Services

Services

A child may benefit from speech and language therapy if they have:

• Poor attention and listening skills.
• Began talking later than expected or are using only a few words or no words.
• Difficulties understanding routines, words, concepts and instructions.
• Difficulties putting words together, using words in the wrong order or missing words out.
• Inappropriately echoing or repeating words, or phrases they hear others say.
• Unclear speech.
• Difficulties playing with others.
• Poor conversation and interaction skills (i.e. taking turns, holding a meaningful conversation).
• A stammer.
• Anxiety that stops them from talking in certain situations (i.e. preschool/school).
• Difficulties telling or sequencing their ideas or an event.

An adult may benefit from speech and language therapy if they have:

• A stammer.
• Unclear speech.
• Difficulties following instructions or conversation.
• Difficulties expressing themselves using words and sentences.
• Anxiety that stops them from talking in certain situations.

A child may benefit from literacy support if they have difficulties:

• Recognising and making links between letter sounds, names and shapes.
• Identifying and manipulating sounds within words (i.e. rhyme, first sound).
• Pronouncing or sequencing the sounds or syllables in words correctly (i.e. rabablione for ravioli).
• Hearing the difference between similar-sounding words (i.e. van versus ban).
• Blending letter sounds within words when reading.
• Recognising and remembering high-frequency words (i.e. said, because, little, could).
• Distinguishing between letters and words that look similar (i.e. p-b-q-d, was-saw).
• Keeping their place when reading – missing words or skipping lines.
• Understanding what they read.
• Mastering spelling rules.
• Using punctuation.
• Organising and expressing ideas in writing.