has worked at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, a Community Health Centre, and has been lecturing since 2012. Michelle has taught in both Bachelor and Master of Speech-Language Pathology Programs. Michelle commenced a post-doctoral fellowship in 2018, building on her PhD research, to support caregivers, educators, and health professionals to capitalise on learning opportunities with children through early storybook reading. Michelle aims to continue her passion for empowering others in her ORS role through sharing of knowledge from all team members, and building capacity by working collaboratively, to ensure we provide a high-quality service that is evidence-based and family-centred
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Dr. Sharon Keesing
Learning and Development Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
PhD, MSc(OT), BAppSc(OT)
Location: Jandakot, WA
Sharon has extensive experience as an Occupational Therapist, Academic and Researcher. Sharon has worked across a range of clinical, community and rehabilitation settings with people who have a variety of different health difficulties. She has most recently worked in the tertiary education sector with occupational therapy students. Sharon is particularly focussed on the application of evidence-based practice allowing her clients to receive the best possible occupational therapy services.
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Irina Risteska
Learning and Development Manager -Positive Behaviour Support
BSc (Psych), BSc (Psych Hons), MCurricInstr (ABA), BCBA
Location: Stirling, WA
Irina is a Behaviour Support Practitioner and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) with many years experience helping children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder to reduce and eliminate challenging behaviour. Irina has conducted interventions across many environments including schools and day care centres and regularly provides consultations to Paediatricians and other medica and allied health professionals. Irina has extensive experience across all areas of applied behaviour analysis and behaviour support including discrete trail training, naturalistic environment teaching, antecedent interventions, consequence interventions, Picture Exchange Communication Systems, feeding programs, sleeping programs, social skills programs, self-stimulatory behaviours, self-injurious behaviours, data collection, graphing and analysis, behavioural skills training, and functional behaviour assessments and analysis. In addition to client interventions, Irina enjoys staff training and development and is a board-approved supervisor to other practitioners undergoing BCBA training.

Katie Cole
Learning and Development Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BAppSc(OT) , MA (Health Research)
Location: Fyshwick, ACT
Katie has over 20 years’ experience as an occupational therapist in both Australia and the UK. Katie has worked in various clinical settings, including acute hospitals, rehabilitation, school and community settings. Katie has developed expertise working with children with a range of conditions, including cerebral palsy and developmental delay in the hospital, school, and community environment.
Katie has several years’ experience assisting clients recovering from stroke, brain injury and other complex illnesses. Katie has worked with people with dementia and is a COPE (Care of People with Dementia in their Environments) certified occupational therapist. Katie has experience working in oncology with adults and children.
Katie completed a Master of Arts in Health Research in 2011 which has strengthened her evidence-based approach to health service design, delivery, evaluation, and education. Katie has worked in the University sector as a lecturer for Master’s and Bachelor of Occupational Therapy programs and enjoys supervising occupational therapists and students.
Katie is an AHPRA registered occupational therapist and a member of the Australian Occupational Therapy Association.
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Dr Alina Thompson
Learning and Development Manager – Behaviour Support
PhD, BPsych(Hons)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Dr Alina Thompson has conducted experimental research to investigate methods of long-lasting fear reduction. Her research showed that symptoms associated with anxiety and stress disorders can be persistently eliminated with safe, non-invasive behavioural interventions. As part of her PhD, she investigated three separate pathways to long-lasting fear reduction: Behavioural manipulations of the memory reconsolidation process, occasionally reinforced extinction training and US devaluation. She has also examined the role of individual differences and intolerance of uncertainty in the acquisition and reduction of fears. Her research was published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. Dr Thompson is particularly interested in the translation of experimental research findings to the clinical setting. She has won the APS Prize, awarded by the Australian Psychological Society, for her research into behavioural manipulations of the memory reconsolidation process.
In addition to conducting research, Dr Thompson has taught several Psychology undergraduate courses at Curtin University, worked in the clinical setting with people who were homeless, and contributed to the Athena SWAN initiative to foster equity, inclusion, and diversity in higher education.
Dr Thompson joined ORS as a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner and currently works in the role of Learning and Development Manager in Behaviour Support. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy.
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Dr Carmen Atkinson
Quality Manager – Behaviour Support
PhD
Location: Gosford, NSW
Dr Carmen Atkinson is a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner and previously worked in the University sector. Her PhD thesis examined brain electrical activity while evaluating conflicting stimuli in a selective attention task, and subsequent research work included dyslexia/selective language impairment, emotional face processing, and mental health literacy in a cross-cultural sample. She has co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences. She has taught undergraduate psychology courses in advanced developmental psychology, pre-professional psychology (neuropsych. assessment of memory and executive function), cognitive psychology and research methodology, and co-supervised Honours and Research Higher Degree students conducting a variety of research projects. Carmen has high standards of written and verbal communication, and cares deeply about clearly conveying information to our customers and their support staff, in order to best support their needs and foster positive outcomes.
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Dr Liz Cooper
Senior Psychologist/AHPRA Supervisor
BPsych(Hons), MClinPsych, D.Psych(Clinical)
Location: Port Macquarie, NSW
Dr Liz Cooper is a Senior Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience gained in both city and regional areas and in private inpatient and outpatient settings assessing and treating adolescents and adults with a range of conditions including Personality Disorder, Mood Disorders (Depression and Bipolar), Anxiety Disorders, OCD, Complex trauma, Psychotic Disorders, pain and drug and alcohol issues. She has also worked with adolescents who have had involvement with the justice system including assessment and treatment of young people with harmful sexual behaviour. In addition to extensive clinical experience, she has owned and managed a multidisciplinary allied health clinic. Liz especially enjoys educating and supervising psychologists to reach their general or specialist registration. She enjoys participating in and developing professional development activities and training. She also has experience teaching undergraduate psychology students, supervising research projects and training other Allied Health professionals.
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Dr Sanjana Malhotra
Provisional Psychologist / Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsych, MScPsychCouns, MPhilPsych, Ph.DPsych
Location: Morley, WA
Sanjana is passionate about assisting children and adolescents with a range of disabilities to have a better quality of life. Her experience includes management of children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Learning Difficulties, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and children with type 1 diabetes. She provides support and teaches coping strategies to individuals and families who are going through behavioural and emotional difficulties such as anxiety, depression and conduct disorder. She provides sustainable solutions by carrying out assessments and conducting evidence-based counselling approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Behavioural Intervention and Mindfulness-based practices. Sanjana is warm and compassionate in her nature of working with clients and tailors her approach to meet the needs of her clients.
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Dr Serena Cribb
Clinical Neuropsychologist
BA(Psych)(Hons), MPsych(Clincal Neuropsychology), PhD
Location: Striling, NSW
Serena is a Registered Psychologist with an endorsement in Clinical Neuropsychology. She has experience conducting individual and multidisciplinary assessments with all age groups and has worked across a variety of settings including community, remote outreach, and the justice system. She has a background in neurodevelopmental disorders and an interest in differing presentations of neurodiversity throughout the lifespan, across genders and cultures. She is passionate about the diagnosis as a tool to facilitate understanding by herself and others.
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Dr. Michelle Messenger
Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner
BA (Soc Sc) MA (Psych) PhD
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Michelle has held numerous positions within disability services across the Government and private sector. Michelle has worked with people with mental health issues, acquired brain injury and those in aged care.
These roles have included direct client work and the supervision and management of others. Michelle has specialised in working with adults with an intellectual disability and those that have behaviour support needs. Michelle’s work included completing Behaviour support plans containing restrictive practices that met the requirements of the NDIS Quality and Safety Commission.
Michelle completed her PhD at the Australian Stuttering Research Centre (Sydney University). Her research topic was Anxiety in those who stutter. Michelle has written a journal article that was published in the Journal of Fluency Disorders, and she presented these findings at an international event, Oxford Dysfluency Conference. Michelle is passionate about providing a high-quality service for people using evidence-based practice and supporting others to do the same.

