Our People

    

 

Colette Maier completed her bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland in 1992. She has been living and working in New Zealand since 2003. Colette has experience in the management of communication and swallowing difficulties in both children and adults. In addition to her clinical work, Colette provides professional supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists. She is actively involved in the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association. She is chairperson of the NZSTA committee for the international Mutual Recognition Agreement and is the private practice representative on the NZSTA Programme Accreditation Committee.

Specialist Areas:

  • Developmental Speech and Language Impairments
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Paediatric Feeding Impairments
  • Acquired Communication Disorders, i.e. as a result of a stroke or brain injury
  • Mentoring and Supervision
     

 

Iva Stulich completed her Master's degree in Speech and Language Pathology at Emerson College, Boston, U.S.A. in 2006. She moved to New Zealand in 2008. Prior to this, Iva worked at a children's hospital in Toronto, Canada. She has experience in the management of a range of communication disorders in children.

Specialist Areas:

  • Acquired communication disorders, i.e. as a result of brain injury or progressive neurological conditions
  • Speech impairments related to cleft lip and/or palate
  • Developmental speech and language impairments
     

 

Jenny Thoms completed her Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2006. She moved to New Zealand in 2009. Prior to this, Jenny worked in a special school for children with language impairment in Northern Ireland. Jenny has experience in the management of a range of communication disorders in children and adults. She has additional qualifications in British Sign Language, Makaton and Paget Gorman Signed Speech.

Specialist Areas:

  • Developmental Speech and Language Impairments
  • Auditory Processing Disorders
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorders
  • Dyspraxia
  • Augmentative Communication, i.e. signing to support communication