NAME OF ENTREPRENEUR : DINA LILLIAN CELL : 082 820 6225 AREA : JOHANNESBURG EMAIL : DINA . LILIAN @ GMAIL . COM WEBSITE : SPEAKEASY . ORG . ZA DINALILIAN . WEEBLY . COM
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DINA LILIAN QUALIFIED AS A SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST CUM LAUDE IN 2002 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND IN JOHANNESBURG , SOUTH AFRICA AND SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLETED A MASTERS DEGREE IN SPEECH THERAPY CUM LAUDE IN 2005 . SHE HAS A SPECIAL INTEREST IN STUTTERING AND HAS WORKED IN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA . MOST OF HER CLIENTS ARE PEOPLE WHO STUTTER OF ALL AGES . SHE WAS THE HEAD OF THE SPEECH THERAPY DEPARTMENT AT SOUTH RAND HOSPITAL FOR NINE YEARS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY OPENED THE STUTTERING CLINIC AT DONALD GORDON MEDICAL CENTRE IN 2007 . DINA RE-ESTABLISHED SPEAKEASY WWW . SPEAKEASY . ORG . ZA , THE SELF HELP GROUP FOR PEOPLE WHO STUTTER , IN 2001AND IS THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ISA ( INTERNATIONAL STUTTERING ASSOCIATION ) WWW . ISASTUTTER . ORG AND ICA ( INTERNATIONAL CLUTTERING ASSOCIATION ). DINA WAS ELECTED ON THE ISA BOARD IN 2019 AND IS CURRENTLY THE VICE CHAIR OF THE ISA BOARD . DINA CHOSE THE CAREER AS A SPEECH THERAPIST AS SHE STUTTERED SINCE CHILDHOOD . SHE ATTENDED THERAPY WITH NUMEROUS SPEECH THERAPISTS UNTIL SHE WAS GIVEN THE TOOLS TO MANAGE HER STUTTER AT APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD . DINA WANTED TO SHARE HER KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS AND THEREFORE DECIDED TO EMBARK ON THE CAREER OF SPEECH THERAPY .
THANKS TO HER EXPERIENCE WITH STUTTERING AND SUBSEQUENT CAREER AS A SPEECH THERAPIST , SHE HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO ATTEND AND BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK AT NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS . DINA ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO RADIO AND TELEVISION SHOWS ON THE TOPIC OF FLUENCY AND HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF ARTICLES ABOUT STUTTERING . SHE ALSO LECTURED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND ON THE TOPIC OF FLUENCY DISORDERS AND CURRENTLY PROVIDES CLINICAL SUPERVISION TO UNDERGRADUATES . DINA CONSULTED PART-TIME AT THE WITS DONALD GORDON MEDICAL CENTRE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS . SHE CURRENTLY HAS A PRIVATE PRACTICE BASED AT THE NORWOOD THERAPY CENTRE .
IN HER SPARE TIME , DINA ENJOYS THE OUTDOORS , SWIMMING , GYM , LISTENING TO MUSIC AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS .