What is a speech pathologist?
Speech pathologists are health professionals who specialise in communication and swallowing/feeding. A speech pathologist’s role involves assessing and supporting speech, language, literacy, mealtimes and meaningful communication (including exploring different communication methods).

How can a speech pathologist help my child?
Our speech pathologists can help children with:

• Finding alternative communication methods and making environments more accessible and inclusive

• Supporting speech and language to be easier to understand

• Expressing their wants, needs, thoughts and ideas more clearly

• Improving reading, comprehension, and spelling skills

• Expanding vocabulary, grammar and improving sentence structure

• Building understanding of themselves and other people

• Using communication to advocate for themselves 

• Engaging in meaningful social communication and building strong social connections