Our February Speaker – Dr Sophie Nicholls:

Dr Sophie Nicholls has always dreamed of being a speech pathologist but her path to achieving this has been circuitous to say the least. Along the way and in advance of gaining her Masters in Speech Pathology, she dabbled in Chemical Engineering, and then collected a BA (Hons), a University Medal, a PhD due to her extensive research of Aboriginal languages in Arnhem Land, post-doctoral work at UWS’s ARC Centre for Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, a husband and three children!

Sophie was born in the Manning Valley and attended Wingham High School. Around seven years ago, after having lived and worked in different parts of Australia as well as overseas, Sophie – together with her family – returned to live and work in the Manning. She has also brought with her a huge range of skills and experiences from which our community is greatly benefitting.

Sophie will tell us a little of this journey towards becoming a speech pathologist. We’ll also find out more about this high demand profession, difficulties of studying it, and how it helps people of all ages with, for example, communication needs and swallowing needs.

Please go to the ‘about’ page for cost and requirements under ‘Our Usual Format’ heading

RSVP by 10 am on Mon 26/02/2024 to join us at Club Taree , 121 Wingham Rd, Taree on 29th October 2024. We cannot accept late RSVPs once the venue is notified of numbers, and we are required to pay for that number, so late cancellations will still be asked to pay.

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