What to Expect from a Dietetic Appointment Under a Medicare Referral
If your child has been referred to a dietitian under a Medicare plan, you might be wondering: What the appointment…
Celebrating Thomas: A Story of Joy, Growth, and Down Syndrome Awareness
On World Down Syndrome Day, we celebrate inclusion, awareness, and the incredible individuals and families who help shape our understanding…
Managing Back to School Anxiety
Here are some tips from Kaitlin, a dual qualified Counsellor and Speech Therapist, to support your child to manage back…
Thriving Kids, Thriving Families: Why We Can’t Stay Quiet on the NDIS
A timeline, but not a solution Today’s National Press Club address by Minister Mark Butler finally gave families and providers…
Book of the Year Awards (3 to 5 years)
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In case you missed it…Each year Speech Pathology Australia conducts it’s Book of the Year Awards! The aim of the…
Book of the Year Awards (5 to 8 years)
Each year Speech Pathology Australia conducts it’s Book of the Year Awards! The aim of the awards is to promote…
Book of the Year Awards 2021 (Birth to 3 years)
Each year Speech Pathology Australia conducts it’s Book of the Year Awards! The aim of the awards is to promote…
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a diagnosis given to people who have difficulty with using and/or understanding language. One of…
Therapy and Home Practice
I often have discussion with families around the importance of home practice, quality over quantity, spacing out home practice over…
Learning about Colours
One basic concept we take for granted each day is knowing the colours and shapes of the objects in the…
Client Story: Evan
We asked Evan’s family “What does AAC mean to Evan and your family?” This is what they responded with… Just…
Why does my child repeat what I say?
Many children repeat the words and sentences of others when they are learning language skills. This is part of typical child…
Feedback for stuttering intervention with stutter free speech
Early stuttering can present in our early childhood population for a number of reasons, parents often come to us and…
How using gesture can support children’s language development
Most children will learn to use gesture before they start to talk, such as shaking their head to say “yes”…
3M’s: Modelling and Mapping Meaning with AAC
The best way to teach and interact with an individual to communicate using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is to…
Who else can Help?
Our Speech Therapists may recommend support from other Allied Health Providers. Allied Health Providers are qualified professionals that deliver services…
Great ideas for internet rewards and reinforcers
I often have discussions with parents along the lines of “he/she spends too much time on the iPad”, “he/she is…
Back to School
The transition back to school can be a worrying time for many of our kids especially if they are transitioning…
My teacher says my child is finding lots of literacy skills hard, how can I help them?
As speech pathologists we can assist in the development of many early literacy skills as phonological awareness (also referred to…