Speech Pathology

Work with our engaging, empathetic and informed community and home speech pathology team.

Looking for speech pathology? We now serve North Brisbane, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast, Enoggera, Toowong, Ipswich, Logan City, Brisbane City, Goodna, and Redland Bay. 

We can provide services to those with NDIS plans, Medicare (EPC) plans, DVA, Aged Care and privately paying. 

Looking for client-centred, flexible, culturally informed support? We can help! 

What can we work on? A speech-language pathologist (SLP) helps children with communication and swallowing difficulties. SLPs can work on the following skills:

Speech Sounds
Our speech pathologists work with those who have articulation or phonological disorders who have difficulty saying speech sounds. We also work with people who have motor-speech disorders. 

Language
Language skills are important for oral and written communication. Speech pathologists can help improve expressive language (the ability to express oneself) and receptive language (the ability to understand spoken language and directions).

Pragmatics + Social Communication
Social communication skills are important for making and maintaining friendships. Speech pathologists help improve social communication skills by targeting turn-taking, problem-solving, negotiation, joint attention, and perspective-taking. Speech-language pathologists can also help children play appropriately with others.

Feeding/Swallowing
Feeding or swallowing difficulties are also called dysphagia. Speech pathologists help diagnose and manage dysphagia as well as improve their ability to swallow or chew food. Speech pathologists also work with babies and infants who have difficulty sucking milk from a bottle or their mother.

Stuttering
Speech pathologists teach strategies to those who have difficulties with fluency (i.e. stuttering) to help them manage their stuttering and feel less anxious when speaking.

Voice
Speech pathologists can help improve voice quality, pitch, or loudness. These clients might sound too high-pitched, hoarse or loud. Voice disorders are a range of conditions that affect the voice box (larynx). They may cause changes to the voice or complete loss of voice. Voice problems can affect adults or children, and may be short-term or long-term.

Augmentative or Alternative Communication (AAC)
Augmentative and alternative communication, or ‘AAC’, is a type of communication that combines gestures, eye pointing, vocalisations and pointing to symbols as communication for people with limited speech abilities. Communication devices, systems, strategies and tools that replace or support spoken language are known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). 

Questions before getting started? Get in touch.