Miss Renee Barbakas Speech Pathologist

Renee works full time at the Bundoora clinic, as both a qualified speech pathologist and clinical supervisor. Renee has a passion for providing client-centred speech pathology. She is enthusiastic about supporting and empowering children and their families through their communication journey. Renee joined the SRSP team in 2022 first working as an Allied Health Assistant whilst completing a Bachelor of Applied Science and Master of Speech pathology at La Trobe University. Since finishing tertiary education at the end of 2022, Renee has been working as a qualified Speech Pathologist and more recently has been providing support to the early career therapists as a clinical supervisor. Renee has been working with children in the allied health space for over 6 years, supporting children in a variety of developmental areas, including communication goals and support with emotional regulation. In her work, she has provided regular support to children in the clinic, schools, and kindergartens. Renee has experience working with children with varying presentations including; speaking and non-speaking children, intellectual disability, autism, global developmental delay, stuttering, phonological delays and AAC.