Rate My Professor Nathan Giaccio

Nathan Giaccio serves as a Lecturer in Speech Pathology within the School of Allied Health and Human Performance, College of Health, at Adelaide University. Since completing his formal studies in 2013, he has dedicated his career to supporting both adult and paediatric populations in various settings, including private practice, rehabilitation/aged care, and community health. He has worked in multidisciplinary teams, addressing all areas of speech pathology. Recently, his focus has been on diagnostics, particularly autism, ADHD, and FASD. He is passionate about neurodiverse affirming practice.

From 2017, Nathan Giaccio has supervised speech pathology students from Flinders University, mentoring over 60 students across a range of placements over five years. He established a dedicated student clinic at Adelaide Paediatrics, overseeing a variety of student rosters totaling more than 70 students. From 2024, this now includes speech pathology students from UniSA. In 2020, he stepped into a clinical lead role at Adelaide Paediatrics, supervising and supporting a team of 19 speech pathologists. His responsibilities include developing resources, monitoring practice guidelines, and reviewing clinical practices to ensure adherence to evidence-based standards. He co-leads the autism diagnostics team, working with the clinical lead psychologist to follow the Autism CRC National Guidelines, and trained new diagnosticians through the Autism SA certification program. Since November 2022, he has been involved with UniSA, taking on lecturing opportunities and serving as course coordinator for HLTH 3091. At Adelaide University, he teaches HLTH 3079 Technology and Multi Modal Communication (2024, 2025), HLTH 3083 Speech Pathology Fieldwork 2 (2025), HLTH 3091 Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Communication and Behaviour (2024, 2025), and HLTH 2060 Hearing Disorders (2024). Supporting junior clinicians, students, and speech pathologists at all career stages has been central to his work.