Our dynamic team is made up of only experienced, fun and enthusiastic speech pathologists. Many have areas of special interest.
Kathryn Waugh
Kat is the owner and
Principal Speech 
Pathologist of Bubbles
Speech Pathology, (not to mention being mother of 4 children). She has been providing communication
assessments and therapy
for children in Perth, Trinidad & Tobago and in the UK for over 20 years. Her experience spans across many Child Development Centres, schools, Disability Services Commission and several hospitals, both internationally and locally. Bubbles Speech Pathology was established in 2011, inspired by offering a service to families that allowed her to “make a difference”. Since then, Bubbles Speech Pathology has evolved into one of the largest practices in Perth.
Kat’s interest is working with young children and their families to provide the best outcomes in the years before school and early school age. She particularly enjoys working with complex developmental language delay / disorder, focusing in the early years. She is a trained Hanen Therapist (It Takes Two To Talk, More Than Words), providing programs that are tailored for young children who have a language delay. She also has training in stuttering, including the Lidcombe Program for Young Stutterers (which helps young children who are stuttering achieve normal fluency in their speech). In addition, she is PROMPT (Introductory Level) and DIR Floortime trained. Kat also provides Autism Spectrum Disorder assessment and diagnosis services.
Ange Tayler
Ange is currently on extended medical leave. When she is working, she enjoys working with children who have developmental language delay, phonological delay / disorder, motor speech difficulties (including CAS) and stuttering. Ange is a PROMPT Certified Speech Pathologist, which is reflective of her clinical interest in working with motor speech impairment. Ange enjoys working with stuttering. This is a particular area of interest for Angela, with first-hand knowledge at being a mother of a stuttering child.
Dr Roslyn Ward
Dr Ward is currently focusing on research and not consulting at Bubbles in 2019.
After the completion of her PhD, Roz finds the delicate balancing act between research and clinical intervention. She has over 20 years of clinical experience, focused on working with young children with motor-speech disorders. She is a PROMPT Instructor and passionate about pursuing treatment research.
Jasmine Martin
Jasmine has vast experience in a range of clinical settings, across various countries (although we are not sure that “working” in the Bahamas constitutes work). Jasmine is PROMPT trained (Bridging Level), is an advanced Lidcombe Program therapist and has received Hanen (It Takes Two To Talk, More Than Words), Sounds Write, Floortime DIR 101 training. Jasmine also has a keen interest in Developmental Language Delay. At the end of her day, she returns to her busy family life with three children.
Feline van Brakel
Given Feline’s Dutch background, a therapist with experience in bilingual considerations is a welcome addition to the team. Feline has over 16 years experience in working with an array of areas relating to speech and language, across early intervention and providing services to the school aged population. She has worked extensively in school settings. Feline has Bridging Level PROMPT training and is currently embarking on her PROMPT Certification status, which is no small feat. She is also trained in Lidcombe Program for Early Intervention of Stuttering.
Wendy Marshall
Wendy joins us having worked as a speech pathologist for over 20 years in the health, education, disability and private sectors, in both rural and metropolitan centres. Wendy has extensive knowledge of speech, language and social development across the lifespan”? Thanks. She has vast experience with Autism Spectrum Disorders. She is trained in Hanen It Takes Two to Talk & More Than Words, Lidcombe program, and has attended and presented at a number of national conferences. Wendy was one of the developers of the Autism West TOBY Autism Therapy iPad app, a curriculum based early intervention program designed for children with an autism spectrum disorder. She is a published author as part of the team at Autism West & the Telethon Kids Institute, investigating the effectiveness of the TOBY iPad app. Wendy is a strong advocate of family centred therapy, understanding the demands of balancing busy family life with the need to provide our little people with rich and nurturing learning opportunities.
Jessica Cayoun
Jessica’s speech pathology interests are varied and she is extremely competent throughout all areas of managing speech and language delay / disorder, autism and stuttering. She has worked across community health, education and autism sectors in Australia and the UK for over 13 years. Jessica has Introductory PROMPT, Hanen (It Takes Two to Talk), Lidcombe Program, Autism Diagnostic Assessment training and recently, Introductory Floortime training.
Sandra brings over 15 years of clinical experience (in child development centres, schools and private practice) to Bubbles. She brings advanced skill levels to providing management for school aged speech and language services, with a span from 3 years to 8 years. She has PROMPT Bridging Level, Hanen (ITTTT, ABC and Beyond) and Sounds Write training.
Tania Rodwell
Tania is a mum of 3 boys who has worked as a Speech Pathologist in various government, private and not for profit sectors for over 20 years.
Tania was the Founder and Director of early intervention clinic Little Language Centre. She has also worked as Special Education Consultant in the Catholic Education sector, school-based Speech Pathologist and Autism Diagnostician. In more recent years she has held positions of Board Member and Project Manager of the TOBY early intervention app at Autism West.
Tania is passionate about making speech pathology functional in daily life, and more importantly, making it fun!
Jeni Brennan
Jeni has a keen interest in working with families to promote positive outcomes for children who experience speech and/or language delay/disorder. As a mother of three children, one of whom experienced motor speech difficulties, Jeni has first-hand knowledge and understanding from both the perspective of a parent and a speech pathologist. As an early client of Bubbles, Jeni was inspired to pursue a career in speech pathology and has not looked back! She has experience working with children in various school environments, language development centres and government and private settings. She is trained in Sounds-Write, Talk for Writing and PROMPT (Introductory Level) and has a clinical interest in literacy, phonological delay/disorder and Developmental Language Disorder. Jeni is passionate about supporting families, making therapy fun and empowering children to realise their potential!