Optimal Speech Pathology

09/02/2026

Well we have some exciting news - Welcome Rosy Lloyd to the Optimal Speech Pathology Team! Rosy will be starting this week and we are just thrilled. Rosy has extensive experience working with anxiety-based and social communication challenges. She is dedicated to helping adults and teens improve their communication potential through achievable, practical steps. She has a strong interest in the intersection of mental health and wellbeing within speech pathology. Her practice is grounded in evidence-based care to ensure the best possible outcomes for every client.

09/01/2026

Please Share! A rare subcontractor opportunity to work with TBI and complex adult neuro caseloads across Sydney (location-clustered).
Flexible 3 days/week, excellent remuneration, and a senior neuro team.
NSW driver’s licence required. Applications close 30 Jan 2026.

06/01/2026

Starting 2026 with a fist-pump moment. What made the difference to our client’s swallowing at 2.5 years post traumatic brain injury? BiSSkApp.
Congratulations to this hard working client and his family, our brilliant OSP clinician Patrick, the innovators at Swallowing Technologies and the support of icare NSW. Thanks also to Evolve SP for delivering this fabulous VFSS news!

05/01/2026

02/01/2026

We are so excited for 2026! So many goals and initiatives for our beautiful OSP Community - see this video message below from OSP Director, Christina Samy Optimal Speech Pathology

Christina, OSP Director, talks through exciting goals and initiatives for 2026 and beyond for our wonderful OSP community.

02/01/2026

Happy New Year OSP Community! We obviously love to start the year feeling inspired and motivated so here is a client story we want to share to get everyone feeling motivated too!

Just a over a month ago we launched our BEYOND VOICE Initiative with an innovative approach to home programming - Plasticise. Meet JD. JD is a charming 82 year old fellow with Parkinson’s Disease who is not keen on groups and has been very reluctant with home practice. His OSP therapist and beautiful wife tried everything they could to develop a practice regime. JD would dutifully come in for reviews every three months and then go home and do - not very much! But here is JD’s first month on Plasticise - it’s not where we want it yet but those green dots are JD’s independent practice sessions and they make our hearts sing! Go JD!! Optimal Speech Pathology

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our clients, families and our colleagues - wishing you a joyful and peaceful time!

19/12/2025

One of the highlights of our year has been the introduction of Swallowing Technologies’ BiSSkApp. This home based Dysphagia rehabilitation program is literally changing lives - and right in time for a sip of non thickened fluid at Xmas! Congrats to Glenn, his family and our brilliant Giordana for leading the way!

19/12/2025

Celebrating the wins with messages like this from our clients. ‘I wanted to share because it feels like I’m me!’ Just a few months after brain injury and our client finishes the year by building (ie from scratch!) a bunk for three! The planning involved in milling and preparing the timber, measuring, drawing the design, managing fatigue - what a mighty effort. And this image is just for reference - his final product is much prettier!!

11/12/2025

This is worth a second post!! Great Xmas stocking filler idea. The very talented Steve Jobson from our Born Intent Speak Out Therapy Group has come up with a great Xmas gift. His superb artwork along with tips for living well with PD - all for only $30 (or more as a donation if you like). Please see an image of the front page attached – these calendars are A3 and are truly beautiful.
In the image you will see the QR code, which is using Stripe, so if you were to scan that to your camera on your phone, you would be able to see that you can pay through Apple Pay or you can pay through any credit card. Stripe will capture your payment in Steve’s SAJART account , and itemise your name and confirmed donation. 100% of your donation will be going through to Shake It Up foundation which is focused on Australian based medical research into Parkinson's.
This is a gift that really is a win for everyone

11/12/2025

‘BEYOND VOICE': Cognitive Communication. Steve takes us into the Last Wilderness’

One of the areas of communication commonly overlooked for people with Parkinson’s is the importance of being able to tell a story, recall a joke - or even give a formal presentation. At Optimal SP we encourage our clients to take on big challenges - and this year in our ‘Spotlight’ series we nominated a group member to each lead a Speak Out Therapy Group Session - including giving a formal presentation on a topic of their selection. Steve Jobson, from our Born Intent Group rose to the occasion by taking us into the last wilderness - Antarctica. Not only did Steve transport us with a brilliant multimedia presentation - he captivated us with his commanding voice and vivid descriptions. Prior to the presentation. Steve conceded he had probably over prepared the material to alleviate nerves and potential blanks in the knowledge, but afterwards he recognised it as a ‘good’ kind of apprehension as the preparation helped with a confident delivery and a sense of achievement and excitement in completing the challenge.

Steve’s taken his passion for travel and PD advocacy one step further by setting up his online gallery to raise money for Shake It Up – you can find his gallery here and his wonderful penguins can be glimpsed in this post! https://www.sajart.net

Alongside his presentation, Steve has also created a calendar featuring his artwork to support a Parkinson’s charity. Donations can be made via the QR code, and those interested in ordering a calendar can contact Steve directly through his website.

11/12/2025

Learn a little more about Christina -
In this video, she shares a bit about who she is, what brought her here, and the passion she brings to our community.

Learn a bit about Christina and her journey within Speech Pathology