Our Team
West Coast Speech Pathology is a professional and family friendly Private Clinic based in Hillarys, Western Australia.
Pamela Barnes
Owner and Director
Pamela has a wealth of knowledge pertaining to literacy difficulties and dyslexia. She has over 33 years educational experience, as well as 9 years in private practice as a speech pathologist. Pamela has an extensive understanding of the State and National Education Curriculums and experience working with children from 16 months of age to 17 years old. Her passions are working with children who have severe speech sound difficulties, dyspraxia, dyslexia and children with language delays. She is a mother of three sons and grandmother of one.
Qualifications
- Master of Science Speech Pathology, Curtin University
- Bachelor of Education, Claremont Teachers College
- Diploma of Teaching (Distinction), Churchland’s College
- Member of Speech Pathology Australia
- Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP)
- Accredited Cogmed Coach
- PROMPT Trained – Prompts for restructuring oral muscular phonetic targets
- Working with Children Check
Nancy White
Speech Pathologist
Nancy White holds a Master of Speech Pathology from Curtin University. She commenced working at West Coast Speech Pathology mid-2016.
Nancy is passionate about speech and language development in children and it has shaped her career direction. As part of her Master of Speech Pathology qualification, Nancy completed a research project entitled “A Profile of the Macrostructure Skills in the Narratives of Typically Developing Pre-Primary Children.” Nancy originally majored in Linguistics and is knowledgeable about the structure of languages and the process of language acquisition in children.
Nancy also has a strong, ongoing interest in the areas of children’s phonological awareness and literacy development and has experience working collaboratively with teachers in schools to achieve the best results for school students. Currently Nancy splits her time between the clinic and school environments to provide evidence-based therapy services to children of all ages.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (English & Linguistics), UWA
- Master of Speech Pathology, Curtin University
- Sounds~Write Program (phonics instruction)
- Member of Speech Pathology Australia
- Working with Children Check