SERVICES

We offer a range of evidence-based, theoretically grounded speech, language and literacy services to families and schools covering:

• Assessment and treatment of communication disorders in children and adolescents including:
  • language delay and language disorder
  • unclear speech due to conditions such as phonological disorder or childhood apraxia of speech
  • stuttering (stammering)
  • social and conversational skill deficits
  • voice problems
  • reading difficulties
    
    
• In-clinic consultations; preschool and school visits
  
  
• Assessment reports for diagnostic, funding, programming and planning purposes
  
  
• Second opinions
  (especially in cases of language impairment in school-aged children and adolescents)
  
  
• Individual education and transition planning
  
  
• Advocating for families
  
  
• Collaboration and consultation with schools
  
  
• Individualised programs for implementation at home and/or school

• We have speech-language pathologists who are trained in a range of evidence-based interventions that includes: the Lidcombe Program for treatment of early stuttering, MULTILIT – for low progress readers, and the Hanen Program.

Working with Teachers
As preschool and school communication specialists, we also offer professional learning activities tailored to the needs of early childhood staff, teachers (Kindergarten - Year 12) and other professionals, covering:

• The nature and implications of communication disorders associated with particular conditions (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, hearing loss, intellectual disability, acquired brain impairment, learning disability, socio-behavioural and attention problems)
• Ways of maximising educational outcomes for students:
• screening for communication disorders
• inclusive practices
• adjustments and modifications
• curriculum differentiation
• ascertaining school readiness
• assistive technologies
  
  
• facilitating transitions (preschool to kindergarten, primary to high school, school to community)
  
  
• Typical speech and language development
  
  
• Voice care for teachers
  
  
• Clinical supervision of speech-language pathology students
  
  
• Facilitation of school-based quality teaching projects

Fees
Please contact us by telephone or email with your postal address and we will mail you a printed copy of our current schedule of fees. Check with your private health insurance provider about possible rebates.

Are our practices up-to-date?
Speech-language pathology is a young and exciting profession founded on knowledge gained from older disciplines including medicine, psychology, linguistics and education. Each of our speech-language pathologists is a university qualified specialist and a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia.

We are committed to an evidence-based approach to our speech-language pathology work. “Evidence-based practice (EBP) entails a critical mindset and rigorous methods that foster the judicious integration of scientific evidence into clinical decision making”
(C. J. Johnson, 2006, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol 15, pp. 20-35).

Scholarly research, including collaborations with colleagues from the University of Sydney, keeps us up-to-date with new developments in our field. Such research has resulted in papers presented at national and international speech-language pathology and education conferences.