HearingAID-East Java

Board

Trisha Henderson - President

Trisha Henderson Trisha took on the role of President following the retirement of her mother, Project founder Dame Patricia O’Sullivan, with a focus on guiding the Project to the next level and deepening the humanitarian and people-to-people ties between the Sister States of WA and East Java.

Following an early career in print journalism, she worked for a number of public relations firms before forming her own consultancy, providing strategic counsel to government, industry and the not-for-profit sector over two decades. She currently works at The West Australian newspaper.

Josephine M.J Ratna, MPsych PhD - Vice President

Josephine is interested in the promotion of early identification and intervention in the developmental and clinical problems of children and adults.

Starting her clinical psychology practice in 1996, she works with multidisciplinary health professionals at several hospitals in East Java and is involved with government and private health institutions, special education and training organisations to provide holistic approaches. She has been lecturing at undergraduate and postgraduate Psychology courses at several universities in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia since 1998. She is passionate in sharing her knowledge and experiences and frequently a speaker and facilitator in various seminars and workshops hosted by local, regional and international agencies. Currently Josephine is a registered Psychologist working at the Autism Association of Western Australia as well as a committee member of the Australian Psychological Society - Perth Branch since 2019.

Josephine completed her undergraduate Psychology degree from Airlangga University, and received her Postgraduate Diploma of Science (Psychology) from The University of Western Australia. Her Masters of Clinical and Health Psychology and PhD qualifications were from Curtin University, Western Australia. Her international network and local understanding of the needs of Indonesian families has influenced her further involvement in assisting children with disabilities and their families.

She has been a board member of HearingAID-East Java since 2011.

Dr Helen Goulios, PhD MClin Aud. MAudA CCP

Dr Goulios is the Clinical Coordinator for the Master of Clinical Audiology Program at the University of Western Australia. Her areas of expertise include audiological assessment, adult and paediatric aural rehabilitation, hearing devices and management of audiological programs in special communities. Her career includes senior clinical and management positions with Australian Hearing in Perth, the National Acoustic Laboratories in Sydney, and as a Project Manager with the Royal National Institute for the Deaf in London.

Dr Goulios has a strong interest in promoting audiology education and service delivery in developing countries, and has worked in improving audiology in Asia and Africa. She supervises research students completing projects aimed at improving audiology services in East Java.

Candy Payne

With a background in Speech Pathology and Audiology, Candy has pursued a variety of traditional and non-traditional roles over the past 20 years, ranging from direct hands-on clinical work, positive behaviour support and consultancy to project development, training, and co-ordination. Candy is a passionate advocate for person focussed family-centred transdisciplinary practice.

Upon graduating as a Communication Pathologist from University of Pretoria in South Africa (2000), Candy relocated to Warrnambool, Victoria, in 2001 where she started her career as an Audiologist with Hearing Australia (formerly Australian Hearing). The experience she’d gained while working as an Audiologist, together with her background in Speech Pathology and keen interest in supporting communication subsequently led her to Expression Australia (formerly Hearservice), in Melbourne, where she could focus her attention on adult hearing loss management and Tinnitus support as part of their Rehabilitation Team.

In 2007 Candy relocated to Perth, Western Australia and over the next 14 years worked extensively in the Autism space across key areas including Early Intervention, Autism Advisory and Statewide Consultancy (across ages) as part of a transdisciplinary team at the Autism Association of Western Australia. In 2013 Candy contributed to the Western Australia East Java Autism Project as a member of the Specialist Working Party.

Candy became involved in the HearingAID-East Java program after presenting at the Audiology Australia 2021 Conference on ‘Autism Across the Lifespan – What you need to know’, promoting a deeper understanding of Autism within the Audiology space and highlighting the potential overlap between fields.

Kara Passi

Kara has worked with children who have a hearing loss from birth to Year 12 in her 28 years in deaf education in Western Australia. She is currently working for the School of Special Educational Needs: Sensory as a Coordinator Teacher Services in the area of Early Childhood. She has a strong interest in language development and the importance of early detection and intervention in children with a hearing loss.

Kara became involved in the HearingAID-East Java program when she participated in the Rotary Teacher Exchange between Karya Mulia School and the School of Special Educational Needs: Sensory. She travelled to Surabaya to provide intensive teacher training to the staff for one week in 2018 and fell in love with the school, the children and the passionate staff. She has returned to Karya Mulia School on two more occasions and is looking forward to returning and working with staff and students.

Vicki Richardson

Vicki Richardson is a director of Indonesia Institute and a member of Arek Jatim which keeps her in contact socially with the East Javanese community.

Vicki commenced her Indonesian teaching career in 1998 and was a trailblazer for instigating programs that connected secondary students in Indonesia and Australia. She was also involved in the BRIDGE program which connects schools in Indonesia with schools in Australia. Vicki’s student exchanges have been the subject of three research studies conducted by the Asia Education Foundation due to the success of her exchanges and her past students’ continuing involvement with Indonesia and Indonesian language

During her teaching career Vicki was shortlisted for several awards such as Australia Indonesia Award and the Muslim Non-Muslim Understanding Award. She was also a frequent state, national & international conference speaker. She retired as Dean of Languages in 2016 but continues presenting educational seminars.

Vicki is currently living between Surabaya, East Java and Perth. When in Indonesia she volunteers for East Java Education Department and is a volunteer guest lecturer at tertiary institutions focusing on second language pedagogy, positive discipline, 21st century learning, inquiry-based teaching and learning. She also conducts workshops on differentiated assessments in inclusive schools.

Vivien Schrader, MClin Aud. MAudA CCP - Secretary

Vivien has a keen interest in the education and development of early intervention oral communication programs for children with hearing loss in developing countries. Vivien has been a board member since 2014 and was appointed Secretary in 2018.

Vivien has been practicing as a clinical audiologist since completing Masters of Clinical Audiology at the University of Western Australia in 2013. She currently holds a position with West Australia Health, working across Perth Hospitals as Vestibular and Clinical Audiologist for Adults and Children.

Vivien has also worked in remote and regional WA delivering paediatric audiology services in the Earbus outreach program, WA country health service ENT specialist visits and community health clinic settings.