We love working closely with children and families to achieve
their communication goals!

EXPERIENCE

We are a small team of highly qualified and highly regarded speech pathologists with national and international experience. 
We are all 'Certified Practicing Speech Pathologists' and members of Speech Pathology Australia and have worked n both the public and private sector in hospitals, health clinics, private practices and government departments.
We are registered with Medicare. We are also registered with NDIS so if your child is eligible, you can claim our services.
We work in the following areas:
  • Early language development / late talkers
  • Preschool speech and language
  • Autism and developmental delay
  • Stuttering/fluency disorders
  • School age language including literacy
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems
  •  2nd opinions for speech sound disorders
  •  Velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and Cleft speech

WE CAN HELP

     Our team will help you:
  • identify specific issues with your child’s speech, language and communication skills and offer therapy as required
  • offer ideas and strategies to improve your child’s speech clarity
  • assist with children who are late to commence talking
  • assist with alternative communication strategies
  • provide individual therapy for stuttering and fluency issues 
  • assist with development of pre-reading and literacy skills
  • liaise with teaching staff to develop strategies to assist with your child’s learning
  •  Angie also offers second opinion speech assessments at the request of other speech pathologists/ parents, to assist with diagnosis and therapy suggestions
  •  Telehealth sessions are also available via Zoom for those out of area

WORKING TOGETHER

  • Assessments are conducted at an initial visit to determine your child’s communication strengths and weaknesses.
  • The assessment may involve observations during play, discussion with the family and other carers (e.g. teachers) as well as formal standardized testing. 
  • A report is provided with a plan and recommendations.
  • The plan for therapy (number and frequency of sessions) will be discussed with the family.
  • Home/ school practice activities are provided.
  •  We like to work closely with family and teachers/ childcare staff to ensure that your child receives support from his/ her full team!

Meet Our Team

ANGELINE RANDALL

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist/ Manager
BSpPath (Hons), BA, dipEd, CPSP
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Angie has over 20 years experience as a speech pathologist working in Australia & internationally. 
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Within the public and private sector Angie has worked with children in Community Health Clinics and hospitals, private practices in Sydney as well as the department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, and more recently clients of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

She works part time in this practice as she spends the other part of the week working in the public sector at John Hunter Children's Hospital (JHCH) with both the inpatient feeding caseload as well as outpatients of the JHCH Cleft Palate Clinic.
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Angie has many years of experience working with the fabulous John Hunter Children's Hospital Cleft Palate team and specialises in cleft speech, hypernasality and velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI). Angie also offers second opinions to other speech pathologists seeking assistance with managing their clients with complex speech sound disorders.

​Angie believes that experience counts. She aims to provide a happy, supportive and flexible approach so that families feel comfortable and welcome. ​
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NATALIE CALLAGHAN

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist
​​​BSpPath, CPSP
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Natalie joined the Practice in August 2019 and has quickly
established a very busy caseload of happy children,
adolescents and their families who love her enthusiasm,
knowledge and determination to succeed and achieve
he best possible outcomes for her clients. 

Prior to joining the Merewether Speech Pathology, Natalie had
gained 5 years experience working with infants, children
and adolescents with an often complex range of communication
and swallowing difficulties. Her passion is to help children
and adolescents to improve their communication and confidence,
as well as empowering parents and carers to be actively
implementing strategies at home.

Natalie has worked with children and adults with disabilities such
as Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Chromosomal Disorders, behavioural difficulties and intellectual disabilities. She has spent time in
Vietnam and America in the Newcastle University speech pathology programs and has experience working with translators and culturally
and linguistically diverse clients.

Natalie has fantastic knowledge in current & available technology resources to assist children with their literacy skills, and she
has delivered training to other speech pathologists and educators
in the use of a range of augmentative and alternative communication systems (AAC). 

We are thrilled and very proud to have her as such a wonderful
​asset to the team.   

How to Find Us
Merewether Speech Pathology is conveniently located within the building of Kidssmile, at 40 Brown Road Broadmeadow, within the rooms of Newcastle Paediatric Dental.

The building was specifically designed for children and features a child-friendly waiting room and extremely friendly staff. We are very proud to work closely with Helen Cornwell, the Paediatric Dentist at Kidssmile and her wonderful team.

​There is easy street parking available and it is across the road from Broadmeadow Train Station.

Claiming

​If your child is eligible, you are able to claim our services through:
Medicare - through a 'Chronic disease management plan' - talk to your GP
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - We can help you through the process of navigating the NDIS
Private health insurance -  bring along your private health insurance card and we can swipe it through the Hicaps machine  ​

Contact Us

If you would like to make or change an appointment or contact us directly, please call Nat Ward, our Admin Manager on 0404 377 719 or email admin@merewetherspeechpathology.com.au. Alternatively, use the form below. 
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