Loren is a speech pathologist based in Sydney, New South Wales. Loren is about to submit a Master of Philosophy through the University of Sydney. Her clinical experience has focused on supporting children and adults with complex developmental disabilities across clinical, community and educational contexts in Sydney. She has a keen interest in supporting people with congenital movement disorders who have complex swallowing and communication needs, particularly infants, young children, adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy and other related conditions. Loren has provided education and training for the community, family members of people with complex needs, and other health professionals. Loren’s experience also includes clinical supervision and support of speech pathologists and students, as well as lecturing and teaching tutorials at the University of Sydney in the area of "Lifelong disability and dysphagia". Loren has a wide range of interests including food/cooking, dogs, music and the great outdoors. When not working, Loren enjoys bush walking, camping, canyoning and swing dancing!
FAQ:
What is CP-Achieve?
The Centre of Research Excellence: Australian Centre for Health, Independence, Economic Participation and Value Enhanced Care for adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy (CP-Achieve). CP-ACHIEVE is a five year, NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence project that supports collaborative research and development in cerebral palsy research. The team consists of a multidisciplinary group of adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy, families, clinicians, researchers and students that are all working together to fulfil CP-Achieve’s aims. CP-Achieve commenced in February 2020 and will finish in 2025.
What does CP-Achieve do?
CP-ACHIEVE fosters health care access and promotes healthy lifestyle interventions to improve community participation. Two overarching aims guide the research program: to improve physical and mental health, and to build supportive family, community and health service environments. The outcomes of CP-Achieve are to establish rigorous population-based data about the scope of health and participation problems, best practices and guidelines for health and disability service providers, means to empower adolescents and young adults with cerebral palsy to use health and community services, and models of cost-effectiveness to inform policy and practice, and drive value-enhanced care.
23 июл 2024
