Rebecca Warn

"It is amazing to see the enjoyment that my clients have when they get to share their interests with me. I love that we can do anything from singing their favourite songs to exploring emotions through karate."

Qualifications and Experience
Rebecca graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours) and Diploma in Languages in 2014. Bec has been providing creatively focused therapy to clients since starting at Inspire Ability in 2018, alongside raising her own two children. She has worked with children in a range of settings, such as their school or home, helping them to develop a range of communication skills. 

Rebecca has completed a range of professional development courses including:

• HANEN Early Language Program
• Meaningful Speech - Gestalt Language Processing
• Rock and Water Program
• Advanced Rock and Water Training - Trauma
• Behavioural Detective
• Audiometry – Ear Health and Hearing Assessment

Rebecca has received additional training in the areas of:

• Key Word Sign
• DIR - Floortime
• Executive Functioning
• Social Skills Development
• Food and Feeding
• Attachment Theory
• Literacy
• The Zones of Regulation
  
  

Professional Interests
Rebecca has a passion for helping people to develop functional communication skills through exploration of their interests. She loves engaging children in play-based therapy approaches and providing parents with information and training. Rebecca has a keen interest in how the body, mind, and emotions connect and helping others to recognise and understand how this is impacting upon them. She also loves exploring food in a fun and creative way with families.

Creative Skills
Rebecca brings movement, creativity, and fun into her therapy sessions. With over 20 years of karate experience and a black belt earned in 2008, she loves helping clients build self-control, body awareness, and confidence. She also integrates Yoga into her practice, supporting regulation, strength, and voice development, and will complete her Yoga Teacher Training in 2025.

A lifelong creative, Rebecca has explored Speech and Drama, music, and the visual arts since childhood. She often incorporates singing and playful lyric changes into sessions and is currently learning the ukulele to accompany her songs. Outside of therapy, she enjoys painting, drawing, and sharing her artistic skills with the community through face painting.