Speech Pathology

Speech Pathology is more than just speech. Children with developmental differences or neurodivergence can have difficulty with understanding language and non-verbal communication, expressing themself either in words or by other means, clarity of speech and social
interactions. Speech Pathologists can help your child or young person understand how to interact, engage, play and communicate effectively with other people.

Speech Pathologists work with children, young people, caregivers and educators and teach them skills across:

• Self-expression
  
  • Learning to talk
  • Learning to use an augmentative or alternative communication (AAC) such as PECS or an iPad speech device
  • Using speech or a system of communication to ask for things or to say “no”
  • Using speech or a system of communication for social purposes such as greeting, showing and sharing ideas
• Social Communication
  • Initiating communication with others
  • Responding to others when they talk
  • Staying on topic
  • Talking about the topic of other people
  • Having a backwards and forwards conversation
• Social Interactions and understanding their own social style and the styles of others to promote successful interactions
  • Staying engaged with other people
  • Joint/sharing attention
  • Imitation
• Language Comprehension
  • Following instructions
  • Understanding language
  • Answering questions
• Language fundamentals
  
  • Vocabulary
  • Forming sentences
• Conversational skills
  • Asking questions
  • Telling a story
• Speech clarity
  
  • Speech sounds
  • Stuttering and Fluency
• Reading
  • Phonological awareness
  • Phonics
  • Reading Comprehension