Rachael Fairhurst
Speech Pathologist
About Rachael
Rachael graduated from the University of Queensland in 2009 with a Master of Speech Pathology. She has paediatric experience across disability and hospital settings. Rachael is a dysphagia-trained therapist supporting infants and children from NICU through their feeding journeys, including videofluoroscopy swallow studies.
Her work includes multidisciplinary tube weaning, and she leads the My Therapy Space Multidisciplinary Feeding Team. She is also a published researcher. Rachael provides evidence-based, family-centred care and has a particular interest in motor speech disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech, as well as AAC.
Qualifications and training
- Master of Speech Pathology, University of Queensland, 2009
- Dysphagia-trained
- Certified Hanen Instructor
- Trained in PROMPT, DTTC, SOS and Get Permission approaches
What Rachael helps with
- Infant and child feeding journeys
- Multidisciplinary tube weaning
- Motor speech disorders, including childhood apraxia of speech
- AAC
Read more about Speech Pathology at My Therapy Space.
How to book
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