Speech Pathology
Our Speech Pathology team works with each child, their family, and teachers to support speech and language development across all environments, using evidenced-informed approaches.
The role of our Speech Pathologists is to ensure that every autistic and neurodivergent individual has the ability and opportunity to successfully participate in the community. Our team can support your child to develop effective communication and can also focus on feeding and swallowing abilities.
Our clinicians evaluate and plan intervention to further develop skills across a
range of areas including expressive and receptive language, social communication
play, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), articulation, fluency,
voice, and swallowing.
Our Speech Pathologists can support your child with:
- Social communication skills, to support development of meaningful relationships with family members and peers
- Receptive and expressive language skills
- Functional communication using a range of modes such as pictures, photos, key-word signing, objects and speech
- Play skills to support interactions with peers
- Oro-motor skills for feeding and swallowing
- Articulation and phonological awareness
Our Collaborative Approach
We support each child’s social communication and academic development by consulting with parents and teachers, and providing strategies to support children at home, within the classroom and playground.
Our Speech Pathologists work within a multidisciplinary team to
provide comprehensive early intervention programs, targeting all
aspects of development. As children progress into adolescence,
our speech pathologists, alongside other allied-health
professionals, work with autistic individuals to support their
participation in everyday life activities within the home, and in the
community.
