Australia Instructors

Ainsley is the practice director of Eastside Speech Solutions in Sydney Australia- a private practice serving both children and adults with a variety of developmental and acquired speech and language difficulties as well as language, literacy and stuttering. She has worked for more than 30 years in hospitals, rehabilitation units and private practice with both children and adults. She particularly enjoys working with infants and toddlers. Ainsley first trained in PROMPT in 2005 to help her son, and has used her skills to help many other children and adults ever since. Debra was the first Certified PROMPT Technique-Introduction Workshop Instructor (1990) and began acting as an Instructor in 1983. Since that time she has conducted multiple PROMPT workshops, training courses. If you would like to contact Deb, regarding mentoring, please click here.

Anne graduated from the University of Queensland in Australia in 1998 and worked as a speech pathologist within Education Queensland, Community Health Services in Northern New South Wales for 6 years. Anne is currently in private practice on the Gold Coast. Anne has a special interest in working with young children with developmental delays and disabilities, as well as school aged children experiencing language and literacy related learning difficulties. Anne first trained in PROMPT in 2001 and has been using PROMPT with a wide range of patients ever since. Anne is also working on a research project at the University of Queensland which is titled, "The Effectiveness Of Tactual Input In The Treatment Of Speech Disorders." Her caseload includes children with apraxia of speech, dysarthria, sensory integration disorders, autism spectrum disorders, hearing impairments, as well as children with neurological impairments. Gail has been using all aspects of PROMPT since 2001. Gail is excited to share what she has learned with speech language pathologists in the US, Canada and internationally. If you would like to contact Gail, regarding mentoring, please click here.

Kathryn is a registered Speech Pathologist on the Gold Coast in Queensland (Australia) and in Northern New South Wales (Australia) with Combined Therapy Consultants, a multidisciplinary private practice. She has been practicing Speech Pathology with children and adults for 20 years in a variety of settings including Community Health, Hospitals, Education and Rehabilitation. Kathryn was first trained in PROMPT in 1999. She works primarily with children with a range of needs including autism, physical disabilities, learning and literacy disabilities, specific language difficulties and motor speech disorders. She works with children on an individual basis and provides training, support and programming for children's caregivers, including parents, child care workers and teachers.

Jodi is the Founder and Owner of From Play to Words Pediatric Therapy, with three branches in Edmonton, Spruce Grove, and Sherwood Park Alberta, Canada. Her company provides services to preschool and school-age children with Autism, Down syndrome. apraxia and language delays in both preschool and clinical settings. She is also the Executive Director of Learning From Play Educational Foundation, a Program Unit Funding (PUF) provider. Prior to starting her private practice, Jodi had clinical experience in early intervention. Jodi is passionate about parent training and parent involvement in the intervention process. She has been using PROMPT in her practice since 2002. If you wish to contact Jodi regarding mentoring, please click here.