Lisa Smith

Lisa is a Senior Speech Pathologist & Team Leader at our Brendale clinic. Lisa has had a range of experiences including education, private practice, and a charity-based organisation for the education of young hearing impaired children. She is passionate about supporting her clients and their families to achieve their goals. Lisa possesses strong skills in supporting the development of speech, language, literacy, and fluency skills. She is also highly skilled and experienced in assessment and treatment of developmental language disorder and reading difficulties, including dyslexia. 

Lisa’s areas of interest & experience include:

• Early language & play
• Severe speech (SSD/CAS)
• School-aged language & literacy
• Paediatric feeding

Lisa has completed the following Professional Development courses:

• DIR Floortime 101 an introduction
• DIR Floortime 201 basic certificate
• Natural Language Acquisition - level 3 course
• Pathological Demand Avoidance & Autism
• Brisbane Feeding Clinic - Feeding Assessment & Intervention
• Centre for Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy - Breathe, Feed, Eat, Sleep Workshop
• Responsive Feeding Training
• Learn to Play Part 1 - Foundation
• Learn to Play Part 2 - Refining and Applying Skills
• The Lidcombe Program Trainers Consortium 
• Phonics International online training course
• Recent Advances in Understanding Word-Level Reading Problems: Assessment & Highly Effective Intervention
• Diagnosis and Management of Childhood Apraxia of Speech
• Evidence-Based Assessment & Intervention for Children with Speech Sound Disorder

In her spare time, Lisa enjoys exploring new places and spending time with family, friends, and her many foster pets!