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Speech Therapy
Does your child have difficulty understanding you and following your directions?
Can your child clearly tell you what they want to say?
Does your child understand what they read or have trouble writing or organising their work or other activities?
Speech and Language Pathologists help children and young people with speech, language or learning difficulties.
Students who have difficulty learning may also have a difficulty with speech and language that can be helped with therapy.
Learning Links' Speech and Language Pathologists work collaboratively with the
student, parents/carers, specialist teachers, educational psychologists, occupational therapists, counsellors and other health professionals to help students with low support needs reach their full potential.
Many of our Speech and Language Pathologists utilise Visualising and Verbalising, Lindamood and the Nuffield strategies and programs.
Some common terms
Expressive Language involves the use of written and oral language, semantics and syntax. Semantic skills include understanding and using vocabulary and the relationships between words. Syntax involves oral and written grammar, sentence construction and sequencing language.
Receptive Language involves the understanding of language, auditory processing and comprehension. Auditory processing involves listening, following instructions, understanding concepts such as before/after and memory. Comprehension is acquiring meaning from text.
Pragmatic Language involves the social conventions of language. This includes conversational skills, eye contact, voice volume, interpretation of body language, asking and answering questions, commenting, humour and understanding the rules of language.
Articulation involves the production of speech sounds (lisps, dyspraxia).
Stuttering involves disruptions to speech fluency (blocks, prolongations and repetitions).
Voice involves difficulties in voice quality, pitch or volume.
Assessment Program
A comprehensive assessment is an important first step.
Our detailed assessment reports help identify a student's strengths and areas for development, appropriate intervention and useful strategies for both the classroom and at home.
Speech and Language Assessment
Areas assessed include receptive and expressive language, pragmatic skills, articulation, phonemic awareness, stuttering and voice.
Language and Literacy Assessment
Areas assessed include receptive and expressive language, pragmatic skills, phonemic awareness, reading comprehension, reading accuracy, spelling and written expression.
Therapy Program
Learning Links' Speech Pathologists offer individual and group therapy sessions for students with speech, language and learning difficulties.
Learning Links regularly develops innovative group therapy programs. These programs focus on specific skill areas and operate during term and holiday periods. Our current programs include the Write Words Club, Transition to High School, Visualising and Verbalising, Receptive and Expressive Language and Social Language groups. Contact your local branch to find out about upcoming programs and fees that apply.
Literacy & Numeracy Program
Students in the Literacy & Numeracy Program may experience difficulty with oral language, phonemic awareness, comprehension and written expression. In addition to individual or group therapy sessions, Speech and Language Pathologists work with our specialist teachers in a small group setting at Learning Links. This provides students with a multi-disciplinary approach to assist their learning.
Consultation and Collaboration with Schools
Learning Links' Speech and Language Pathologists seek to work in close collaboration with schools to maximise the outcomes for students receiving our services.
Learning Links' Speech and Language Pathologists are also available to work within the school environment, providing therapy, assessments and consultation to schools as requested. Schools can contact their local branch to organise appropriate services within their school premises. To find our your nearest branch click here.
Professional Development
Professional Development sessions are available to schools and organisations.
Click here for information on our current courses and workshops. You can also contact your local branch to discuss your topic of interest and fees that apply. Click here to find your nearest branch. For more general information about Learning Links' Professional Development click here.
Fees
Learning Links charges fees for services to cover the fees of providing specialist help. As a non-profit organisation and charity, our fees for children and families are as low as possible.
To help subsidise fees for children from financially disadvantaged families, we raise funds and apply to a range of organisations and businesses for financial assistance. To access fee subsidies, you must be a member of Learning Links. If your child is enrolled in a Learning Links' program, you can become a Parent Member for $20 (incl GST) per year. For more information on membership please click here. For our current fee schedule for our services for school children click here.
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