Louisa Gibson
Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar
BSc(Psych), GradDipPsych, MClinNeuropsych/PhD
Location: Mascot, NSW
Louisa has previously worked in the Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry at the Prince of Wales Hospital, as well as the Dementia Centre for Collaborative Research in the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales. Louisa has also been clinically trained at Westmead Chidren’s Hospital, Liverpool Hospital and the Concord Centre for Mental Health at Concord Hospital. Louisa enjoys working with people of all ages and backgrounds and believes in the open and honest discussion of mental health issues. Louisa believes that everybody deserves understanding and respect.
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Dr Julie Hepworth
National Quality Manager – Psychological Services
BA(Hons), PhD, MAPS
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Julie is a Senior Psychologist with ORS with extensive experience in psychological practice and research. Julie has conducted psychological assessments and interventions with clients from diverse groups in various settings including in the areas of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorder, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, complex trauma, interpersonal conflict and others. In her work, Julie also uses tools and strategies for quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
Julie has a PhD in Psychology and has over 25 years of experience as a university teacher and researcher. She is an internationally recognised researcher with over 100 publications, conference papers, book chapters and book in the field of health services research. Julie has published research in high quality journals on topics such as equity of access to health services, health governance, therapeutic approaches to eating disorders, and research methodology and ethics. She is passionate about training and mentoring practitioners and the design and delivery of optimal services for clients.
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Kristen Willis
National Manager - Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych)(Hons), MPsych(Clinical)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Kristen is a clinical psychologist with significant experience working with complex clients with interactions with multiple service systems. Her expertise is in positive behaviour support, cognitive behaviour therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy – including adapted forms for clients with intellectual disabilities. Kristen is passionate about the translation of research into practice and making information and interventions accessible for clients, clinicians, families, and providers. She is interested in creating systemic change to improve outcomes for clients through the development of training, policy, practice and governance frameworks. Prior to joining ORS, Kristen implemented a number of initiatives to successfully reduce restrictive practices within a non-government organisation including through training specialist behaviour support practitioners and frontline leaders. Kristen takes a curious, collaborative and person-centred approach when working with individuals and teams.
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Melissa O’Brien
National Property Manager
Cert IV ES
Location: Gosford, NSW
Melissa has worked in the Disability sector over 10 years and is tenacious when chasing solutions to ensure that each ORS location functions and operates at a very high standard. This is due to the high standards that ORS has set to ensure that all staff can work in a safe and fun workplace. Her ability to work with a diverse and varied range of property services makes her phenomenal at getting the task done. Melissa demonstrates strong negotiation skills which is paramount in dealings with property. There is no task too big that Melissa won’t tackle head first.
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Ahmet Sait Yildirim
State Manager – Psychological Services
BSc(Hons), MClinPsych
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Ahmet is a Registered Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner with years of experience in assessing and providing evidence-based support for a wide variety of psychological, neurodevelopmental, and behavioural difficulties. Ahmet’s early interest in human psychology and behaviour is based on extensive participation in education, mentoring, fundraising, and aged care services both locally and abroad. He has worked with clients from a vast range of cultural backgrounds and age groups. Ahmet takes a proactive and genuine approach in helping clients to better their lives by overcoming mental hurdles, acquiring new skills, engaging all supports available, and increasing motivation to set and achieve goals. Ahmet has a strong focus on client-centred support and enjoys working with the unique characteristics that each individual brings to psychology and behaviour support.
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Amanda Tucker
State Manager – Behaviour Support
BPsych
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Amanda is a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 8 years’ experience working with children and adolescents with challenging behaviours, particularly individuals on the Autism Spectrum. She has extensive experience tailoring and delivering interventions to a wide range of behaviours such as self-injurious, demand avoidance, eating, sleeping and as well as teaching programs. Amanda also has overseas experience having worked in the UK in a specialised school for students with multiple learning difficulties and behaviours of concern. Amanda takes a collaborative approach to servicing involving families, support staff, teachers and educational assistants across a diverse range of community and clinical settings. She is very passionate about helping vulnerable individuals to navigate the challenges they experience and provide support while promoting self-determination.

Chanel Dunn
State Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT/BPsychSc, MPublicHlth
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Chanel is a paediatric Occupational Therapist who has worked in a hospital, school, community and early intervention settings. Chanel enjoys leading a team of clinicians and supporting them to best support their clients. In addition to her clinical and leadership work, Chanel has completed her Master of Public Health. She has a passion for innovative projects that promote the inclusion of children and people with disabilities in the community.
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Claudia Dunn
State Manager – Behaviour Support - NSW
BPsych(Hons)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Claudia is a Provisional Psychologist with over 3 years’ experience in supporting people with disability of all ages including children. Claudia also has experience assisting individuals with the full range of disabilities and cognitive functioning levels including clients who are non-verbal. Claudia’s expertise is her ability to develop high quality positive behaviour support plans quickly and train staff in all of the strategies outlined. Claudia has written numerous Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans involving restrictive practices and has a strong understanding of what is required in this area. Claudia has an interest in working with children and adolescents as well as individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Courtney Patterson
State Manager-Positive Behaviour Support Services
BA(DevPsych), BScCogNeur, GDipPsych
Location: Jandakot, WA
Courtney is a Regional Manager of Behaviour Support Services with over 5 years’ experience working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Increasing independence, achieving personal goals and eliminating behaviours of concerns have been the focus of Courtney’s work with her clients and continues to drive her in supporting clients now. Courtney has a particular interest in play therapy and using a client’s skills to help overcome challenging times. She has experience working across a range of environments including; home, schools, group homes, within the community and in clinical settings. Courtney is currently completing her internship to become a registered psychologist and as such enjoys supporting clients with complex psychological presentations.
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Craig D’mello
Assistant State Manager- Positive Behaviour Support Services
BA(Psych), GDipPsych(Adv)Hons, MSocWk
Location: Morley, WA
Craig has been working within disability and mental health sectors for over seven years. He is passionate about providing an evidence-based, client-cantered, and holistic approach to mental health; choosing to work within a trauma focussed and recovery model to best assist clients and their families in meeting their behavioural and personal goals. Craig has extensive experience working with clients presenting with complex and comorbid personality, psychotic, and mood disorders in a culturally safe and promotive manner adhering to best practice standards. Craig is also passionate about building his teams’ emotional intelligence, interpersonal communication and clinical skills to meet not only their professional goals but to also increase their capacity to work with clients with complex presentations whilst promoting their own sell-care and resilience
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Donna Thomas
State Manager-Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)
Location: Perth, WA
Donna has 13 years of experience as an OT and has worked with people across all ages from early intervention through to adults with complex disabilities. Donna’s expertise lies within equipment prescriptions, home modifications, paediatrics, sensory processing, positive behaviour support as well as mental health. She is an accredited DIR®/Floortime® therapist and is passionate on promoting development by encouraging children to interact with parents and others through play. She is passionate about empowering all individuals to overcome barriers and improve their quality of life.

