June Gladman

June is passionate about working with those who cannot speak for themselves. She has worked for the past 20 years with people with complex communication and swallowing impairments. Seeing individuals as a whole, she takes a functional approach in her work as a Speech Pathologist, integrating speech and language work and provision of technology/AAC to meet client needs. June also works with a range of clients in the adult justice system with communication difficulties, supporting them and those working with them in navigating the justice system and building communication skills that assist their transition back into the community. June lives in the Macedon Ranges and is happy to see clients in the north western suburbs and areas up to Bendigo. 

• B. App. Sci (Speech Pathology)

Grace Scheiner

Speech Pathologist

Grace has worked at Applied Communication Skills for 7 years and has a solid understanding of how community-based therapy programmes are developed to meet the needs of individuals. Grace supports individuals with complex communication needs as a result of disability, acquired brain injury, developmental impairments, mental health and/or complex psychosocial backgrounds. She also advocates that training and upskilling of support workers and family members is essential for communication development. Grace has contributed to professional conferences around the practical issues relating to the implementation of technology to support communication and has knowledge and experience to assist individuals at any stage of their augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) journey. Grace is based in geelong and is happy to see clients in the Geelong area and the outer western suburbs.

• B. App. Sci

• M.A Speech Pathology

Rasangi Weerasekera

Speech Pathologist

Rasangi is a dedicated speech pathologist with 8 years experience in a range of clinical assessment and intervention across hospital, nursing home and community settings. She provides support for individuals and families to accomplish their goals in communication and swallowing in all areas of disability including acquired brain injury, neurological disorders, voice disorders, developmental disabilities and stroke rehabilitation. Her involvement in research into aphasia management provides steady influence for clinical practice through building an evidence-based foundation.

• B.Sc. (Honours) Speech and Hearing Sciences

Deborah Mylne

Speech Pathologist

Deb completed her speech pathology training in 2016 at La Trobe University. After initially completing her graduate year at Royal Darwin Hospital, Deb return to Melbourne and has worked at the Acquired Brain Injury Unit at Caulfield Hospital and as part of the Trauma Team at Alfred Hospital.  Deb has experience working with a wide range of brain injury and neurological presentations in both hospital and home-based settings. 

Deb was the recipient of an Alfred Health Recognising Excellence Award in 2019. She has authored a peer-reviewed journal article published in Brain Impairment and is passionate about using current research to support clients to reach their goals. 

Deb enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams and has a keen interest in communication & social skills, dysphagia/swallowing impairments, disorders of consciousness and long-term tracheostomies.  She’s experienced at providing swallowing and communication training for carers and support workers.

• B. Health Sciences

• M.A Speech Pathology 

Ellen Hall

Speech Pathologist

Ellen is enthusiastic about working closely with individuals to increase their capacity for communication and engagement within the community. Ellen’s primary interest area is exploring creative ways to increase client motivation in therapy with particular focus on motor speech therapy. Ellen pioneered the Motivating Motor Speech program which combines traditional motor speech therapy with explicit learning on motivational theories and use of themes to explore integrating motor speech practice into different types of activities such as interviewing, public speaking, music, use of technology and poetry. Ellen presented at the 2023 Speech Pathology Australia conference on the background and purpose for implementing motivating motor speech therapy.  

Ellen is located in Geelong and is happy to see clients in the Geelong area and the outer western suburbs of Melbourne. 

• B. Psychological Sciences

• M.A Speech Pathology

Rebekah Billington-Kerr

Speech Pathologist

Rebekah is an experienced speech pathologist based in Melbourne who has worked in education, private and community based settings. Rebekah is an avid advocate about partnership and sharing skills in order to provide effective and successful speech pathology services for all. Rebekah appreciates a key part of her role is to empower family, carers and other health providers as key agents of change, to increase people’s quality of life impacted by communication and swallowing challenges.

Rebekah has experience in aged care, pediatrics, developmental disorders, progressive neurological conditions, acquired brain injuries, hearing impairments, and voice.

Rebekah is also a certified practitioner of the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) technique for the treatment of people with Parkinson’s disease.

• B. Speech Pathology

Cailey Waterman

Speech Pathologist

Cailey graduated in 2016 from the Australian Catholic University, studying a Bachelor of Speech Pathology with Honours. She co-wrote her honours thesis on adapting communication tools from using within the aphasia population to use with people with dementia. This paper was later published in the journal Aging and Mental Health in 2019.

Cailey has a special interest in working with clients with AAC and has experience with working with clients in the disability sector. She has a passion for seeing clients achieve their communication goals, is an advocate for accessible communication in the community and bring a lot of energy and joy to her sessions.

B. Speech Pathology (Hons)

Lilly Bridie

Speech Pathologist

Lilly completed a student placement at ACS as part of her Masters in Speech Pathology and co-facilitated the Motor Speech Group. Based on her successful placement, we are excited to welcome Lilly as our one new graduate at ACS. Lilly is committed to  strengths-based and neurodiversity-affirming practices. Before completing a Masters in Speech Pathology,  Lilly studied psychology with a particular focus on developmental conditions, especially Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Lilly is particularly passionate about social communication skills, including understanding and embracing different communication styles, and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC).

• Masters of Speech Pathology

• Bachelor of Psychology (honours)