Devon Barnes

Devon Barnes is a Speech Language Pathologist. She is the Clinical Director of the Lindfield Speech Pathology & Learning Centre which she established in Sydney, Australia in 1990. She is also Clinical Director of LearnFast Australia, distributor of neuroscience based learning technology programs. Devon has worked with children and adults with speech, language, literacy and learning problems for over 40 years. In her clinical practice Devon leads a team of speech pathologists and other professionals including child psychologists, occupation therapists, and paediatricians. She has extensive experience working with children and adults with various language based learning difficulties including dyslexia, auditory processing disorder and autism spectrum disorders. Before she established her clinical practice, Devon worked in hospitals, schools and community health centres where her focus was managing children with learning and associated emotional difficulties. Her work includes special schools where she treated children with hearing impairment, developmental delays, and language and learning difficulties. In the hospital environment she treated adults with neurological impairment resulting from head injuries and strokes. Devon has received awards for her work including a nomination for Australian of the Year in 2009.