The Complete Advantage

Kim Young
- Speech Pathologist

• Kim graduated from Curtin University as a mature age graduate in 2002. With 3.5+ years working as a Speech Pathologist in country WA, Kim has had a wide range of professional experience with both paediatric and adult clients. She developed a passion for working with school age children collaboratively with parents and teachers especially in the area early literacy development. As a Speech Pathologist and the parent of a young child, Kim has an insight into the challenges faced by families raising children in today’s busy world. She recently returned to Perth and began working for The Complete Advantage two days a week.

Emma Marpole
- Senior Occupational Therapist

• Emma leads the Occupational Therapy team at The Complete Advantage. She has 8 years of experience working with children with disabilities, and has specialist skills in the delivery of Occupational Therapy services to children with autism. Emma worked as a consultant for an education department in London, based at a school for children with autism, where she developed the Occupational Therapy service and provided parents, teachers and the psychologist with training in Sensory Processing. She provides services to children with challenging behaviours, resistant eating behaviours and also supports children in the areas of sensory processing, fine and gross motor skill development. Emma led the development of The Complete Advantage sensory-motor profiling tools and also provides services in the prescription of seating and positioning solutions for children with complex disabilities.

Kylie Gibson
- Occupational Therapist

• Since completing a Bachelor of Science (Occupational Therapy), Kylie has worked in the areas of disability, acute care and rehabilitation both in public and private sectors in Western Australia and the UK. She has extensive experience in developing and providing assessments, intervention and educational presentations.  She values the importance of working collaboratively with families, carers, teachers and other professionals. In her professional work, Kylie aims to provide children with skills to optimise their level of function within all aspects of their lives.
  
  Kylie has a keen interest in early intervention and providing education to equip and assist families, teachers and other professionals to manage and support children’s development

Alana Kennedy
- Customer Support Coordinator

• Alana completed a Bachelor of Education (Primary) at Australian Catholic University in 2002. During her career as a teacher she has worked in schools in country Victoria, Melbourne and London, UK, holding a particular interest in working with children in junior and middle primary years. Her career highlights include the rewarding experience of teaching children with special needs in a mainstream school and participating in a Social Justice Immersion to the Philippines.
  
  Alana is proud to be supporting people working with children. She understands the pressure experienced by teachers in today’s classrooms and enjoy the privilege of being able to work collaboratively with schools to enhance learning outcomes for students.
  
  In her leisure time Alana enjoys going to the gym, eating out with friends and karaoke!

Tammi Kearney
- Administrative Coordinator

• Tammi has been part of The Complete Advantage team in the position of Administrative Coordinator since August 2009. Her background is in finance, however she has many years experience in the areas of office administration, customer service, marketing and event coordination. Tammi ran a successful small business as a Bookkeeper in Bunbury for 10 years before making the move to Perth in 2005, when she took up a position as the Finance/Administration Officer for a NFP Organisation.
  
  In the short time that Tammi has been working for TCA, she feels she has had the privilege to work with some wonderful, dedicated professionals whose focus is to improve the quality of life of every child that crosses their path. Tammi notes 'It is inspiring to work with such a team and my ambition as part of TCA is to enhance the wonderful work that they do behind the scenes'.
  
  In her spare time, Tammi likes to cook up a feast, get out in the garden and most importantly catch up with family and friends.

Louella Vogel
- Manager - The Complete Advantage

• Louella is a Children’s Occupational Therapist with skills and interest in management and clinical teaching. She has worked in Western Australia and the United Kingdom in a variety of roles supporting children and the professionals who work with them, to maintain high quality clinical services and to measure real outcomes for children and families. Louella worked as Clinical Standards Officer at Therapy Focus, and a Senior Project Officer in Child and Adolescent Mental Health prior to her current role managing the individual child, family and school services of The Complete Advantage. Louella has a particular interest in the delivery of supportive early intervention services for young children and families and is a member of the Early Childhood Intervention Australia (WA Branch) committee.

Ben de Klerk
- Manager - Training Advantage

• Ben has participated in the establishment of various learning and development initiatives in South Africa, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. This included the establishment of organically grown training businesses and training departments within organisations in Logistics, Community Services, Information Technology, Perishable Products and the International Export industries.
  
  The learning and development programs were initiated through organisational development, changes to business driven by opportunities that presented themselves through strategic planning, or a need to ensure sustainability. Outcomes were measured through achieving financial targets, productivity increases, client service, or business and systems improvement.
  
  Personally I believe that it is important for employers and employees to share compatible values, agree on the long term organisational vision, and to be adaptable and flexible in implementation and delivery of realistic short term goals.
  
  In his free time Ben loves running and sailing, and plays an active role in children's' sports development.