Our consultants
Dr Bartek Rajkowski
B App Sc (Sp Path), PhD, MSPA, CPSP
Speech & Language Pathologist
Bartek is the director of Adelaide Speech Pathology Services. He has extensive experience in the research-based assessment, identification and remediation of reading and spelling difficulties in children, adolescents and adults.
Bartek regularly presents training and development workshops on the latest in reading research and reading difficulties to teachers, allied professionals and parents around Australia. In 2020, Bartek was awarded Learning Difficulties Australia’s Mona Tobias Award, which recognises “…a person who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian education of people with learning difficulties”.
Bartek's primary interest is in the relationship between speech, language, auditory processing and literacy skills. His doctoral research was an investigation of the cause of the underlying phonological processing difficulties that are often seen in people with reading difficulties such as dyslexia.
Bartek is also passionate about research-driven, computer-based approaches to literacy and language instruction. He is determined to use his clinical experience and theoretical knowledge to develop more effective treatment methods for children with literacy difficulties, and to design highly effective teaching tools for children learning to read. He is the creator of ReadingDoctor® Software (www.readingdoctor.com.au), a scientifically based literacy improvement software package designed to strengthen crucial literacy skills in children learning to read.
Jayne Ayliffe
BSpPath, BSW, MSPA, CPSP
Speech & Language Pathologist
Jayne brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her position with Adelaide Speech Pathology Services. As well as being a certified Speech Pathologist, Jayne is a qualified Social Worker. She has over 20 years’ experience in the higher education sector supporting university and TAFE students with a range of disabilities, including learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder.
Personal and professional experience has fuelled her desire to work with people of all ages to build their speech, language and literacy (reading, spelling and writing) skills. With a person-centred approach, she focuses on the goals that are important to her clients to support them to reach their communication potential.
Jayne has a strong commitment to evidence based practice as well as enhancing and developing her own therapy skills through regularly attending professional development. Her training includes Sound-Write phonics, Jolly Phonics, Texthelp Read&Write Gold and AAC workshops.
Jayne is a member of Speech Pathology Australia, SPELD-SA and Learning Difficulties Australia.
Suzanne Smith
BSpPath, BBehavSc(Psych), MSPA, CPSP
Speech & Language Pathologist
Suzanne graduated from Flinders University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology and a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology), majoring in Disability and Community Rehabilitation Psychology.
Suzanne’s main clinical interests are Dyslexia, ADHD, anxiety and reading, spelling and writing difficulties. Her deep empathy and desire to best support children and adolescents facing these challenges originate from her personal experience with loved ones and her early volunteer experience in school Learning Assistance Programs.
As a member of SPELD SA and Learning Difficulties Australia, Suzanne is a strong advocate for her client's right to best practice.
Suzanne has a knack for quickly building rapport with clients and making the tough and repetitive task of rewiring the brain for reading an enjoyable and self-esteem-building experience for them. Her approach is warm, sensitive, and never ‘cookie-cutter’. She loves learning from her clients and piecing together a best-fit, evidence-based intervention plan that leverages their unique strengths and interests.
Suzanne draws on a wealth of further professional development in the Science of Reading and Learning, alongside extensive training in AUSPELD recommended programs and a vast toolkit of high-quality and engaging teaching resources, including:
• Sounds-Write
• MultiLit
• Little Learners Love Literacy
• ReadingDoctor® Software
• Phonics Books UK
• Spelfabet materials
• Sound Check 1 and 2
• Trugs (Teaching Reading Using Games)
• Word Cracking Morphology
• Handwriting Without Tears
Bianca Staruchowicz
BSpPath, MSPA, CPSP
Speech & Language Pathologist
Bianca graduated from Flinders University in 2014 and since then has worked in a range of settings with children and young adults. The majority of her career has been spent working in the field of special education where she has supported children with diagnoses including Autism Spectrum (autistic people), Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy (CP). She has developed her love of working with children with Complex Communication Needs (CCN).
To further her knowledge, Bianca is currently completing her Masters of Teaching (Primary), specialising in the area of Special Education which is allowing her to have the combined wealth of knowledge from both professions. Bianca believes that forming meaningful relationships and connecting with clients is crucial to achieving goals, we know children learn best from people that they like. Bianca believes that forming meaningful relationships and connecting with clients is crucial to achieving goals. We know children
learn best from people that they like! Her bubbly and fun approach to therapy makes learning to communicate motivating and engaging!
Her areas of interest include:
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Speech and language therapy for children and young adults
Trainings and therapeutic tools of interest include but are not limited to:
• Hanen – It Takes Two
• Berry Street Educational Model
• Proloquo2Go
• Attention Autism
• Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD)
• Sounds - Write
