Our speech therapy services are designed to support children and adults in developing the skills they need for effective communication, voice quality, and social interactions. Whether your loved one is facing speech challenges, language delays, social difficulties, or voice concerns, we offer tailored services to help them thrive.

Below is a comprehensive overview of what our speech therapy can provide:


Speech Sound Skills Articulation:

– Teaching clear production of speech sounds (e.g., /s/, /r/, /l/, etc.).

– Phonological skills: Addressing patterns of sound errors, like leaving off ending sounds or replacing sounds.

– Speech clarity: Working on improving how understandable the child’s speech is.

– Speech sound blends: Helping with the pronunciation of sound combinations (e.g., “bl,” “gr,” “str”).

– Multi-syllabic word production: Improving clarity in longer, more complex words (e.g., “animal”).

– Stuttering/Fluency: Providing strategies to manage and reduce stuttering for smoother speech.


Expressive Language Skills

– Vocabulary development: Expanding the range of words the child or adult uses to communicate.

– Sentence structure: Helping with combining words into correct and meaningful sentences.

– Grammar and tense: Supporting the use of correct verb tenses, pronouns, and sentence patterns.

– Answering questions: Teaching how to respond to “who,” “what,” “where,” “when,” and “why” questions.

– Storytelling: Developing skills for telling stories or recounting past events in a logical sequence.

– Expanding sentence length: Encouraging the use of more complex and complete sentences. ]


Receptive Language Skills

-Following directions: Teaching children and adults to understand and follow one-step, two-step, and multi-step directions.

– Vocabulary comprehension: Helping with understanding basic words, categories, and concepts (e.g., size, colours, directions).

– Understanding questions: Supporting the ability to understand “wh” questions and yes/no questions.

– Listening comprehension: Developing skills to understand and process spoken language and conversations.

– Understanding narratives: Encouraging comprehension of stories, including identifying key details and making predictions.


Social Communication (Pragmatics)

– Initiating conversations: Teaching how to start conversations, make requests, or greet others.

– Turn-taking: Developing skills to take turns in conversations and respect speaking turns

– Building conversation: Developing back and forth conversation with questions and comments. 

– Body language: Supporting appropriate use of non-verbal communication, such as facial expressions and gestures.

– Staying on topic: Helping children and adults stay focused on the conversation topic.

– Understanding social cues: Teaching the meaning of tone of voice, sarcasm, and facial expressions.

– Building and maintaining friendships: Teaching how to build and maintain social relationships, including appropriate behaviours in various social settings

– Making inferences:  “read between the lines” and understand information that is not directly stated (e.g., understanding that if someone says, “It’s cold outside,” they might want to wear a jacket).

– Figurative language: To understand non-literal language, such as metaphors, idioms, and sarcasm (e.g., “It’s raining cats and dogs” or “You’re pulling my leg”).

– Predicting outcomes: Encouraging children to use context clues to predict what might happen next in a story or situation.

– Handling conflicts: Supporting effective communication strategies for managing disagreements.



Voice

– Vocal hygiene: Teaching healthy voice habits, such as hydration, managing vocal strain, and avoiding behaviours that damage the vocal cords (e.g., yelling, throat clearing).

– Breath support: Improving breathing techniques to enhance vocal quality and reduce vocal strain.

– Vocal resonance: Working on optimising the voice’s natural resonance for clearer and more pleasant speech.

– Pitch, loudness, and intonation: Teaching strategies to regulate pitch, control volume, and vary tone to make communication more expressive and less effortful.

– Addressing vocal disorders: Providing therapy for conditions such as vocal nodules, vocal fold paralysis, or muscle tension dysphonia to restore and improve vocal function.

– Improving vocal endurance: Helping individuals maintain a strong and clear voice throughout the day without strain or fatigue.


AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)

– Accessing the system: Teaching the child or adult to use their AAC device or system (e.g., picture boards, tablets, or speech-generating devices).

– Building vocabulary: Introducing core and fringe vocabulary words for various communication needs.

– Expressing needs and wants: Helping AAC users communicate basic needs and desires, like requesting food or toys.

– Combining words: Encouraging the use of multiple words to form sentences or longer phrases.

– Participating in conversations: Teaching AAC users to ask and answer questions, share ideas, and express feelings.

– Customising AAC systems: Personalising the system with relevant vocabulary and settings to fit the user’s everyday environment.

– Self-advocacy: Teaching individuals to ask for what they need or want, such as a break or help, especially when feeling overwhelmed.


Literacy Support

– Phonological awareness: Helping children recognise sounds in words, which is essential for reading development.

– Reading comprehension: Teaching skills to understand what has been read or listened to.

– Spelling and writing support: Supporting literacy development through correct spelling, grammar, and sentence construction.



 Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about our services or would like to schedule an assessment!