Errin Finucane
Assistant National Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons), MPublicHlth
Location: Perth, WA
Errin is a Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist with over 5-years’ experience working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder to reduce and eliminate behaviours of concern and increase independence and overall life skills. She also has previous experience working with disadvantaged and marginalised groups, specifically Indigenous youth, through programs focused at increasing community and school engagement. Errin has experience working across a range of environments including; home, schools, daycare centres, group homes as well as clinical settings. She also has experience collaborating with stakeholders and allied health professionals, to ensure consistency and a multidisciplinary approach when implementing strategies within the Behaviour Support Plan. Errin has over 5-year’ experience of Applied Behaviour Analysis and behaviour support and enjoys seeing the progress of her clients during intervention.

George Tyler
State Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
George has been working as an Occupational Therapist for approximately six years. He has extensive experience within the workplace rehabilitation sector, including Workers’ Compensation, Compulsory Third Party insurance, self-insurance and life insurance. Clinically George has experience in paediatrics, orthopaedic conditions, equipment prescription and home modification. He has specific interest and specialised experience in trauma and psychological injuries, secondary to catastrophic motor vehicle accidents. George has extensive experience leading small and large allied health teams to success, working with both experienced and new graduate therapists.

Jane-Maree Perkins
Leaning and Development Manager/State Manager – Speech Pathology
BSPath (UoN), MClinEd(Cwk)(Flin) – in progress
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Jane-Maree has worked within the disability and health sector for the past 20 years within many different roles including senior / specialist speech pathologist and clinical educator roles. Jane-Maree has a strong focus on supporting undergraduate, new graduate and early career speech pathologists and other allied health professions develop independent critical thinking and reflection skills. She values building a resilient workforce that is able to best manage the complex clinical and social needs in the caseload with which we work. Jane-Maree’s areas of clinical expertise include complex paediatric and adult swallowing and saliva management difficulties and complex communication difficulties across the life span; with a particular focus on adult or childhood acquired / progressive conditions.
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Lucy Stevens
State Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSSc(Psych), MSpchPath
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Lucy graduated with a Masters of Speech Pathology at Griffith University in 2013. She has experience across a diverse range settings, caseloads and age groups including:
• Children with mild to severe impairments in speech, language, fluency;
• In hospital wards such as ICU, major trauma, care of the elderly, respiratory, hyper-acute and sub-acute stroke units;
• In nursing homes and in the community with people with intellectual disabilities, mental health conditions and neurodegenerative diseases such as Motor Neuron Disease and Parkinson’s Disease; and
• With people from different backgrounds, cultures and ability levels.
Lucy has completed a range of evidence-based professional development courses including Hanen, Sensory Oral Sequential Approach to Feeding (SOS), PODD (Pragmatically Organised Dynamic Display) and Lidcombe stuttering therapy. Lucy has a special interest in clinical education and enjoys supporting Speech Pathology students and early career Speech Pathologists.
Lucy is passionate about supporting people to reach their full potential and advocating for those who are less able to advocate for themselves. Her area of expertise is supporting people with complex swallowing difficulties (dysphagia) and working with the client and their family/carers to find the best balance between quality of life, independence, efficiency and swallow safety.
Lucy believes that providing a client centred and holistic approach is key for working with families and within a multidisciplinary team.
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Preethi Kannan
Psychological Services Manager - Victoria
MA(FPsych), BSc(Psych), GradDipPsychSc
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Preethi is a registered psychologist who completed her Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology in the USA as a joint program with the Behavioural Sciences Unit of the FBI. Following the completion of her degree she returned to Australia and worked in various roles including disability employment, community corrections, job network, providing mental health support within the prisons, individual and group intervention to address offending behaviour, risk assessments and providing expert evidence at court for offenders with a cognitive impairment. Preethi is passionate about working within forensic disability in addition to mentoring and developing clinical staff.
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Shannon Moss
Assistant State Manager – Positive Behaviour
19BA (Psych), MClinCouns, Registered NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner
Location: Gosford, NSW
Shannon is a motivated, passionate and committed Clinical Counsellor and Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 2 years’ experience working within the NDIS area of ORS. Shannon also has experience in disability case management and job development. She has outstanding counselling skills and can work with clients of all ages with all psychological presentations. Shannon builds exceptional rapport with her clients and works with them side by side to help them learn the skills they need to overcome their particular challenges and achieve the goals they set out for themselves. Shannon is very client-focused and ensures she takes the time to understand her clients and what they want to achieve. Shannon strongly believes in ongoing development and continuous learning and is always researching new evidence-based practices/interventions to include in her behaviour support plans/counselling interventions. Shannon is passionate about working with youth, people who have undergone trauma and complex cases.

Simone Parke
State Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
BExPhysiol, ESSAM AEP, ASCA Level 1 Coach
Location: Mascot, NSW
Simone has 4 years’ experience working within the workplace rehabilitation industry across multiple roles including Rehabilitation Consultant, RTW Coordinator and Team Leader. Prior to this Simone worked as an Exercise Physiologist assisting children and adults through exercise prescription and pre-employment health screening. Simone is a strong believer in the benefits of exercise to overall health and mental well-being. Her areas of interest include: chronic pain, exercise prescription for individuals with cancer, exercise prescription for paediatric populations and complex multi-factorial WorkCover claims. Simone also has expertise in working with employers to help them address unsafe work practices resulting in injuries and WorkCover claims. Simone has recently commenced conducting exercise programs for NDIS clients with complex behaviours also receiving concurrent positive behaviour support intervention.

Babar Khan
Regional Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
GradDipMgt, MRehabCouns, MBA
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Babar has over 3 years’ experience in workplace rehabilitation working across multiple schemes including icare, CTP, Life Insurance, DVA, Comcare and TMF. Previous to this he worked within Disability Employment Services where he was responsible for the placement of numerous clients into employment. Babar has specific expertise in conducting vocational assessments as he understands the labour market and what is required in different positions and industries. Babar is also a skilled marketer and understands the need to ensure that all placements are positive experiences for both the injured worker and the employer. Babar is a strong believer that the human spirit is one of ability, perseverance and courage that no disability can steal away. Babar is multi-lingual and also speaks Urdu and Hindi.

Chantelle Veron
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services/Early Intervention Specialist
BSc(OT)
Location: Perth, WA
Chantelle has 4 years experiences working within the disability sector and has worked under both the WA NDIS and NDIS. Her experience is with paediatrics, sensory processing, positive behaviour support, early intervention and functional training. Chantelle enjoys working in a transdisciplinary team and feels the best results are seen when everyone is working as a cohesive group. She has a high interest I building her skills around equipment prescription and physical rehabilitation for functional tasks to help people achieve their best quality of life.

