Chatterbox Offers Speech Therapy for Kids
At Chatterbox we want the best for your child. Our speech pathologists and speech therapists in Kellyville 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. All our Speech Pathologists and Speech Therapists share a passion to work with families and children to help them achieve their learning goals.
Speech Therapy Kellyville
Our speech pathologists and speech therapists are dedicated to helping children and their families develop communication skills. This will foster learning and encourage them to participate in activities both at home and in the community. We are able to provide assistance for children with stuttering, autistic spectrum disorder, lisps, and expressive language 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. These disorders may affect language, speech, communication with others, socialising, communicating with people, speaking and listening, writing, reading, or using your voice.
Some of these problems may be caused, among others, by brain injuries, intellectual disabilities or dementia.
What Conditions Can A Speech Pathologist in Kellyville 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 Initial Speech Therapy Consult
- Identify the root causes of your child's problems and determine what you can do to help.
- Provide you with a plan to get your child moving in the right direction immediately
- Design a solution that is tailored to you
Paediatric Speech Therapist in Kellyville
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 ensures that you and your family are familiar with the therapist responsible for your child’s communication journey. This will allow the therapist to learn how your child learns and changes as they grow.
All of our therapists have a university degree at a minimum and are members of our professional body, Speech Pathology Australia. Our therapists have extensive experience working with children with communication difficulties, such as language, speech, spelling, stuttering, and social skills.
Our Therapists must continue to update their skills. 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 Specifically Trained To Assess And Treat Your Child's Communication Skills.
Don’t wait. Early intervention has been shown to improve the chances of children succeeding in school and at home. In general these difficulties do not just ‘go away’. These difficulties are not caused by your child being lazy. Your child might be starting to avoid situations in which they need to talk or getting frustrated when they have homework to do.
It is simply because they find it difficult Although a parent cannot cause their child to experience these difficulties, it is possible for them to find the right support and advice to help them.
Speech Pathology Funding Options
There are options available to help you support your child with Occupational therapy in Kellyville and
speech therapy services. We are able to process:
