Welcome to The Speech Pathology Centre!
We are located in Abbotsford, offering speech pathology assessment & therapy services for private and NDIS clients.
Who Are we?
About us
We specialise in paediatrics and offer speech therapy for kids. We work with children aged from 9 months to 16 years of age to assist with their communication and feeding needs. We help support children with speech development, language delay, social skills, pre-literacy, literacy, stuttering, feeding and voice.
Our location
We are located in the Inner West suburb of Abbotsford and service many suburbs including Five Dock, Wareemba, Russell Lea, Chiswick, Rodd Point, Huntleys Cove, Huntleys Point, Tennyson Point, Hunters Hill, Woolwich, Birchgrove, Rozelle, Balmain, East Balmain, Canada Bay, Concord, Cabarita, Breakfast Point, Haberfield, Lilyfield & Leichhardt. We also offer telehealth therapy.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Our speech pathologists use a family-centred approach to formulate and establish intervention goals and implement strategies, to facilitate ways in which to enrich your child’s development.
OUr Services
Speech
Expressive Language
Expressive Language
Clarity of a child’s speech (ie. lisps), how easily understood they are by other speakers and their range of speech sounds.
Expressive Language
Expressive Language
Expressive Language
Use grammar & vocabulary to form basic utterances and more complex sentences.
Receptive Language
Expressive Language
Receptive Language
Comprehension of concepts, vocabulary and grammar, and following instructions.
Social Skills
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Receptive Language
Use language in social settings (ie. home, daycare, school) with a range of speakers (ie. parents, siblings, peers, teachers).
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Understand that words comprise of sounds and syllables and these can be manipulated ie. syllabification, rhyming, blending, segmenting. Also known as 'school readiness' skills.
Written Language & Literacy
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Pre-literacy & Phonological Awareness
Read, spell and formulate ideas into sentences and written texts. Reading comprehension is also an essential skill.
Stuttering
Stuttering
Stuttering
How fluently a child can communicate without disfluencies or stutters. Stuttering includes:
§ Repetitions of sounds, words or phrases e.g. Can I-Can I- Can I have
§ Prolongations e.g. sssssssnake
§ Hesitations e.g. well um ah well see um
Feeding
Stuttering
Stuttering
How a child eats, chews, swallows and drinks. ‘Picky’ eaters or 'fussy' eaters tolerate a limited range of foods with preferences for texture, taste, colour & shape.
Voice
Stuttering
Voice
Vocal quality (ie. hoarse voice, husky voice or breathy voice), pitch (ie. highness/lowness), volume (ie. loudness/softness) and the way in which a child uses their voice.
What happens next?
1. Initial consultation
1. Initial consultation
1. Initial consultation
The speech pathologist will evaluate your child’s communication or feeding skills. Assessment is dynamic and varies for each child. The initial consult is 60 or 90 minute sessions in length, however in some instances where an informal assessment is completed, this will be conducted via diagnostic therapy over 3-4 sessions, in order to gain substantial information to form a clinical diagnosis.
2. Goal setting
1. Initial consultation
1. Initial consultation
After the initial consult, the therapist will have a discussion with the family and make the necessary clinical recommendations. Goals will then be devised to target your child's communication or feeding skills.
3. Therapy
1. Initial consultation
3. Therapy
Weekly therapy sessions will occur for either 45 or 60 minutes to ensure optimal progress for your child.
Therapy aims to facilitate and support your child’s development, thereby improving and positively contributing to your child’s quality of life!
Funding Options
Medicare
Medicare
1. 10970: Chronic Disease Management (CDM) or Enhanced Primary Care Plan (EPC)
2. 81360: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Service
3. 82020: Complex Neurodevelopmental Disorders (such as ASD).
NDIS
Medicare
1. Self-managed
2. Plan-managed
Private Health Insurance
Private Health Insurance
Please check with your provider to ascertain your level of coverage.
