Meet The Team

Ursula is passionate about supporting children and adults with additional needs and their families to be the best that they can be. She has developed Making Milestones to offer families a service which combines a range of flexible therapy options, a skilled and passionate clinical team and outstanding facilities to support both children and adults to meet their goals and reach their potential.

As well as running the practice Ursula works with children and adults to build effective communication skills and safe eating and swallowing.

Ursula completed her studies in Speech Pathology at Finders University and has many years experience working with both adults and children. She works with children to develop speech, language and social communication skills, as well as promote safe eating and a varied and healthy diet. She has an interest in literacy development and has done additional training in supporting children with dyslexia.

Ursula also works with adult clients with communication difficulties and dysphagia to develop effective communication and safe eating.

Caitlin completed a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) at the University of South Australia.

Caitlin has a passion for working with children of all ages with a variety of learning difficulties including those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. She aims to increase independence in activities of daily living, fine and gross motor skills, sensory and emotional regulation and behaviour. She is passionate about working closely with families to provide the best support for children.

Jess completing her studies in Occupational Therapy at the University of South Australia in 2021. She joined the Making Milestones team as a student working as an Allied Assistant and now works as an Occupational Therapist.

Jess is passionate about working with children with autism to develop sensory regulation and social skills. Jess enjoys working with school age children and working in schools in collaboration with teachers and parents.

Nick completed his studies in Occupational Therapy at the University of South Australia in 2021. He joined the Making Milestones team as a student working as an Allied Health Assistant and now works as a qualified Occupational Therapist.

Nick enjoys working with children of all ages and developing their emotional regulation skills.

Maria is an experienced occupational therapist who joined Making Milestones in 2022.

Maria will be working part-time with both adults and children. Maria has many years experience working with adults as an occupational therapist and now as a parent of two young children she enjoys working with children and their families.

Stephen is currently completing his studies at UniSA to be an occupational therapist.

Stephen will be joining Making Milestones in 2022, working part-time with both adults and children.

Gina is a social worker with over 25 years of experience. She is qualified to work with clients with mental health needs.

Gina has extensive experience working with parents and children to support children’s social emotional development and behaviour. She has many years experience in working with First Nations families.

Trish is a social worker with over 25 years of experience. She is qualified to work with clients with mental health needs.

Trish has extensive experience supporting families to develop their children’s social emotional development and behaviour. She has worked for many years with migrants and refugees and is passionate about providing support for families with culturally and linguistically diverse.

Leia is a founding member of Making Milestones who manages the day to day running of the clinic including referrals, bookings, enquiries and billing. Leia has a background in business management and her friendly manner and professional skills keep everything running smoothly.

Leia is available on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays to support both clients and other team members.

Tammy works alongside Leia to manage the day to day running of the clinic including referrals, bookings, enquiries and billing. Tammy has a background in business management. Her friendly manner and passion for supporting both staff and clients is a great asset to our team.

Tammy is available on Wednesdays and Fridays to support both clients and other team members.

Nadia has worked in business for many years and works part-time to support Ursula, the Director,  in the overall running of Making Milestones.

Nadia also manages the marketing of our services and liaises with providers in the medical, therapy and education fields to learn more about how Making Milestones can work alongside them to better support their clients.

Ally is currently studying Speech Pathology at Uni SA. She is a valued member of our team who works across a number of programs and has a great rapport with our younger clients in particular.

Ally works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant running our Sensory Playgroups and providing individual support for children with speech and language needs at preschool, school and child care under the direction of our clinicians. She also works in our Party Hub and on reception.

Victoria is currently studying Psychology at Uni SA. She works across a number of programs and loves supporting our younger clients to meet their developmental goals.

Victoria works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant running our Sensory Playgroups and providing individual support for children with speech and language needs at preschool, school and child care under the direction of our clinicians. She also works in our Party Hub and on reception.

Marielle is currently studying Speech Pathology at Uni SA and will enter her final year in 2022.

Marielle will join the Making Milestones team as an Allied Health Assistant in 2022 running our Sensory Playgroups and providing individual support for children with speech and language needs at preschool, school and child care under the direction of our clinicians.

Monique is currently studying Speech Pathology at Uni SA. She works across a number of programs including with preschool clients and in our sensory playgroup.

Monique works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant running our Sensory Playgroups and providing individual support for children with speech and language needs at preschool, school and child care under the direction of our clinicians. She also works in our Party Hub and on reception.

Dominic is currently studying Primary Education. He supports our younger and adolescent clients to meet their developmental goals in community settings.

He works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant providing individual support for children with learning, cognition and lifestyle needs at preschool, school, community settings and child care under the direction of our clinicians.

Zak is a University Student with experience in working with children in Out of School Care Settings.

He works with the Making Milestones team as an Allied Health Assistant in providing individual support for children and adolescents with learning needs under the direction of our clinicians.

Isaac is currently studying Occupational Therapy at Uni SA. He works with clients from preschoolers to adolescents in clinic and community settings.

Isaac works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant providing individual support for children to develop daily living and life skills under the direction of our clinicians.

Karlee is currently studying Speech Pathology through Charles Darwin University while raising her two young sons.

She works at Making Milestones as an Allied Health Assistant providing individual support for children with speech and language needs at preschool and child care under the direction of our clinicians.

Stephanie is a final year Speech Pathology Student at Flinders University.

She works with the Making Milestones team as an Allied Health Assistant in providing individual support for children and adolescents with communication and learning needs under the direction of our clinicians.