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Feel free to contact Robyn, or any other therapist if you have questions about our services.

Clinical Team

Robyn Phillips

Program Manager & Early Intervention Auditory-Verbal Therapist

Qualifications
B.Ed; B.Sp. Ed (Hearing Impaired)
M. Ed (Deafness Studies)
Certified in Auditory-Verbal Therapy

Robyn started working at the CBC in 1999 as an Auditory-Verbal Therapist. Before working at the CBC, Robyn was a registered nurse, a high school teacher and a Teacher of the Deaf with the Department of Education.
Robyn has a unique perspective in that her son is profoundly deaf. She and her family received services from the CBC, which sparked her interest in helping other children in South Australia have the same opportunity to learn to listen, speak, and thrive in mainstream education.

“When I show new families around the Centre, I share my strong feelings about the great opportunities here. I hope they will give their child the same amazing gift we received from our experience at the CBC.”

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Rachael Ward

Senior Auditory-Verbal Therapist & Clinical Mentor

Qualifications
B.Ed; B.Sp.Ed (Hearing Impairment),
Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, 
Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist (LSLS Cert. AVT)

Rachael has worked as a teacher of the deaf in Auditory-Verbal Therapy for 17 years. She began her career at the Cora Barclay Centre and then worked in early intervention and school support programs in the U.K and Melbourne. She returned to work at CBC in 2008.

In addition to mentoring staff in AVT, Rachael develops programs and support documents for families; these have included the Bright Start Transition Document and a Program for Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss. Rachael also runs introductory sessions for new families considering our program.

“Empowering families so they can develop their children’s listening and spoken language gives me great pleasure, the big smiles and the little chats in the hall with the children give me even more.”

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