Rebecca Fry
Mongolia

Rebecca (Bec) will be placed for nine months as a Speech Therapist at the Handicapped Kindergarten Centre N 10 in Ulaanbaatar.

The Handicapped Kindergarten Centre N 10 was established in 1964 as a nursing day care centre for young children. Since 1993 it has been serving children with disabilities, mainly cerebral palsy. A multidisciplinary team of professionals provides special treatment, social and psychological support and care for children and their parents.

It is the only kindergarten in Ulaanbaatar that provides services specifically for children with cerebral palsy and it acts as an advocate to protect their rights.

Her role will help to increase the capacity of staff, parents and families to identify and manage children’s communication difficulties and disorders and will help develop resources and training packages and develop teaching material for children. She will also focus on supporting and promoting changes in the delivery of services to children at the Centre. Furthermore to assess skills and services provided by speech therapists and make improvements and changes in the current techniques and methods in specialised therapies.

As a Speech Therapist, Bec has worked across a variety of settings within Australia and the United Kingdom and gained most of her experience working in rural and remote Western Australia. She is passionate about inclusion and ensuring that all children have the opportunity to communicate and express themselves.

Bec is excited about the opportunity to dabble in another culture and language. She also looks forward to providing a first-hand opinion on the relationship between throat singing and vocal abuse.