Brigitte completed a Bachelor of Speech Pathology, at La Trobe University in 2002.  She is a member of Speech Pathology Australia and is registered as a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist.

Brigitte has many years of experience working with children with speech, language and communication delays and disorders, and is dedicated to working closely with families to achieve the best outcomes for their child.  Brigitte works hard to make sessions fun and motivating.  At the end of each session, Brigitte makes sure each family have a plan and understand what to work on before the next session to ensure maximum progress.

Working experience

Since 2011 Brigitte has worked part time in a private Speech Pathology practice in Melbourne, supporting children with speech sound delays/disorders, literacy concerns and language delays as well as providing services under the Helping Children with Autism and BetterStart packages.  She spent the rest of her week in an Early Intervention Centre, supporting children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families

Prior to this, Brigitte worked in London in a range of jobs with the National Health Service (NHS), including supporting children in mainstream primary and secondary schools, childcare centres and kindergartens.  Brigitte developed a program to train Early Years Staff in developing language and communication across the region and spent some time delivering this.

Brigitte is committed to continuing to learn and accesses a range of training and professional development each year. 

Brigitte juggles working with being a mum to two of her own kiddos.

Brigitte Mawdsley – Speech Pathologist