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Laura Caire is case manager and speech pathologist for Southern
Health’s Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (AIPU), part of the
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service. She has a passion for
supporting adolescents with social, emotional and behavioural
problems. As part of her role in the AIPU, Laura takes every
opportunity to increase staff awareness of communication needs,
provide strategies and resources to meet these needs and to
advocate for young people who may present with communication
impairment, something which is often overlooked.
Correspondence to:
Laura Caire
Mental health speech pathologist and case manager
Southern Health Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service,
Monash Medical Centre
Locked Bag 29, Clayton South, Vic., 3169
phone: (03) 9594 1300