Services

Language shapes how children understand their world and express their ideas, thoughts and experiences. Some children take longer to understand language, find the right words, or build sentences.

I will get to know your child's understanding and use of language and work with you to set practical, meaningful goals that build on their strengths.

Therapy may support your child to:

• Understanding instructions and concepts
• Finding and using new vocabulary
• Forming clear, complete sentences
• Telling stories and explaining ideas
• Following classroom-style language

If your child is hard to understand, or there are sounds they're struggling to say, that's where speech sound therapy comes in. We can work on articulation, intelligibility, and the patterns underneath the sounds known as phonological processes.

Therapy may support your child to:

• Producing tricky sounds clearly
• Being understood by people outside the family
• Phonological patterns and rules
• Carrying new sounds into everyday talking

Speech pathologists are uniquely placed to support early reading and spelling because the foundations of literacy live in spoken language. I work with children who are getting started, and those who need targeted support.

• Phonological awareness (sounds in words)
• Letter-sound knowledge and decoding
• Spelling patterns
• Reading comprehension and oral language for learning

Social communication is the back-and-forth of being with other people joining a conversation, taking turns, recognising feelings, and adjusting how we talk in different situations. For some children this comes naturally; for others, it's something we can build together with practice.

• Conversation and turn-taking
• Friendships and group play
• Emotion recognition and self-expression
• Understanding non-literal language (jokes, idioms)

I provide speech and language support for children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, working alongside audiologists, teachers of the Deaf, and the family's wider team. Sessions are individualised to each child's listening, language and communication preferences.

• Listening and spoken language development
• Auditory training
• Language and literacy support
• Working with hearing technology in everyday life

Including children with autism, ADHD and other neurodivergent profiles. My approach is neurodiversity-affirming I see your child for who they are and build communication support around their interests, strengths, and the way they best engage with the world.

• Functional communication for daily life
• AAC introduction and support where helpful
• Language, social and play goals
• Working in partnership with parents and the wider team