Karen Maunsell

Speech Language Therapist

Karen has joined the reThink team after a long tenure as a public service speech language therapist and brings significant expertise to the role. 

Karen is passionate about supporting young children with a wide range of communication challenges. She believes that the strength of success is in a team approach and in empowering the adults who support children. She has vast experience in supporting children's communication skills in homes, schools and early childhood settings and achieving excellent outcomes for tamariki. 

 

Specialist Areas of Practice

• Speech sound delay/disorders
• Developmental language delays/disorder
• Autistic Spectrum
• Social communication challenges
• Phonological awareness linking to delay in literacy development
• Check ins around "Are we on the right track?”

 

Qualifications and Memberships

• Diploma in Education endorsed in Speech Language Therapy (Distinction)
• Member of the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association

 

Karen is available in Dunedin.

Email: karen.maunsell@rethink.net.nz