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The Team

CHI.L.D. Association prides itself on the quality and diversity of its multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach to service provision. Each level of the school comprises a team of professionals, including

special education teachers
speech language pathologists
occupational therapists
physiotherapists
music therapist
school assistants

who work with students every day. Each team is led by a Level Coordinator. The Outreach team is similarly comprised of these professionals and is led by the Outreach Coordinator.

Additionally, the Association also employs its own psychologist who participates in school, outreach and research activities.

These teams are ably supported by our administration team, including

finance officer
executive assistant
finance officer
administration officer
administration assistant
ICT officer
maintenance officer
volunteers
contractors / short-term staff.

This organisation is led and managed by the Principal who is directly answerable to the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee functions as the board of governors or trustees of the school. The Executive Committee's core responsibility is that of trusteeship of the Association on behalf of the community ownership, that is, primarily, the children and young persons in Queensland with childhood language and related disorders whose interests CHI.L.D. serves. The Committee's function is that of governance of CHI.L.D. In the performance of this function the Executive Committee operates as a unit with no individual member, including the Chairman, having any independent decision-making power or authority to speak or act on behalf of the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee whose members, apart from the chief executive officer (Principal), are elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Association held in March each year.
CHI.L.D. Association Board Charter (PDF)
CHI.L.D. Association Constitution (PDF)

CHI.L.D. Association Executive Members 2009

Principal (Ex officio)

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Ms Vikki Rose Graydon B.SP.THY M.ED. (SPEC. ED.) M.L.M. Ed
Currently Principal of The Glenleighden School and has worked for CHI.L.D. Association for 14 years.

Office Bearers

	Chairman: Dr Beverley Rowbotham MD. FRACP FRCPA A partner at Sullivan & Nicolaides, sits on their Executive and works as a consultant haematologist.
	Treasurer: Mr Robert Duff (Jack) – Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants Retired partner in the international professional services firm of Deloitte Touché Tohmatsu and is currently doing consultancy work.
	Secretary: Mrs Margot Hickey B. Econ. Parent of a former Glenleighden School student and currently the Development Officer for CHI.L.D. Association.

Committee Members

	Dr Michael O’Callaghan MBBS, FRACP, MSc Director of Child Development and Rehabilitation, The Mater Misericordiae Children’s Hospital, Brisbane.
	Mr Michael Fitzgerald LL.B. (Hons) Partner Blake Dawson Waldron, and Past President of Rotary, Kenmore.
	Mr Peter Winterflood B.Econ, MBA, FAIBF State Manager Queensland, BankWest, Brisbane
	Dr Denis Meadows Dr Meadows has recently retired form the School of Cognition , Language and Special Education Griffith University. His PhD was in language development in infants. Dr Meadows has recently investigated transition arrangements and their outcomes for secondary students with disabilities for Education Queensland, and continues to advise Government.

Helping children to speak ... and find their voice

The Team

The Executive Committee

CHI.L.D. Association Executive Members 2009 Principal (Ex officio)

CHI.L.D. Association Executive Members 2009

Principal (Ex officio)