Autism, AAC, & Special Populations
Speech Assessments for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Best Practice Insights
Are You Worried About Missing Key Speech Milestones for Your Child With ASD? It is natural to feel concerned when...
Clinical Research & Insights
Evidence-based articles on speech, language and communication development, written for families and professionals.
Autism, AAC, & Special Populations
Are You Worried About Missing Key Speech Milestones for Your Child With ASD? It is natural to feel concerned when...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
Speech sound disorders (SSD) in children can mask deeper linguistic and cognitive-linguistic issues that may later affect literacy. Barbara Dodd’s...
Dysphagia, Feeding, & Palliative Care
Why Do Children With Cancer Need Tailored Speech Pathology? Parents and carers often wonder whether a serious medical diagnosis such...
Neurological Rehabilitation & Brain Injury
Does Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Adolescents Really Matter? Teenagers often appear robust, yet an mTBI—a sudden bump or blow...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
The Complexities of CAS: Where Do Parents and Professionals Begin? For many parents, carers, and teachers, watching a child struggle...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
Differentiating childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) from paediatric dysarthria can be challenging for speech pathologists. According to a 2022 tutorial...
Service Delivery, Research, & Policy
Waiting lists for paediatric speech pathology can impose considerable stress on families. As a researcher and clinician, I’ve encountered parents...
Telehealth & Technological Innovations
Could Telehealth Be the Path to Greater Access? The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the necessity of creative service delivery in...
Other
How Can We Ease Communication Challenges in Paediatric Palliative Care? Supporting children in palliative care involves more than simply managing...
Audiology & Cochlear Implantation
A Deep Concern: Early Brain Injury and Its Impact When children between birth and four years of age experience a...
Fluency & Stuttering
As a paediatric speech pathologist, I have witnessed parents and carers feeling overwhelmed by their child’s communication difficulties. In clinical...
Early Intervention
We had such a wonderful time presenting our ‘Early Years Communication Development’ seminar to the Bowen Hills Early Learning community....
Autism, AAC, & Special Populations
By understanding a child’s unique individual differences, appreciating their unique developmental stage and what sparks their joy and interest, we...
Complex Motor Speech Conditions
What to expect if your child has lost their front teeth prematurely “If your child has lost their front teeth...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
Higher level language abilities are critical for social skills development and academic success With April Fool’s Day just passing, it’s...
Neurological Rehabilitation & Brain Injury
Today is Epilepsy Awareness Day! We are so proud to clinically support children with epilepsy. Did you know that epilepsy...
Early Intervention
A very natural question for parents and caregivers to ask is, ‘how long will speech therapy take?’. Any therapy is...
Speech Pathology The Animated Series
This week was Speech Pathology Awareness Week. We wanted to help make people aware, so we created the video embedded...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
Towards the end of term 1, parents commonly sit down with their little one’s prep teacher. This is an opportunity...
Understanding Paediatric Speech & Language Disorders
Parents often wonder about what speech and language skills their child will need for kindy. With prep right around the...
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