12/12/2025
As we wrap up another big year at Speak and Swallow, I want to pause and acknowledge our incredible team.
This year has not been easy. We have navigated significant funding cuts, increasing complexity, and the ever-growing demands of detailed, time-consuming reporting all while continuing to show up for our clients with compassion, professionalism, and integrity. That takes more than clinical skill. It takes heart.
To my team: your unwavering dedication, empathy, and understanding, especially in the face of systemic pressure, has not gone unnoticed. You continue to advocate fiercely for our clients, hold space for families during some of their hardest moments, and deliver evidence-based care with humanity, quality of life, at the centre.
You also continue to embrace me — my constant stream of new ideas, courses, clinical initiatives, and “what if we tried this?” moments — with openness, curiosity, and a genuine commitment to growth. Watching you lean into learning, reflection, and professional development is one of the greatest privileges of my role.
We spend around 40 hours a week working together and who you spend that time with truly matters. This team is more than a group of speech pathologists. They are family.
Thank you for everything you have given this year - to our clients, to each other, and to Speak and Swallow. I am so deeply grateful and incredibly proud. 💛
Tash
