About Discover Speech Pathology
Our Philosophy
At Discover Speech Pathology, we are passionate about helping children to discover and reach their full potential. We believe in family-centred practice, where we include families in their child's communication growth and recognise the importance of family and therapist collaboration. We encourage families to be a part of their child's journey towards better communication and to actively engage in play and educational activities to foster learning. Family engagement and collaboration is of upmost importance to us and is imperative in supporting children to achieve their goals.
Learning to communicate effectively is a lifelong journey, but childhood is a truly transformational and important time in our learning. We aim to support children in developing the life skills that will allow them to become competent communicators and develop the skills to build and maintain strong connections to those around them. Our Speech Pathologists strive to use the best evidence-based assessments and approaches to intervention and undertake continual professional development to ensure they are constantly building upon their expertise in the Speech Pathology profession.
Meet Emma Esplin
Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist
Emma Esplin (formerly Emma Clark) is a Speech Language Pathologist with a passion for working with children and seeing the amazing things they can accomplish. Emma's areas of interest are speech sounds and literacy. She has worked as a Paediatric Speech Pathologist since 2017 after graduating from Charles Sturt University with a Bachelor of Speech and Language Pathology with first class honours. Emma is a qualified provider of the 'Sounds-Write' literacy program and the 'It Takes Two to Talk' Hanen Early Language program. In 2021, Emma and colleagues published a journal article. Please see the journal details below.
Emma lives in Albury with her husband, their son and their groodle. She moved to Albury in 2014 from the small coastal town of Eden and fell in love with the 'country town feel' and the generous, down-to-earth community. Emma now commutes between Albury and Eden to service the areas that have been so good to her. She loves being creative and is always in the process of making something, whether it is art, music or cooking. Emma especially loves getting outdoors with her family. Emma and her husband are also in the process of renovating their home, and are loving it!
Emma Louise Clark, Catherine Easton & Sarah Verdon (2021). The impact of linguistic bias upon speech-language pathologists’ attitudes towards non-standard dialects of English, Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 35:6, 542-559, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2020.1803405