Sharon Klieve (MEd, MspPath, PhD) is a dual qualified Speech-Language Pathologist and teacher whilst also holding an additional specialisation as a Teacher of the Deaf. She has a deep interest in the intersection of health and education, collaborative practice to support the inclusion and positive outcomes for students with language and literacy difficulties and the implementation of evidence-based intervention for language and literacy difficulties. Sharon has a broad range of experiences working with children from birth to adolescence. In addition to working in early intervention with individual children and families, she has taught in mainstream schools, specialist schools for children who are deaf, specialist schools for children with language and social difficulties and private practice providing school consultation and individualised therapy. She is currently the course coordinator of the Master of Learning Intervention at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Education.

Hannah Stark is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Research in Effective Education in Early Childhood (REEaCh) Center at the University of Melbourne. Her research is about the implementation and sustainment of programs that support language and learning in early childhood settings across Australia.