About Sarah
With over twelve years as a speech pathologist and more than 20 years of experience working with children and adult learners, Sarah brings a deep understanding of communication, learning, and development across the lifespan.
As a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia, she is passionate about supporting children, young adults, and professionals in developing meaningful communication skills. Her experience spans mainstream and special education settings (public and independent), early intervention services, and community-based programs.
Sarah also brings expertise in facilitating learning for professionals, offering training, supervision, and coaching to help clinicians and educators implement neurodiversity-affirming, strengths-based approaches. Her background in theatre and improvisation enhances her ability to create engaging, interactive, and adaptive learning experiences that resonate with diverse audiences.
Clinical Supervision
Sarah provides individual and group supervision to allied health professionals, supporting them in delivering reflective, relationship-centred care. She is passionate about translating neurodiversity-affirming principles into practical, real-world strategies, ensuring professionals feel confident, supported, and empowered in their work.
Sarah applies a systems-thinking approach, helping clinicians navigate policy landscapes, service structures, and interdisciplinary collaboration to enhance outcomes for neurodivergent individuals and their families. She integrates relational practice principles and strengths-based coaching, fostering professional growth through critical reflection, practical application, and shared learning.
Group Facilitation
With experience in training design, facilitation, and stakeholder collaboration, Sarah creates engaging, interactive learning experiences for clinicians, educators, and families. She integrates evidence-based approaches with relational and reflective learning models, ensuring that training is not only informative but transformative.
Her background in performing—including monthly improv shows—enhances her ability to create dynamic, adaptable learning spaces. Whether working with professionals or families, Sarah designs sessions that are collaborative, strengths-focused, and embedded in real-world application.
1:1 Parent Coaching (Neurodivergent Families)
Sarah works one-on-one with parents of neurodivergent children, providing coaching that is affirming, collaborative, and grounded in lived experience. She applies a family partnership approach, ensuring parents feel heard, supported, and empowered in their role as advocates.
By taking the time to understand each family's strengths, values, and needs, Sarah helps parents build confidence in supporting their child—so that every part of the family ecology can thrive. Her work is informed by relational practice principles, co-design methodologies, and the latest insights from child development research, equipping parents with the knowledge and tools to navigate complex systems while centering their child’s autonomy.
speech pathology services
Sarah offers assessment and therapy services tailored to individual needs in the beautiful Dandenong Ranges. Sessions can be conducted in her home clinic, at your home, in schools/kindergartens, or via telehealth.
A recent set- up from a session conducted in the front yard!
Sarah provides holistic, client-centred support for children, adolescents, and adults in areas including:
Social-emotional development
Neurodiversity-affirming therapy
All aspects of language
Hearing loss
Play skills
Late talkers
Literacy
Speech sound difficulties
SPEECH PATHOLOGY
sERVICE dELIVERY
Face to Face in home clinic in Mount Dandenong
Telehealth (Zoom)
Mobile therapy and school visits (Travel charges apply)
All activities are underpinned by evidence-based research and are proven effective strategies. The skills we need to speak, acquire language, learn to read, and interact with people around us are all skills that lend themselves wonderfully to games.
Sarah will ensure parents are equipped with the skills and confidence required to build on the therapy session activities in home-based and other natural settings.
CONTACT
Sarah (Speech Pathologist and Director) 0452 643 883
Peter (Director) 0424 994 963
Email nskonig@gmail.com