Cliantha Kisten
Regional Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSpPath
Location: Morley, WA
Cliantha is a Senior Speech Pathologist with extensive knowledge working with paediatric, adolescents and adults with a range of challenging behaviours and conditions. Cliantha’s clinical expertise and passion includes dysphagia, speech and language, communication, stroke, aphasia, traumatic brain injury and neurological conditions including Parkinson’s and Motor Neuron Disease.
Cliantha also has experience with a range of diagnosis such as Autism, Intellectual Disability, ADHD, Down syndrome as well as multi modal communication. Cliantha has worked with a range of health professionals, helping clients achieve the best possible functional outcomes by partnering with families and integrating external support systems. Cliantha is PROMPT and Sounds Write Trained.
Cliantha has a strong focus on a holistic, person-centred and collaborative approach for her clients, helping families achieve their goals and increasing participation in the community. Cliantha is enthusiastic about working with the team to share experience and knowledge.

David Eng
Regional Manager – Speech Pathology Services
BSc(Psych)(Atmy&HumBiol), GDipWHS, MSpeechPath
Location: Perth, WA
David is a passionate and experienced speech pathologist working with people across the lifespan. David believes that communication is a fundamental part of the human experience, and it is his passion and goal to empower and enable his client’s to functional and effectively communicate. David adopts a holistic approach to therapy and thrives working with a multidisciplinary team to ensure that his client’s achieve their goals. David has experience working in the domains of articulation (speech), language (i.e. vocabulary, literacy), dysphagia (swallowing), and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC). David is a self-described “people-person” and is enthusiastic about supporting his team and colleagues to develop their clinical skills and knowledge.

Debbie Berry
Regional Manager-Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Visual), GDipEd
Location: Port Macquarie, NSW
Debbie brings to the team over 20 years teaching experience including 10 years as a Specialist Assistant Principal (Complex Support) and an Autism Outreach Teacher. During this time Debbie worked closely with individuals, their families, carers, school staff and outside agencies to design, implement, and evaluate education programs for students with moderate to high support needs.
Highly skilled in the areas of emotion regulation, sensory sensitivities and behaviour analysis; Debbie aims to deliver a wholistic person-centered service that increases quality of life, improves individual’s skills and independence while decreasing concerning behaviours.
Debbie has lived experience, understanding the challenges that individuals, families, carers and staff in a variety of settings face. Debbie is passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities and is always keen to deliver a considered and professional service that helps people achieve their goals.
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Dee Sharma
Regional Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT, DipCmmtyWelfare
Location: Stirling, WA
Dee has many years of experience working within the disability services sector and has spent a significant amount of time working with adults with Autism. Dee has worked in the employment services, and within the NDIS with people with various difficulties including mental health. Dee has worked in Management, and Senior Advisory roles, with her most recent experience being with the NDIA. Dee has a particular focus on functional capacity assessments to ensure clients receive the best support through their NDIS plans. Dee is passionate about supporting her team to achieve great outcomes for their clients.
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Emma Cullen
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccThy(Hons)
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Emma is Occupational Therapy Team Leader for Newcastle and Central Coast. She has extensive experience in the NDIS disability sector with a passion for Assistive Technology and enhancing independence and freedom. Emma’s expertise lies within equipment assessments and prescription, Supported Independent Living Assessments and Functional Capacity Assessments. Emma has experience with severe postural requirements, mental health diagnoses, amputees, adults and adolescents. Emma is a supportive, approachable team leader who enjoys bringing fun into the work place. She prides herself on her ability to build rapport and achieve client goals efficiently.

Emma Lothian
Regional Manager ‑ Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
BHSc(Physio), BSc(Sprt&ExSci)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Emma has completed her BSc in Sport & Exercise Science, and her BHSc in Physiotherapy in NZ and has her Pilates qualifications in NZ and the UK. She has taken her passion for Physiotherapy around the world, with experience working in NZ, Australia & the UK. Emma has worked in both private and public health care systems, from the ICU in NZ to the Community in East London. This wide range of experience has made her a well-rounded therapist with experience working across many different client groups and within a variety of Allied Health teams. One of the great joys of her career is being able to make an impact in her patients’ lives and helping other therapists achieve their full potential.
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Erin Bowcock
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Chld&Comm)Hons
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Erin has over 8 years experience working with children in various capacities, including early intervention in Autism specific Childcare services and Positive Behaviour Support. Erin has a passion for helping children meet their milestones and developmental goals, regardless of ability or experience. She has a deep understanding and knowledge of how to support individuals who have experienced trauma, in particular family violence. This is inclusive of training individuals support networks on how best support them. Erin is person-centred in her approach and is passionate about helping improve all individuals quality of life.
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Georgia Holloway
Regional Manager – Behaviour Support
BHumSc(PubHlthPlcyProm), BPsych(Hons), DipPsychPrac, GradDipPsych
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Georgia is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Team Leader who has worked in the disability sector for over 3 years. Georgia has a strong focus on providing high quality assessment and intervention in behaviour support and psychological services. Her areas of interest include working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, complex trauma and psychological comorbidities. Georgia also has a strong motivation to reduce restrictive practices through effective behaviour support intervention.
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Heidi Maunder
Regional Manager-Speech Pathology
BSpchPath(Hons)
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Heidi is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (SPA) with over five years’ experience. Heidi has extensive paediatric experience and has worked with children with varying presentations and diagnoses, including autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, down syndrome, intellectual disability, the full range of learning disorders, and children with challenging behaviours. Heidi has experience working with families, support staff and teachers in introducing Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems, including Proloquo2Go, Aided Language Stimulation (ALS) boards, The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) book, Key Word Signs and other assistive technology. Heidi is multi-lingual and is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. Her special interest areas include neurodiversity and special communication needs.
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Jessica Murray
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BTeach(Sec)/BA, GDipPsych, MSW
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Jess has worked in the disability sector since the rollout of the NDIS pilot program in the Hunter, and is focused on supporting people to live the life they want. Jess loves working with adolescents, adults, and older people with psychosocial or intellectual disabilities, and is passionate about building capacity within the individual and their support network to live and interact harmoniously. Jess’s approach to behaviour support includes equipping the individual and their support network with evidence-based therapeutic tools to facilitate improved communication, emotion regulation, and empathy. Jess is Social Worker and a member of the AASW, with additional degrees in education and psychology.
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Katie Paull
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BBehSc, MEd(ABA)
Location: Morley, WA
Katie is a Behaviour Support Practitioner with many years of experience working with a range of children and adolescents, to improve their quality of life through a person centred and individualised approach. Katie has worked as a mentor and tutor with at risk and disengaged youth, was a Support Worker for people with Down syndrome, as well as working as a Developmental Therapist for children with Autism to develop their essential life skills through Applied Behaviour Analysis. Katie has completed her Behavioural Science Degree as well as a Masters of Education in Applied Behaviour Analysis. This transdisciplinary knowledge has contributed to her holistic approach when designing tailored strategies to help her clients and their families.
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Katie Scriven
Regional Manager – Occupational Therapy Services
BOccTherapy
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Katie is an AHPRA registered OT who is the Regional Manager for Occupational Therapy Services Victoria and ACT. Katie enjoys working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and likes to take a holistic view of clients and their needs. Katie’s expertise involves Supported Independent Living Assessments, Assistive Technology Applications and Home Modification Assessments. Katie has an interest in mental health and working with clients with psychosocial diagnoses. She is particularly interested in and enjoys the holistic approach that needs to be taken when conducting these interventions. Katie’s role as regional manager consists of supporting staff and ensuring high quality assessments, documentation and services are being providing throughout her team.

