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Above image: left to right: Linda McKillop, speech pathologist & Orton-Gillingham master trainer; Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, Governor of Tasmania; Rosie Martin, speech pathologist. “We’ve been talking about improving the literacy rates...

I first met my dear friend Linda McKillop more than 30 years ago. I met her in the waiting room at the then Clarence Community Health Centre. I was a 24 year old ‘speechie’ working there two days each week; she was a 22 year old speechie working for the Education...

In the early stages of my son’s speech pathology sessions, I had doubts. Not because of the service or care he received, but because of my own, deep rooted and complex feelings about how I was doing as a parent. I’ll cancel. He doesn’t need to go. There’s another kid...

Linda McKillop is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist | Certified Dyslexia, Reading & O-G Practitioner | Certified Master Trainer for O-G in Australia.This year has been filled with uncertainty and increased awareness of the need to connect. Robust literacy...

We understand that saying “I don’t know” is the beginning of something good. We teach our clients to say “I don’t know”. It matters to teach this overtly to children.

Local literacy legend, Linda McKillop, in partnership with Square Pegs Tasmania Dyslexia Support & Advocacy, is presenting this free Q & A session about all things dyslexia and literacy. This is a fabulous opportunity! Don't miss it!...

Speech pathology is a profession that is 97% female dominated. Yes, you read that correctly!... you didn't think there were any professions like that left, right? So women's cancer matters to us. It's a dark shadow of possibility over the lives of the mums of our...