Our Team

CDI Head Office Team

Nadene Anderson

Operations & Marketing Director
Bachelor Communications(Business)

Halaina Winter

Clinical Director
Clinical Pyschology Registrar
Certified ESDM Therapist
Master of Clinical Psychology
PhD Candidate

 

Rachel Klemenic

Finance Manager
Bachelor of Business (Accounting)

Certified Practicing Accountant

CDI Western Sydney Team



CDI Therapists are trained to fidelity in the Early Start Denver Model practices and processes.

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Lauren Chang

Clinical Manager

Master of Education
(Special and Inclusive Education)
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Hons.)
Certified ESDM Therapist

Alison Hurst

Centre Manager
Diploma of Early Childhood Education

Natalie Lavelle

Keyworker & Educational Lead (Maternity Leave)

Bachelor of Education (0-12 yrs)

Graduate Certificate in Special Education

Danielle Stark

Head of Speech & Feeding Department

Speech & Language Pathologist
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology)

Masters Speech & Language Pathology

 
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Maria Corera

Key Worker & Group Program Lead
Master Social Work

Certified ESDM Therapist

Shaya Ebenessar

Keyworker & Clinical Lead

Master of Education (Special Ed and Applied Behaviour Analysis)

Bachelor of Arts (Education & Gender Studies)

Cheng Cheng

Keyworker

Master of Teaching (Birth – 5 years)

Jasmine de Aquino

Speech & Language Pathologist

Master of Speech Language Pathology

Amanda Palmer

Keyworker
Bachelor of Education (0-5 years)

Sophie Ryan

Key Worker

Bachelor of Arts (Psychology Hons.)

Masters Occupational Therapy (candidate)

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Bianca Reeding

ESDM Inclusion Coach
Bachelor of Teaching
(Early Childhood Education)

Anna Nguyen

Keyworker & Educational Lead
Bachelor of Teaching
(Early Childhood Education)

Kristina Vais

Keyworker 

Bachelor of Education (0-5 yrs)

Kimberley Tang

Key Worker
Master of Teaching
(Birth to 5 years)

Bachelor of Arts

Diploma of Children’s Services

Samantha Greening

Keyworker

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth-5 years)

Jessica Pan

Keyworker 

Bachelor of Science (Psychology) (Hons)

Jessica Palena

Key Worker

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Care (Birth – 5 years)

Shermi Nanayakkara

Speech & Language Pathologist

Bachelor of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology

Deborah Kewley

Key Worker

Bachelor of Arts (Studies in Psychology)

Danielle Elmer

Therapy Assistant

Certificate III Children’s Services

Gloria Sun

Therapy Assistant

Diploma in Children’s Services

Certificate III Children’s Services

Juliette Widagdo

Key Worker

Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching

Belinda Adorna

Centre Administrator

CDI Northern Beaches Team

Kamila Jendykiewicz

Clinical Manager
Masters of Preschool and Early Primary Education
Bachelor of Arts (Social and Civil Education)
Certified ESDM Therapist

Sarah McInnes

Keyworker
Bachelor of Teaching
(Early Childhood  and Primary Education)

Rebecca Ford

Key Worker & Occupational Therapist
Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy)

Emily Horwood

Keyworker
Bachelor of Pscyhology (Hons)

Gabrielle Leung

Speech & Language Pathologist
Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) (Honours)

Eunice Cheng

Key Worker

Bachelor of Social Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Counselling

Master Play Therapy (Candidate)

Lauren Harwood

Therapy Assistant

Master of Autism

Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy)

Stephanie Johnson

Key Worker

Diploma of Children’s Services

Masters Special Education

Rebecca Cutting

Therapy Assistant

Diploma of Children’s Services

Stephanie Greenslade

Therapy Assistant
Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Graduate Diploma of Psychology

Advanced Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Candidate)

Moni Capiron

Speech Pathologist
Bachelor of Speeching & Hearing Sciences

Master of Speech Pathology

Edith Hurt

Practice Manager

Master Data Science Strategy & Leadership

Master Human Services Management & Policy

Diploma of Management