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What does a Speech Pathologist actually DO?

Speech pathology supports meaningful, everyday communication. This can involve working on speech sounds, understanding and using language, social interaction, literacy, and other skills that help people express themselves and connect with others. Every person’s communication profile is different, so support is always tailored to their individual strengths, needs, and goals. The areas below give an overview of the different ways support can be shaped around each individual.

Speech Production

Speech Production

Helping individuals produce sounds clearly so they can be understood by others. This includes working on pronunciation, sound patterns, and correcting speech errors like lisps or substituting one sound for another.
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Oral Language

Oral Language

Supporting the understanding and use of spoken language for communication. It includes listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure (to name a few).
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Social Skills

Social Skills

Helping people who feel like they struggle with communicating with others. There are so many skills that we use every day to have our wants and needs met, but feeling connected with others is just as important.
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Problem Solving

Problem Solving

Developing advanced language skills needed for reasoning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. This includes making inferences, generating solutions, and predicting, to name a few.
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Fluency

Fluency

Providing strategies to improve the flow of speech for individuals who experience stuttering. Therapy focuses on building confidence and reducing tension or repetition in speech.
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Literacy

Literacy

Helping with reading, spelling, and writing through synthetic phonics based approaches. We explicitly teach the skills for decoding and encoding, which supports success at your pace!
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Executive Skills

Executive Skills

Ever feel like you're always behind, disorganised, and never able to catch up? It might be a weakness in Executive Skills. Therapy focuses on skills to support independence in learning and daily tasks.
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Anxious Eating

Anxious Eating

Supporting children and families who experience challenges with meal time peace. Therapy focuses on safely and supportively reducing anxiety, expanding food choices, and building positive mealtime experiences.

AAC

AAC

AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication) incorporates providing tools and strategies for individuals who have difficulty speaking verbally, ensuring they can express their thoughts and needs.
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Voice

Voice

Addressing issues related to voice quality, pitch, volume, prosody communicating meaning non-verbally) and vocal health to support clear and healthy voice use.
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Orofacial Myology

Orofacial Myology

Assessment and treatment of improper patterns of muscle muscle movement in the face and mouth which can impact speech, chewing, swallowing and breathing.
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How Can Services Be Accessed?

Speech Pathology can be delivered in different settings depending on your needs, preferences, and goals.

Mobile Therapy

Delivered at home or in everyday environments, mobile therapy offers convenience, comfort, and opportunities to practise skills where they’re most needed.

School Visits

Delivered within educational settings, school visits support participation, collaboration, and communication in the environments where children learn and interact each day.

Online Sessions

Delivered online, telehealth offers flexible and accessible support from home or school while still allowing therapy to be tailored to individual goals and needs.

How Services Can Be Funded

Private Services

You can access speech pathology privately without a referral. This allows for flexible scheduling and immediate access to support. Private services may be suitable if you are not accessing funding or prefer to begin therapy without waiting for additional approvals.

NDIS - Self & Plan Managed

Speech pathology can be funded through the NDIS for individuals with an eligible plan. 

Services are available for self-managed and plan-managed participants. 

If you’re unsure how to use your funding, I’m happy to help guide you through the process.

Medicare Rebates

Some individuals may be eligible for a Medicare rebate through a GP referral (e.g. a Chronic Disease Management Plan or other applicable programs). These typically provide a limited number of sessions per year.

If you’re unsure whether you’re eligible, I recommend speaking with your GP.

Questions about any of the above?

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