Kirsten Pilgrim
Regional Manager - Speech Pathology Services
BAppSc(SpchPath), BTeach
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Kirsten has been working predominantly within the disability sector and schools. She has an interest in early language delays, Autism Spectrum, developmental disability, preschool language disorders and Childhood Apraxia of Speech. In addition to this, Kirsten enjoys supporting a collaborative approach to the care of participants, as well as focusing on the development of staff members to ensure confidence in the delivery of evidence based practice.
Kirsten is a graduate of the University of Sydney and is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist and a Member of Speech Pathology Australia.
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Maddison Beard
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), Bcom(HRM), GradDip(Psych)
Location: Morley, WA
Maddison has worked within inpatient psychiatric services, and the employment services industry. Maddison has a particular interest in Dialetic Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), with a holistic view of personal well-being.
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Michael Vainer
Regional Manager - Physiotherapy and Exercise Physiology
Physiotherapist, BPhysio, MBA
Location: Mount Waverley, VIC
Michael has extensive experience as a Physiotherapist, working across the hospital, aged care, community health services and private practice settings. As a clinician, Michael specialises in Musculoskeletal and Neuromuscular Physiotherapy for adults and children, and is an NDIS registered practitioner. Michael has also completed postgraduate management and leadership studies and has held a number of senior management roles. Michael’s passion is to help people achieve their personal goals, be it clients reaching their potential or colleagues realising their aspirations. Outside of work, Michael enjoys spending time with his family.
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Munya Alam
Regional Manager – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health - NSW
BExPhys, AEP, AES, ESSAM
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Munya is a accredited Exercise Physiologist and have been working within the WorkCover / Workplace Rehabilitation industry for 2 years. Munya has worked as a case manager, rehabilitation consultant and is now a team leader with ORS. Munya has also been conducting Exercise Physiology assessments and providing exercise prescription for NDIS clients who have suffered from physical traumatic conditions such as stroke, neurological deficits and limb disarticulations.
Prior to working for ORS Munya was working as an Exercise Physiologist assisting individuals and performing pre-employment medical screening and assessments for individuals in heavy labour jobs. This was done through functional and anthropometry assessments, manual handling training and providing education on the areas which needed to be addressed. Munya is passionate about providing intervention for individuals who have suffered from Stroke, neurological conditions and chronic pain (which is a major population within WorkCover)

Sally Hewett
Regional Manager - Occupational Therapy Services
BOT
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Sally has extensive experience working as an Occupational Therapist and with individuals on the Autism Spectrum both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Sally has experience in early intervention, school-based therapy and adult services. She has a specific interest in vocational opportunities for individuals on the Autism Spectrum. Sally has extensive experience leading small and large allied health teams and support workers to success.
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Timothy Vervaart
Regional Manager - Workplace Rehabilitation and Health – NSW
BPsychSci
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Tim has 4 years’ experience working within the workplace rehabilitation and insurance industries across multiple roles including Rehabilitation Consultant, Team Leader, and Injury Management Specialist. Tim is a Rehabilitation Counsellor who believes in the benefits of return to work as well as holistic management of injuries. His areas of interest include: vocational rehabilitation, new employer services, trauma rehabilitation, rural health and complex multi-factorial WorkCover claims. Tim has extensive experience working within and alongside the coal industry to support injured workers recover and return to work.
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Vivian Bromley
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
BEd(Prim)
Location: Morley, WA
Viv is a highly motivated, bubbly person who takes pride in being able to establish quick rapport and trust with her clients, especially those who find it difficult to engage with others. Viv has over 15 years’ experience in working with persons who are trying to overcome challenging behaviors, including those in low socio-economic areas and also the Indigenous community. She has specialized in working with clients who are living with cognitive disorders such as; Autism Spectrum Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiance Disorder, and Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Viv is highly experienced in working alongside clients that are experiencing trauma-based behaviors, alcohol and other substance use issues, and those who live with mental health issues. Viv has practiced in group-based therapy, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emotion regulation, and counselling.
Viv has completed Certificates in Education Support with Aboriginal studies and is completing her final year of Bachelors in Counselling and Psychology. She has worked in a multitude of environments, engaging with various stakeholders to manage a multidisciplinary approach.
Using a person-centered approach Viv loves to enable her clients to reach the goals they want to achieve, allowing them the life skills and independence that they want to reach.
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Zsofia Ablonczy
Regional Manager – Positive Behaviour Support
GDipArts(Psych), PGDipArts(Psych), MArts(Psych), PGDip(AppPsych)
Location: Gosford, NSW
Zsofia is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) and a Registered Psychologist. She has over eighteen years’ experience supporting individuals with a range of developmental and intellectual disabilities. Zsofia is passionate about providing high-quality evidence-based services to improve people’s quality of life.
Zsofia has ten years of experience working as a conductor-teacher, in New Zealand and Hungary. In this role, she lead small groups and 1:1 conductive classes for children with cerebral palsy and learning and behavioural difficulties. Zsofia has been working in the field of Behaviour Analysis for six years in New Zealand and Australia. Her expertise lies in early intervention and has extensive experience in conducting functional assessment, designing and implementing behavioural interventions to reduce and replace challenging behaviours. Zsofia has a special interest in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), staff and parent training. She is also a qualified supervisor and has been providing supervision to students pursuing BCBA or BCaBA certification.

Amelia Margaritis
Administration Manager
Cert III BusAdmin
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Amelia has over 5 years of management experience and has primarily worked within the Disability Employment Services (DES) sector before moving to NDIS. In DES Amelia has held many different positions including; Disability Employment Consultant (Case Manager), Site Manager and National Claims and Compliance Coordinator before moving across to NDIS as an Administration Officer. Amelia is a highly organised individual with the ability to multitask and prioritise tasks so that they are effectively finalised within given timeframes. She has a strong focus on customer service and ensures that customer queries are dealt with promptly. Amelia is passionate about the disability sector and thrives on providing quality customer service from the point a client enquiry is received. Amelia believes in making service access as easy and efficient as possible and instils this in every action and her team.

