On the podcast today we have our lovely guest, Lillian Colley, a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP), owner of Lillian Colley Speech Pathology - a mobile private practice on the Mornington Peninsula, providing home and school based services to children and their families. 

Lillian has worked in the public, private and school-based systems in both Australia and the UK and has a strong interest in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and working with children and young people who have complex disabilities. Lillian is a PODD presenter and is also trained in PROMPT therapy.  

In this episode we chat about: 

Working with families and children with really complex communication 

What to look for in AAC devices 

How to introduce a child or person to a new communication system 

Where Lilian does her therapy sessions 

What Lillian’s caseload looks like  

Using different strategies and sometimes even rules to help the child be understood 

Key takeaways and advice for clinicians wanting to start out in the AAC space 

What Lillian’s go-to communication systems or vocabularies are 

Why you should review the AAC device yearly for the child 

Why you just can’t use an iPad as a substitute 

Using social media as a tool to give you a better insight into different parent groups and community groups 

Links: 

Lillian Colley Speech Pathology Facebook 

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