Community
Communication is key
Diagnosed with hearing loss in 2002, Charlie received his first implant in 2006. He says without the help of The Shepherd Centre it would have been very difficult to play sport.
“ It’ s really hard to play a team sport and row without communication as you need to ensure we’ re all on the same page and we all know what we’ re doing.
“ If I had to imagine my life without The Shepherd Centre, I would have to say it would be very hard. I wouldn’ t be able to do so many things I do today, like rowing, skiing, team sports, martial arts and public speaking.
“ It’ s given me a lot of confidence. The Shepherd Centre has helped me with my speech and hearing. It’ s been a great learning experience.”
Charlie Rossi( Year 9) is a graduate of The Shepherd Centre, a notfor-profit organisation that teaches language, speech, listening and social skills to children born with hearing loss.
A keen sportsman, Charlie plays AFL, rowing, skiing, martial arts and a range of team sports. He is also adept at public speaking and contributes to various community events. Charlie’ s main passion, however, is rowing. In previous years, Charlie was coxswain of the school rowing team, a position requiring strong communication skills to ensure peak performance from the crew in a highly competitive environment.
The majority of children who go through The Shepherd Centre’ s world-leading Early Intervention Program go on to attend mainstream schools with 85 % achieving speech on par with their hearing peers. If you are concerned for your child’ s hearing, take The Shepherd Centre’ s Hearing Quiz or find out more at www. shepherdcentre. org. au.
JO WALLACE, THE SHEPHERD CENTRE
Australian Honours
We congratulate the following members of our community who received recognition for their work and public duty in this year ' s Australia Day and Queen’ s Birthday Honours:
Recipients of the Order of |
Recipients of the Officer in |
Recipient of the Member in |
Recipient of the Medal( OAM) |
Australia Companion( AC) |
the General Division( AO |
the General Division( AM) |
in the General Division |
⁄ ⁄ Cate Blanchett AC |
⁄ ⁄ Denis Handlin AO |
⁄ ⁄ The Honourable John |
⁄ ⁄ Tom Cullen( OR1967) OAM |
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Past parent
⁄ ⁄ Julian McMahon( OR1981) AC
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Past parent
⁄ ⁄ Gabrielle Trainor AO
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Hannaford AM Past parent |
⁄ ⁄ Dr Richard Francis Herlihy( OR1958) OAM |
Past student |
Past parent and former member of Saint Ignatius’ College Council |
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⁄ ⁄ Professor Martin Jude OAM Past parent |
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