Speech

Our speech pathologists work with children and young people to develop their communication skills.

Do you, your child or young person experience any of the following…

• Are slow to start talking, or are not using many words for their age?
• Have difficulty joining in conversations with family, friends and teachers?
• Have a stutter?
• Find it hard to understand what people say
• Following directions is difficult?
• Struggle with reading, spelling and comprehension?
• Find it difficult to express ideas and feelings?
• Use pictures, sign or technology (like Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to communicate?

How we can help

A Bridges For Learning speech pathologist can help you, your child or young person to:

• Build their communication skills to use in daily interactions and routines with others
• Learn speech sounds, words and sentences to engage with others and express their ideas
• Develop social skills
• Learn to understand the meaning of words and how to follow instructions
• Develop skills to build their understanding literacy
• Identify specific technology to assist with communication (e.g. Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems)

For more information, or if you’d like to speak to one of our Speech Pathologists, please get in touch.

Additional Resources:

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