Lauren graduated from The Univerity of Cape Town, South Africa with a BSc Speech

Pathology in 2004. She has been fortunate enough to gain invaluable experience

working internationally in South Africa, the UK and Australia.

Lauren has spent most of her career working in the paediatric and neonatal tertiary

hospital setting (Sydney Children’s Hospital; 2010-2023), however has also had the

privilege of being able to work within both the community and disability sectors.

She has a clinical passion for peadiatric feeding and swallowing difficulties and offers

families non-judgmental and practical strategies to ensure they feel supported on

their feeding journey.

In addition to this, Lauren has had amazing opportunities to provide clinical

mentoring/ supervision and training as well as participate in research and service

development pertaining to paediatric feeding disorders.

Lauren loves learning and has participated in numerous postgraduate training

courses and professional development throughout her career. She has worked

extensively across a variety of clinical areas with experience in feeding difficulties

associated with (and not limited to):

- Extreme prematurity of birth

- Autism and ADHD

- Gastrointestinal related conditions e.g gastro-esophageal reflux disease

(GORD) and Eosiniphiliic oesophagitis (EoE)

- brain injuries e.g. stroke, trauma or hypoxia.

- cleft lip and palate conditions

- cerebral palsy

- chromosome deletions and syndromes

- cardio/respiratory related conditions e.g Laryngomalacia, congenital heart

defects

- Oncology and Haematology

- Dysphagia of unknown eitiology