Chatterbox Offers Speech Therapy for Kids
Chatterbox strives to provide the best care for your child. Our speech therapists in Lalor Park and speech pathologists are kind and caring. They are passionate about helping children. We have 5 clinics across Sydney in Rosehill, Bella Vista, Oran Park, Kingswood and Penrith.
Our speech pathology clinics offer a friendly, warm environment in which your child can be heard and supported. Our Speech Pathologists and Speech Therapists are passionate about helping children and their families achieve their learning goals.
Speech Therapy Lalor Park
Our speech therapists and speech pathologists are committed to empowering children and families with communication skills which foster learning and encourage your child to join in on activities at home and within the community. We can provide care for children suffering from stuttering, apraxia of speech, autism spectrum disorder, lisps and assist with literacy development in early childhood, expressive language disorders, receptive language disorders and articulation disorders.
We believe that every child deserves access to therapy, no matter where they are located. So we offer online therapy in addition to our clinics within Rosehill, Bella Vista or Oran Park, Penrith & Kingswood. We proudly also offer services to the suburbs of Western Sydney.
What Does A Speech Pathologist Do?
Paediatric Speech Pathologists have the ability to assess and provide speech therapy for children with speech and communication difficulties. The disorders could be related to language, socialising, communicating with other people, speaking, listening, writing, reading, and even using your voice.
Some of these difficulties may be caused by developmental issues, brain injuries, intellectual disabilities, dementia, or other problems that could be related to speech and language development.
What Conditions Can A Speech Pathologist in Lalor Park Help Treat?
The common issues Speech Pathologists can help with are:
- Speech sound disorders
- Language disorders
- Stuttering treatment
- Stammering treatment
- Reading and spelling disorders
- Difficulty with feeding and swallowing
- Lisps
- Receptive language disorders
- Difficulty with repeating what is repeated back to them
- Expressive language
- Language development issues
- Reading comprehension
- Listening and attention
- Speech impairments
- Apraxia of speech
- Phonological dyslexia
- Producing speech sounds correctly (articulation)
- Using the correct sentence structure
- Speech impediments
What to Expect in Your First Speech Therapy Consult
- Identify the root causes of your child's problems and determine what you can do to help.
- Give your child a plan for moving forward immediately.
- Create a custom solution to help you achieve results
Paediatric Speech Therapist in Lalor Park
Who will my child's speech therapist be?
We are committed to your child’s success and will work with you to make sure your family is happy. Each time you visit our clinic, you will see the same therapist. This means that your child and family become familiar with the therapist who will lead your child’s communication journey. This allows the therapist to get to know your child’s learning style and how they progress.
All of our therapists have a university degree at a minimum and are members of our professional body, Speech Pathology Australia. Our therapists are familiar with working with children of all ages, with different communication needs such as language, speech and spelling.
The Therapists at Chatterbox are required to continue their education. Regular Professional Development Workshops are required to ensure that our Therapists can provide Chatterbox families with the best, most current, research-based therapy.
Speech pathologists are specially trained to assess and treat your child's communication skills.
Don’t wait. Children can be helped now and in the future by early intervention. These difficulties don’t simply ‘go away”. Your child is not having these difficulties because they are lazy. You may find they are starting to avoid situations where they have to talk, or will become frustrated when they have to do their homework.
It is simply because they find it difficult A parent does not cause their child to have these difficulties, however a parent who has found the right advice and support can help their child to achieve success.
Speech Pathology Funding Options
There are options available to help you support your child with Occupational therapy in Lalor Park and
speech therapy services. We are able to process:
