Nicci Godsman is a successful executive leader in the education, health, and community services sectors, known for cultivating high-performance teams and delivering superior outcomes. She recently served as General Manager of Children’s and Family Services at Bestchance, leading a specialist school for children with social, emotional and behavioural challenges and a large allied-health team supporting over 400 children through various therapies and programs. Nicci is a strong advocate for honesty, mutual respect, and equality in the workplace, aligning with Learning for Life's ethos.

Her leadership style fosters joy and unity through inspired teamwork. She is committed to driving excellence through strategic planning, superior communication, and fostering a strong workplace culture. Nicci deeply understands diverse educational and developmental environments and believes every child deserves to thrive and choose their own life path. Her mission is to support children and families in achieving positive outcomes and promote a nurturing environment where all children can experience the joy of learning and growth.

Nicci is also an expert in the strategic growth of sustainable business teams, bolstered by strong commercial acumen and financial management skills. She is passionate about building partnerships based on shared values and the pursuit of excellence in service delivery. Her commitment to enhancing individual and family well-being inspires donors to invest in meaningful and transformative programs.

" I am looking forward to collaborating with the team to understand the impactful support they provide to our children, meeting the wonderful families, fostering awareness and understanding within the wider community about our mission, and continuing to create an environment where every child and young person can reach their full potential by truly being themselves."

Emma has over 25 years experience working with children with Autism, ABA therapy delivery and clinical team management/development. Emma has been with Learning for Life since 2008 and the Clinical Director since 2012, where she oversees all the clinical programs, as well as mentors and manages all senior clinical staff and chairs the Best Practise sub-committee.

She also works as the Clinical Director for Abacus and was a founding board member of Lyrebird College.

Emma says her work challenges her to problem solve, build relationships and improve her understanding of how other people learn and how to support people when they need it.

"I love learning from the children we work with and having the opportunity to see how they view the world. I also love that our team at L4Life is motivated to continue learning to become better at what we do."

Registered Psychologist (Ed & Dev)
NDIS Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner
ABAA Professional Member

Sarah is an Educational and Developmental Psychologist with extensive clinical and research experience in the area of ABA.  She works directly with school aged children with complex behaviours of concern; supervises the L4Life Allied Health team and coordinates the L4Life Research Program.

Sarah has worked with Learning for Life for close to 15 years, providing behavioural consulting for children, families and educators throughout the Melbourne school system and into rural Victoria.

Sarah and others in the Learning for Life team have published a paper evaluating the centre’s full-service model program; and Sarah is undertaking her PhD in the Evaluation of the Inclusion Works program.

Sarah hopes to work towards a community where education is accessible for anyone.

 “At L4Life, we have the ability to work with each different child and their family in whatever format is going to meet their individual needs. We have created programs and systems to make sure the individual child always remains at the centre of everything we do.”

MEd (ABA), Board Certified Behaviour Analyst
ABAA Certified Behaviour Analyst
NDIS Registered Behaviour Support Practitioner

Since joining the L4Life team in 2007, Claire has gained extensive experience working with learners within their home, education and community settings, as well as supporting and training their therapists, families and educators.

When working with school-age learners, Claire's practice focuses on reducing exclusion for children with complex behaviours both from their community and education settings.

As Head of Early Intervention, Claire leads our Early Childhood Clinical Consultants, ensuring exceptional early intervention care.

Claire is extremely passionate about advocating for delivery of ethical, neuroaffirming ABA services.  She presented ‘Ethical ABA in Australian Context’ at the 9^th Annual ABAA conference in 2024.

"I feel immensely proud of the work we do at L4Life, at the heart of which is helping our learners access their voice, independence, learning and community. I truly believe that inclusivity in all settings is achievable if open minds and adequate resources are dedicated to it."

BA (Hons)

Fleur has over 25 year's experience working in marketing, communications and fundraising across the education, small business and disability sectors. During her time working in disability services Fleur has also managed fundraising events, volunteer recruitment programs and has developed and implemented a school leaver employment program for young adults with disability.

"I've enjoyed seeing the concept of individualised programs of support put into practise at L4Life.  The focus is on the child and their goals - developing a program to meet these, rather than implementing a cookie cutter approach."

Dip Accg

Meagan loves numbers and finding solutions, which makes her a perfect Finance Manager. 

She joined L4Life in 2022 after 15 years as the Assistant Accountant at Swinburne University Bookshop. Prior to this Meagan worked primarily in Finance and Operations, Point of Sales and Inventory control supports to retail stores. 

"I love working for a not-for-profit and making a difference to the lives of children and their families."

BAppSc (Psych), GDipAppSc (Psych).
ABAA Professional member

As Head of Therapy Assistants, Tiff oversees all Casual Therapy Assistants from recruitment to induction and fostering a culture of continous improvement.

Tiff is also one of our clinical supervisors who has extensive experience in working with children and families across their homes, kinders and schools. Tiff has worked with us since 2014 and works predominantly with families accessing EIBI and also facilitates the SAS social skills program, aiming to build confidence, friendships and further develop social skills for all group members.  

"The best parts of my job are seeing new skills develop in a child and then seeing the impact of those skills and how they contribute to confidence in other areas of learning; and, from a recruitment perspective, it’s meeting with and talking to people that have a genuine passion for working with children. It’s great being a part of connecting those people with a job that really aligns with their values."