Blake Murdoch
Job Development and Marketing Manager
BBus
Location: Gosford, NSW
Blake brings with him an extensive and diverse background of skills and experience.
He spent a number of years in the music industry followed by some time at The Central Coast Mariners and years of experience with the NDIS and the Disability Sector, Blake brings a wealth of knowledge and Experience to the ORS team which our clients value.
Having such a focus on new business development and client relations throughout his career, Blake is able to build and maintain strong, lasting relationships within the community and is always looking to refer business to his networks to continue to grow the local business community’s.
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Courtney Fletcher-Skidmore
Positive Behaviour Support Manager - Forensics
BPsych
Location: Morley, WA
Courtney is a registered Provisional Psychologist with a Bachelor of Psychology from Curtin University. Courtney is working a dual role within ORS, engaged in both NDIS Psychology and as an NDIS Behaviour Support Team Leader. Courtney has experience as a disability support worker so she has a thorough understanding of the holistic care that is imperative to the quality of life of individuals living with a disability. Courtney works with clients of many different backgrounds and presentations, including clients with co-morbid disorders. She has experience in ASD, ODD, ADHD, DID, Depression, Anxiety, Schizophrenia, Bipolar and many more. Courtney has a particular skill when it comes to building rapport with children and adolescents, due to her ability to understand and communicate exceptionally with that cohort.
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Geoffery Henrisson
Reporting Manager
BBus (Acc and InfoTech)
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Geoffery has over 30 years’ experience across various industries in the areas of accounting and business reporting and analysis. In his role, Geoffery is responsible for supporting individual business divisions, conferring with managers and executives to provide key performance metrics, designing interactive dashboards to track, review and analyse performance and revenue KPIs. Geoffery’s expertise is his ability to communicate with staff at all levels about data and trends as well as his skills in designing, analysing and reporting to increase profitability and efficiency.

Jamie Charlesworth
Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner (Report Reviewer)
Registered Psychologist, BBehavStud(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons), MAPS
Location: Gosford, NSW
Jamie is a Provisional Psychologist and Senior Behaviour Support Practitioner with over 5 years of experience working with people across the lifespan. Jamie has a special interest and excellent feedback supporting people living with Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum (ASD), ADHD and ODD. Jamie also has previous experience working in crisis support services, including suicide intervention.
Jamie’s strengths include establishing rapport and building a positive working relationship with his clients and their families/support staff, helping people identify their goals, learning new skills, and overcoming life challenges. Jamie utilises a wide range of therapeutic styles, including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing techniques. He enjoys the collaborative experience and individualises interventions to allow each client to learn and gain new skills to facilitate growth. Jamie works well within multi-disciplinary teams, including hospitals, schools and supported living.
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Kirsty Courbois
Behaviour Support Manager
BEd(Prim), GradDipInclEd
Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW
Kirsty has 6 years’ experience as a Behaviour Support Practitioner and 11 years’ experience working in NSW Public Schools as a teacher across mainstream and special needs environments. Kirsty has experience supporting individuals of all ages with complex behaviours that require the support of multidisciplinary teams and the provision of intensive positive behaviour support intervention. Kristy has extensive experience in the area of restricted practices and writing both Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans which meet all NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission requirements. Kirsty is passionate about finding strategies that promote capacity building, setting and achieving client goals and that lead to a greater level of independence and an improved quality of life.
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Madeleine Van Bodegom
Quality Manager – Behaviour Support
BTeach(Hlth&Phys Ed)Hons
Location: Gosford, NSW
Madeleine is an enthusiastic individual with a passion for working with children with disability. She has a Bachelor of Teaching and specialises in Special Education and has close to two years’ experience working in Behaviour Support and the NDIS area of ORS. Although, she has a passion for working with children Madeleine has experience supporting a variety of clients and has experienced success in working with individuals support networks to improve their capacity to support the person with a disability. Presently, Madeleine is working in our report reviewing team and amplifies the desire to uphold the ORS Group’s commitment to releasing quality, professional, person-centred Behaviour Support Plans and assisting other practitioners to increase their report writing skills.
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Penny Bugden
Quality Manager - Positive Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), BSocSc(Psych)Hons, MSocHlthCouns, MProfPsych
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Penny has over three years experience working with vulnerable populations including people with disabilities/health conditions, children with learning difficulties, women and children escaping domestic violence, people experiencing homelessness, and people with substance addiction. Penny has a passion for behaviour support and assisting individuals to overcome their barriers/challenges, achieve their goals and improve the quality of their lives. She also has an interest in IQ assessments, psychometric testing, and counselling.

Petrina Scott
Account Manager
BArts, Cert IV TAE, Cert IV FLM, Cert IV ES
Location: Perth, WA
Petrina has over 15 years’ experience working with individuals with disabilities, injuries and health conditions as well as other forms of disadvantage and helping them to achieve their personal and employment goals. Petrina has personally assisted hundreds of clients to achieve employment through her marketing and support efforts.
Whilst working at ORS, Petrina has managed multiple programs, services and projects and enjoys developing and training staff to exceed program and client expectations. Petrina is currently managing the WA NDIS services along with the Psychosocial Support Program, previously known as PHaMs. Petrina’s expertise includes marketing, business development and assisting large employers to develop and sustain successful disability employment programs within their organisations.

