Sharlet Edwards

Role: Speech Pathologist

About Sharlet

Speech Pathologist

I view my job as a blessing because I get to do something I love!

Her areas of interest include working with complex clients who have complex needs. These needs include literacy, stuttering, Speech Sound Disorders, social communication and language disorders. She loves working with families and other members of the team because she believes that this helps achieve functional outcomes via collaboration.

Sharlet is trained in:

• The Greenspan Floortime Approach, Professional Course
• The Lidcombe Stuttering Program
• Meaningful Speech Gestalt Language Processing Course for SLPs
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) using Dynamic, Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) 
• Colourful Semantics
• Visualizing and Verbalizing Language Comprehension and Thinking [V&V) 
• The Complexity Approach
• Sounds Write Phonics Program
• Key Word Signs

Sharlet has also completed training in Multilingual Communication Development for Children, Autism in Preschool Aged Students, and IAHA cultural responsiveness training.

What Sharlet says about working at Cooee:

I love the supportive environment at Cooee because it helps me provide holistic care to our families. Cooee has helped and continues to help me grow on both the professional and personal front. Professionally, I have access to the best multidisciplinary team which helps me provide high-quality services. The team also welcomes my culturally diverse input, in keeping with family-centered practice protocols. With their help, I have nurtured positive relationships with parents and caregivers to achieve positive outcomes for their children. On the personal front, the Cooee team is sensitive, culturally inclusive and caring, which motivates me, in return, to deliver my best.