Clare Ledger - Speech Pathologist

Clare is a dedicated and passionate Speech Pathologist with a wealth of experience working with young children and their families. Clare has worked in private practice, early childhood intervention and early learning settings and has invaluable knowledge of early childhood services and systems. Clare is a strong and persuasive advocate for children and always works to ensure they have the supports and services they need. 

Clare utilises a range of evidence-based therapy approaches with children and is trained in best practice interventions such as the Hanen approach. Clare works closely with families and caregivers to understand their needs and supports them to provide everyday opportunities for their child to develop functional skills. Clare has extensive knowledge of early communication and emotional development and how this impacts a child’s development and behaviour. 

Children are always excited to see Clare and to show her all the amazing things they are learning. Clare has a calm and encouraging manner with children that brings out the best in everyone she works with.
Clare is passionate about supporting early career therapists to develop the skills and understanding that they need to work with children in their vital early years. She is a firm believer that a happy and supported workforce leads to better outcomes for all children and their families.

Nicole Corrigan - Physiotherapist

Nicole is an experienced and knowledgable pediatric physiotherapist who is passionate about delivering the most up-to-date, evidence-based approaches and strategies to the families and children she supports. Nicole has practiced as a physiotherapist since 2008 and has sought further training to become titled as a pediatric physiotherapist by the APA (Australian Physiotherapy Association) Standards.

Nicole has a nurturing and compassionate personality and communication style. This ensures that the families and children she engages with always feel heard. In addition, they are supported to work on goals that are meaningful and important to their unique circumstance and lifestyle. Nicole specialises in working with babies and very young children to ensure that they receive the appropriate early intervention promptly.

Nicole’s passion and knowledge has assisted many children and families to achieve incredible results and significantly reduce the impact of early life challenges. Nicole is a rare physiotherapist who also possesses skills in supporting children and families to achieve broader goals such as improving communication, managing behaviour, or gaining more independence in daily life. She is a very valuable member of the Care Pathways team and enjoys collaborating with other team members.

Tea Blagojevic - Occupational Therapist

Tea Blagojevic has been a Paediatric Occupational Therapist since 2008. She specialises in working with children and is skilled in providing services via telehealth making access very flexible for families. Tea has worked both in specialist school settings and early intervention teams.

She works from a family-centred approach and has an incredible capacity for empathizing with families’ needs and priorities and supporting these from a very practical and functional perspective. Tea creates a perfect balance between fun and structure and children thrive within her therapeutic program.

Tea establishes positive relationships quickly and easily with children and family members and strives to put the best program in place by working co-operatively with her wider team. She has a passion for supporting the well-being of everyone she works with and is a very strong advocate for broad supports for families.