Shelby Coy
Behaviour Support Manager
Board Certified Behaviour Analyst, BPsych, MA(PBA)
Location: Mascot, NSW
Shelby is a Behaviour Support Manager and a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with seven years of experience supporting people with a disability. Shelby is passionate about building the capacity of those who support our clients across multiple settings. Shelby’s experience has focused on teaching social communication, adaptive self-help skills, leisure skills, and academic skills while reducing challenging behaviour. Shelby values using evidence-based practices in an applied way to improve the quality of a person’s life.
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Adam Lozi
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
MClinExPhys, BSp&Ex
Location: Mascot, NSW
Adam is an accredited exercise physiologist and has been working within the WorkCover/workplace rehabilitation industry. Adam has also been conducting exercise physiology assessments and providing exercise prescriptions for NDIS clients with a wide range of conditions such as schizophrenia, autism, Parkinson’s and dementia. Prior to working in this industry, Adam was working as an Exercise Physiologist assisting in providing individuals with health care plans aiming at weight loss, increase in muscular strength and capacity and achieving any lifestyle goals related to exercise.
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Alana Fasolo
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BSc(Psych), GradDipSc(Psych)
Location: Perth, WA
Alana is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner with a passion for working with individuals displaying a wide range of complex disorders. Alana has worked as a Behaviour Analyst implementing Applied Behaviour Analysis for individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Alana also has experience in working with clients with complex behaviours and developing Interim and Comprehensive Behaviour Support Plans that include restrictive practices in accordance with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. Alana’s strengths include her ability to establish rapport and build a positive working relationship with all her clients, families, support staff, and stakeholders. She ensures all interventions are tailored to her client’s needs, and takes pride in implementing tools to ensure her clients become more independent and improve their overall quality of life. Alana works well within multi-disciplinary teams including government and private organisations, she is performance focused and achieves excellent results in all areas of her work. Alana strongly believes in development and continuous learning within the field of Psychology, and is passionate about delivering the best possible evidence-based practices/interventions for each of her cases.
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Alex Millington Blazey
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
BPsych(Hons)
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Alex started with ORS in the Disability Employment Services sector in 2018 and since then has worked in multiple roles extending his expertise. Alex is a provisionally registered Psychologist and as such has previous experience working with individuals with a disability, history of trauma, anxiety and depression. Alex has extensive experience within the Workplace Rehabilitation area and specialises in new employer services, vocational assessments, psychological injury claims and psychological functional capacity evaluations. Alex’s current focus is on management, workplace rehabilitation and psychological services and his areas of interest include staff management, trauma, mediation and psychometric assessments.
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Amit Londhe
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
Provisional Psychologist, BPsych(Hons)
Location: Jandakot, WA
Amit is a Team Leader – Behaviour Support at the ORS Jandakot site. He is a Provisional Psychologist with previous experience working with people with disabilities in a support worker and therapy assistant role (occupational therapy/speech pathology) before commencing with ORS in Behaviour Support and Psychology. He is a passionate advocate for anti-bullying, men’s mental health, culturally and linguistically diverse groups and helping others. Amit is a high achiever and always goes above and beyond in his work to ensure clients are supported to meet their goals. He has a special interest in working with diverse client groups and enjoys helping others in counselling and other behaviour support interventions. Amit also enjoys helping his team excel in their roles by providing training/supervision to improve their skills/knowledge and ensure they provide high quality and value-added services that work.
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Anika Tabassum
Regional Manager – Behaviour Support
MSocWk, GDipCouns,BSc(Psych)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Anika has worked in the behaviour support industry for the past 8 years including roles in early intervention and delivering consistent training to new recruits. Alongside her roles in behaviour, Anika has worked in hospital mental health units and local community centres both in the capacity of a counsellor and social worker for 3 years. Anika specialises and takes great interest in working with children but enjoys working with complex clients of all ages to help facilitate their growth in any way possible. Outside of work, Anika is a founder of a social educational program in Bangladesh called Project Unlearn. This project aims to help young boys unlearn gender stereotypes and regressive values taught by society and instead to empower women and build a better tomorrow. Anika is fluent in and able to communicate with her clients in Bangla, English, Hindi and Urdu. She is currently learning Korean.
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Anna Dodevska
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
AdvDipBus, Bpsych, GradDipPsych, DipCommServ, MProfPsych
Location: Ascot Vale, VIC
Anna is a Provisional Psychologist and Behaviour Support Practitioner with ORS. Anna has many years’ experience working with children involved with Child Protection Services and Youth Justice and adults with substance use issues. Anna has previously worked within the youth justice system and community organisations with children and young people that have experienced complex trauma, children who have developmental delays, mental health diagnoses and engaging in complex problematic behaviours.
Anna enjoys finding ways to engage difficult clients and seeing the progress that they make over time. Seeing the positive impact that she makes in the client’s quality of life is her motivation to continue to try and achieve the best outcomes for her clients.
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Anthony Ngo
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
BPsychSci
Location: Mascot, NSW
Anthony has completed his Bachelor of Psychological Science at the University of New South Wales with majors in Psychology and Linguistics. Utilising a diverse knowledge base informed by linguistic diversity and a multi-disciplinary understanding of behaviour, He is passionate about driving long-term outcomes through functional collaboration and a focus on building genuine relationships with clients from different backgrounds.
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Arslen Mizzi
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BA(Psych), BPsychSc(Hons)
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Arslen is an experienced Team Leader of Behaviour Support within ORS and has significant experience working with physically aggressive and forensic clients. Arslen enjoys supporting families and staff to develop enhanced strategies to reduce challenging behaviours and improve the safety and well-being of everyone involved. Arslen has a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology and a Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours. He has previous experience working as an ABA Therapist and Support Worker for people with mental illness. Arslen is passionate about making a difference and improving the quality of life of his clients and their families/supports. He enjoys supporting his team of Behaviour Support Practitioners and is adept at working with organistions to reduce restrictive practices.
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Averil McInnes
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
B. Occ Therapy (Hons)
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Averil has transitioned to the NDIS sector after years honing her skills working as an inpatient rehabilitation OT. Averil specialises in complex home modifications, assistive technology prescription and functional assessment. She completed her honours degree researching sensory processing, which has continued her ongoing passion for community support for those with neurological conditions. She is known for her strong clinical skills, clear communication and ability to provide detailed clinical reports. Averil is a strong client advocate, providing respect and dignity whilst assisting in improving clients quality of life.

Aye Mon
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
DipSysCounsel, BPsychSc (Neuroscience)
Location: Lane Cove, NSW
Aye Mon is currently a Behaviour Support Practitioner at ORS. Prior to her appointment as Behaviour Support Practitioner from June 2020, she worked as an independent behaviour therapist. In addition, she has over nine years of experience working with children, teens and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Aye Mon was born in Myanmar and raised in Australia. She obtained her Bachelor of Psychological Science (major in Neuroscience) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in 2018. Upon completion of her Psychology degree, she continues to practice her degree. As part of the volunteer program, she facilitated the PEERS Program (Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills). The PEERS Program is designed to promote social skills for motivated teens and young adults interested in learning ways to help them make and maintain a friendship. In February 2020, she was a part of the Lead Advocacy Group, RESULTS Australia. She was involved in a campaign that saves 7-8 million lives of children around the globe through routine immunisation programs that raised $300 million to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
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Bettina Zabat
Team Leader-Positive Behaviour Support
MSW
Location: Fyshwick, ACT
Bettina is an AASW-accredited social worker who specialises in disability and mental health services, with a particular interest in early intervention and trauma informed practice. She has extensive experience working with clients and families affected by neglect, physical abuse, domestic violence and substance abuse. Under interagency MOUs, Bettina works closely with the NDIA, Office of the Senior Practitioner, Office for the Disability, Community Service Directorate, Child and Youth Protection Services, Department of Communities and Justice, ACT Specialist Schools, and Non-Governmental Community Organisations to create a safe and nurturing environment for children and young adolescents with special needs.
Through Positive Behaviour Support, Bettina aims to help clients achieve a greater quality of life by providing individualised interventions that demonstrate person-centered approach and include evidence-based strategies. Through the creation of action plans tailored to individuals’ needs and the implementation of respectful, compassionate, and inclusive PBS services in active collaboration with relevant stakeholders, she works to increase clients’ social and independence skills, maintain/build good relationships, foster active community participation, fade out restrictive practices, improve emotional and general wellbeing.
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Brittany Jenkins
Positive Behaviour Support Manager - Forensic
BSocSc(Psych, Crim), MCouns, CertIV, TrngAssmnt
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Brittany has a devotion for emotional well-being, education and creating behavioural change through innovative strategies with a person centered approach. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science with a double major in Psychology and Criminology, a Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counselling. Brittany is currently registered with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Foundation Australia (PACFA), the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and working towards registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). She specialises in forensics, Schizophrenia, BPD, ODD, ADHD and ASD. Brittany uses therapeutic interventions to build individuality, independence and confidence, including evidence based models such as Play Therapy, CBT, DBT and SFT. She also has a passion for educating, she has completed a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment which allows successful staff and stakeholder training in behavioural management.
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Chelsea Davies
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych
Location: Perth, WA
Chelsea is a behaviour support practitioner with many years experience working with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to build fluency in component skills whilst reducing and eliminating challenging behaviour. Through this, Chelsea has gained experience in Applied Behaviour Analysis in a range of environments including school, home and clinical settings. Chelsea loves seeing positive outcomes with her clients and has a passion for working with young children.
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Courtney Stannard
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BSc(OT)Hons
Location: Perth, WA
Courtney is an experienced Occupational Therapist working across the NDIS and the acute mental health sector. Courtney is passionate about completing functional capacity assessments to ensure individuals receive the most out of their NDIS plans. Additionally, she is interested in amputation and prosthetic limb training, neurological rehabilitation and assistive technology. In Courtney’s spare time, she enjoys being active, spending time with her friends and family and spending time at the beach.

