Social skills
Emotional awareness
"I am so thrilled to be doing something I love, in a community that I love! I am incredibly fortunate to be in a position to positively affect a person's life and to give them a voice." says Liv.
Olivia has completed her Bachelor of Speech Pathology at The Australian Catholic University and has also completed a Bachelor of Psychology Applied Science at RMIT University.
She is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP), and a member of Speech Pathology Australia. Olivia has had clinical experience in the assessment, diagnosis and intervention a wide range of practice areas, for both adult and paediatric clients.
Olivia's clinical experience ranges from a variety of settings including work in the primary school setting, hospital acute and sub-acute wards, Community Health in Early Intervention, adult Community Rehabilitation and she currently runs her own private practice. She specialises in paediatric and adult speech and language difficulties, literacy, and has a particular interest in intervention with individuals with Aphasia post stroke.
She is the founder of a non-for profit awareness raising campaign called ‘A Night for Aphasia’ and enjoys this work in addition to working with St Mary’s Altona and running Now We're Talking Speech Pathology and Psychology. Not sure what Aphasia is? Jump on our socials @anightforaphasia and check it out!!
Olivia is a positive and enthusiastic clinician and is passionate about helping others and making a difference in any way she can! She believes that creating a fun and safe environment, tailored to each individual client, is essential for their growth and progress.
Olivia feels it is important to help educate families and share her knowledge on how they can facilitate the same learning and progress the client further at home so that you can have a seamless journey towards reaching your goals.
Olivia is passionate about the Speech Pathology field and looks forward to working with you and your children.
How lucky we are to have Liv working with us!
Welcome to St Mary's!
If these students eat any food products that have these foods or traces of the foods, they could be put into a life threatening situation.
We are asking for your co-operation particularly if one of these students is in your child’s class, that NO sharing of food takes place. If your child does bring one of the foods listed above, can you ask them to make their teacher aware so that the students can be kept apart.
Can you reinforce with your own child to not share their food with anyone.
On special occasion days e.g. birthdays, class teachers will have a ‘treat’ that these students can eat.
Students: These students are in 4/5L, 3/4B and 5/6KC.
She works extensively with children experiencing grief/loss issues, anxiety and depression with a focus on developing children's social, emotional, and communication skills to promote holistic personality development.
We are pleased to be able to offer counselling services for children who might benefit from support in these areas.
If you would like your child to see Rishika for individual or small group sessions, please contact Marg Masseni who will pass the referrral forms on to you.
If you have any questions or queries please don't hesitate to contact Marg for more information.
mmasseni@smaltona.catholic.edu.au