Andrew Kendrick has worked extensively in the field of Auditory-Verbal Therapy over the past 35 years. Andrew’s work as therapist, consultant, lecturer, and publisher has given him the opportunity to live and work in Australia, Singapore, and China, During this time Andrew has gained significant experience in working with children, parents, teachers, therapists, audiologists and other related professionals across cultures.
In Singapore he was director of a Cochlear Implant Program providing pre and post cochlear implant support. As Program Development Manager for The Shepherd Centre, a large non government auditory-verbal intervention centre in Australia, Andrew established an internal training and mentoring program and external professional development courses as well as delivering improved accountability across the organisation for children’s outcomes. Across Asia Pacific he has supported the development and delivery of training programs for professionals, as well as establishing the Beijing Training and Education Centre, introducing AVT and improved pediatric audiology to China.
Andrew was the Global Rehabilitation Manager for Cochlear Ltd from 2010 to 2016 where his role was to develop and drives the rehabilitation strategy for the company to ensure candidates, recipients and professionals are well supported across the globe.
Andrew has presented and lectured extensively at national and international conferences across the globe.
Andrew is a certified LSLS Cert. AVT and served on the Board of Directors of the AG Bell Academy for four years.
In 2016 along with his Co-founders, Elisabeth Yunarko and Gia Keuk, they created Spokle. Spokle is an app that has been developed by the Co-founders to empower families whose child has communication challenges to be involved in their child’s therapy by providing guided activities that can be done anytime, anywhere.
Andrew continues to passionately work as an Auditory Verbal Therapist at the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (RIDBC) supporting families whose child has a hearing loss.
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