Dilay Tuncel
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
22BCCJ, GDipPsychAdv
Location: Mount Waverly, VIC
Dilay has worked with a client-centred approach with children on the Autism Spectrum for the past two years, and has extensively studied the relationships between sleep problems and emotion regulation in children and adolescents with ADHD for her thesis in her psychology studies. Her favourite part of working with a diverse range of clients through the NDIS is being able to contribute to the goal development of various individuals and supporting them in improving their quality of life through gaining new skills. Dilay also has great interest in forensic psychology, and a passion for facilitating and assisting of the navigation of challenges that individuals living with a disability face. Dilay is fluent in speaking Turkish and enjoys being able to get past communication barriers for Turkish clients that struggle with English.
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Eduardo Morales Vargas
Team Leader – Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons), MProfPsych
Location: Gosford, NSW
Eduardo is a Provisional Psychologist and a Behaviour Support Practitioner with years of experience working within the NDIS industry supporting and delivering best care practices to individuals living with disabilities. Eduardo has clinical practice working with individuals in a psychotherapeutic role assisting individuals through educating and developing tools in becoming skilled and resourced in progressively acquiring healthy cognitive, emotional and behavioural patterns. Eduardo’s expertise is working with complex at-risk adolescent population through proficient rapport building skills and the use of motivational interviewing techniques to allow the individuals to identify internal motivating factors, set tangible goals and addressing barriers. Eduardo has also provided group therapy with a background in facilitating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction.
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Elyssa Romero
Team Leader – Workplace Rehabilitation and Health
23BExPhys, AEP, AES, ESSAM
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Elyssa is a Accredited Exercise Physiologist / Senior Rehabilitation Consultant and has been working in the Occupational Rehabilitation industry for 2 years. At ORS Elyssa has also been practicing as an Exercise Physiologist and providing evidence-based, individualised exercise interventions in managing mental health conditions, musculoskeletal and neurological injuries under the NDIS scheme.
Elyssa has also developed strong relationships with various support coordinators, case managers and employers by providing exceptional customer service which was established through repeat referrals.
Prior to this, Elyssa worked as a clinical Exercise Physiologist and provided successful treatment interventions, clinical exercise prescription and delivered presentations to individuals living with chronic conditions part of establishing and sustaining functional independence conducted in gyms, hospitals, and corporate office setting.
Elyssa’s areas of interest include providing exercise prescription for individuals living with mental health conditions, metabolic conditions, cancer, and cardiovascular conditions. Elyssa has worked closely with Dieticians and Diabetes Educators, and provided successful interventions for individuals with Type 2 Diabetes, obesity, hyperglycaemia with significantly positive outcomes, and some individuals completely reversing their condition.

Fredric Fernando
Team Leader – Positive Behaviour Support
BPsych(Hons)
Location: Fairfield East, NSW
Fredric is a Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist. He has experience working with children and adolescents with challenging behaviours, particularly individuals on the Autism Spectrum. He has experience delivering in home care interventions on a one-on-one basis to clients, in group settings within a school readiness program and in a childcare setting. Fredric has experience implementing intervention strategies to a wide range of behaviours including escape, access to tangibles and attention, avoidance, self-injurious behaviours and teaching programs to both verbal and non-verbal individuals. Fredric has experience with parent training, collaborating with a Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) within a clinical setting to assist in identifying challenging behaviours and follow through with implementation strategies with the aim of increasing the client’s independence.
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Georgia Brennan
Behaviour Support Manager
BPsychSc, GDipPsych(Ad)
Location: Corrimal, NSW
Georgia is a Behaviour Support Practitioner and Provisional Psychologist with over 4 years’ experience working with people with a range of disabilities and presentations from mild to severe. She has experience with clients affected by acquired brain injuries, autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, sensory processing disorders, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. Georgia also has previous experience in delivering anxiety and emotion regulation programs to primary school children and providing assessment and individualised intervention to children with learning disabilities. She is passionate about advocating for the rights of those who are most vulnerable. Georgia takes a multidisciplinary approach and employs the biopsychosocial model to improve the health, wellbeing and quality of life of clients and their support network. She believes a good behaviour support plan and implementation has great potential to improve wellbeing, build relationships and enhance the quality of life, not just for the client but the support network around them as well. Georgia has a particular interest in people with disabilities who have come in contact with the justice system, schizophrenia and acquired brain injuries. When she isn’t at work she spends her time completing her Masters Research thesis.

Haiden Mace
Team Leader- Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
GDipPsych, GDipPsychAdv
Location: Perth, WA
Haiden is a Provisional Psychologist and a Behaviour Support Practitioner with experience supporting adolescents and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Haiden always seeks out opportunities to build rapport, and he strives to provide support services tailored towards his client’s specific needs. These support services often include the creation of goals that seek to improve his client’s day-to-day skills and abilities or the exploration of new social experiences that enrich his client’s quality of life.
Haiden thoroughly enjoys working alongside those with challenging behaviours, and he believes constant collaboration with his clients is key to their success. Haiden also enjoys discussing his client’s achievements, and he will work alongside other allied health professionals to ensure he maximizes his client’s quality of life, wherever possible. When he isn’t at work, Haiden enjoys creating illustrations.”
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Hollie Morrison
Team Leader- Speech Pathology
BSpchPath(Hons)
Location: Broadmeadow, NSW
Hollie is an experienced Speech Pathologist at the ORS Broadmeadow site. She has experience assessing and managing difficulties in the areas of speech, language, literacy, and swallowing. Hollie has worked with clients of all ages and enjoys helping them achieve their communication and swallowing goals. She has skills working with complex presentations such as traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral palsy, foetal alcohol syndrome disorder, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, chromosome deletions of varying levels, hypermobility, intellectual disability, brain cancer, myotonic dystrophy, mitochondrial disease, and childhood progressive seizure disorders. Prior to becoming a speech pathologist, Hollie worked as a therapy assistant (speech pathologist) and as a disability support worker.
Hollie has a special interest in how change or damage to the brain affects communication and swallowing for children and adults. Hollie approaches each day with a positive outlook. She likes to take time to celebrate her clients’ and colleagues’ wins, no matter how big or small. She is passionate about working in a multidisciplinary team and continuing to develop her clinical skills with them.
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Imogyne Napper
Team Leader – Occupational Therapy Services
BSci(OT)
Location: Stirling, WA
Imogyne graduated as an Occupational Therapist from Curtin University in 2016. Since graduating Imogyne has worked with individuals across their lifespan, from paediatrics to palliative care. Her experience lies in assessing functional daily living skills, equipment prescription, and her ability to develop therapeutic relationships. Imogyne is passionate about end-of-life care and ensu