Assessment and Therapy
We offer comprehensive assessment of an individual’s language, speech, literacy and social communication, including school observations and liaising with parents and teachers to obtain information.
If indicated, we offer therapy for the following areas:
- Social Communication and Connection (e.g. Supporting reciprocal communication, relationships, self-advocacy, understanding different communication styles and navigating social situations)
- Speech (e.g. Supporting speech development and speech clarity so that clients can communicate comfortably and be understood)
- Fluency (e.g. Stuttering)
- Expressive Language (e.g. Expressing ideas, vocabulary, grammar and functional communication)
- Receptive Language (e.g. Supporting understanding and comprehension skills)
- Written language (e.g. Reading comprehension, creative writing)
- Phonological Awareness
- Literacy (e.g. Reading and spelling)
- Early intervention (e.g. Late talkers)
- Auditory Processing
We have therapists skilled in:
Our Approach to Neurodiversity
At Spark Speech Pathology, we recognise that people communicate, learn, play, regulate and connect in different ways.
We take a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach that values each person's individuality, communication style, interests and lived experience. Our role is not to make people appear or communicate more "typically". Instead, we work collaboratively with clients and their families to develop skills, strategies and environmental supports that make communication more accessible, meaningful and comfortable.
We support self-advocacy, autonomy, connection and participation, while respecting individual boundaries, preferences and communication needs.
We recognise that there is no single "right" way to communicate, interact or regulate. Our goal is to help each person communicate in ways that work for them and build relationships and environments where different ways of being and communicating are respected.
- Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment
- Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) PROMPT
- Lidcombe program for stuttering
- Smooth Speech for stuttering
- Zones of Regulation
- Social Thinking
- Hanen It takes two to talk
- Cued Articulation
- Dir Floortime
- Multisensory Structured Language
- Sounds Write for literacy
Our Approach to Neurodiversity
At Spark Speech Pathology, we recognise that people communicate, learn, play, regulate and connect in different ways.
We take a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach that values each person's individuality, communication style, interests and lived experience. Our role is not to make people appear or communicate more "typically". Instead, we work collaboratively with clients and their families to develop skills, strategies and environmental supports that make communication more accessible, meaningful and comfortable.
We support self-advocacy, autonomy, connection and participation, while respecting individual boundaries, preferences and communication needs.
We recognise that there is no single "right" way to communicate, interact or regulate. Our goal is to help each person communicate in ways that work for them and build relationships and environments where different ways of being and communicating are respected.
Professional Development
We have a range of presentations and workshops that we regularly present to teachers, integration aides and parents on.
Some topics we present include:
- Supporting Social Communication, Connection and Self-Advocacy
- Understanding Language Disorders and Creating Accessible Communication Environments
- Strengthening Phonological Awareness Skills
- Fragile X Syndrome - What is it and how can we help?
- Understanding Autism Through a Neurodiversity-Affirming Lens
