Our paediatric speech therapists use a variety of therapy techniques to address oral motor dysfunction, apraxia, fluency, receptive and expressive language, social pragmatics, and feeding and swallowing difficulties, to help your child improve overall communication and/or feeding development.
At NAPA Centre, our paediatric speech therapists provide individualised care to help children develop communication skills. We offer both weekly speech therapy sessions and intensive speech therapy programs for families across Australia and worldwide.
Our paediatric speech pathologists work with children of all abilities, helping them express themselves, build relationships, and improve overall quality of life through evidence-based therapy.
Our paediatric speech therapy programs support children with a wide range of speech, language, and communication difficulties, including:
We provide individualised speech therapy for kids with complex communication needs. Our children’s speech and language therapists are experienced with a variety of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. We tailor our approach to the child’s unique strengths, language abilities, vision, motor function, and positioning—always assuming competence and potential.
Speech therapy for kids helps with much more than just talking. Our paediatric SLPs support development in:
It is crucial that a child who is limited in communication receives ongoing speech and language therapy so that they can learn to communicate their daily basic needs and wants to others in their environment. Paediatric speech therapy helps children with communication, social skills, reading, alternative communication methods, and more. At times, speech therapy may incorporate feeding therapy.
At NAPA Centre, we understand that your child is unique with very specific needs. For this reason, we provide individualised therapy sessions for each child. We offer traditional weekly paediatric speech therapy sessions for families near our clinics. In addition to weekly speech therapy for kids, we also offer intensive speech therapy sessions at our clinics, which attract families worldwide. Both weekly and intensive speech therapy sessions are offered at our clinics in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and internationally in Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and London.
If you believe your child or loved one may benefit from paediatric speech therapy at NAPA, please contact our team or request a complimentary discovery session with one of our therapists to discuss your child’s unique needs and how NAPA can help.
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A multidimensional approach that integrates the physical-sensory aspects of motor production with the cognitive-linguistic and social-emotional aspects of language to develop motor skill within the context of meaningful language interactions.
A practical therapy approach that incorporates parent-training for building language, interaction, and communication skills naturally through everyday routines and activities.
Intervention program that provides assisted movement to activate muscle contraction and increase functional strength and control of articulatory musculature for speech production.
Treatment frameworks and strategies for developing competency in both social cognitive thinking and social skills in order to respond appropriately to social information and participate in situational expectations.
Low Tech Communication Boards/Books, Auto and Step-Scanning, Eye Gaze Devices, Partner-assisted auditory or visual scanning, Switches and switch placement (single or two-switch), AAC programs on iPads and dedicated devices (Proloquo2Go, TouchChat, GoTalk), Prentke Romich Company programs (e.g., Language Acquisition through Motor Planning [LAMP]; Unity), TobiiDynavox programs (e.g., Compass, PODD), Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display (PODD), Alternative Access products and methods.
Our trained paediatric speech therapists use a variety of techniques and approaches tailored to fit each child’s individual needs while emphasizing a total language approach to help foster communicative success.
