Speech Pathology | Services | Practitioner | Appointments | Hours and Fees

Services

The Speech Pathologists at Tyack Health provide assessment and individualised therapy to children in relation to:

• Speech sounds
  e.g. sound errors (e.g. ‘tar’ for ‘car’), difficulty making mouth movements or sequences required for speech
• Receptive language
  e.g. difficulty learning concepts, following directions, understanding questions
• Expressive language
  e.g. limited vocabulary, poor grammar, word finding problems, use short simple sentences
• Social skills
  e.g. difficulty with conversations, making friends, misunderstand facial expressions, use humour incorrectly, too passive when resolving conflict
• Fluency
  e.g. repetition of sounds, syllables words or phrases (e.g. ‘rrrrrrabbit,’ ‘I, I, I, I want to ..’), blocks (i.e. ‘get stuck’ and can’t say the sound or word)
• Auditory Processing
  Able to hear sounds clearly but unable to process or interpret that information properly
  e.g. difficulty following instructions, sequencing ideas, remembering information, may be easily distracted
• Literacy
  e.g. difficulty with rhyming, sound to letter association, sounding and blending words, knowing the alphabet

Additional services that are available include:

• Small group therapy programs
• Joint Occupational Therapy and Speech Pathology sessions
• Home and school visits
• Providing consultative support and education to parents/carers, teachers and other service providers
• Designing resources (e.g. visuals supports, social stories) to support the child in another setting