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Googong Speech Pathology

Locality: Googong

Phone: +61 468 419 094

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24.01.2022 New games for therapy! Cant wait to play

24.01.2022 Our new magnetic cases are finally being used in the clinic - they are so sweet and such a hit! Buying 2 of each theme means that they can be used for barrier games, whereby each persons scene needs to look the same at the end (achieved by taking turns to listen and talk - no peeking allowed!) So perfect for speech, language, stuttering and pre/early literacy therapy

24.01.2022 Happy 1st birthday to us! A year ago today Googong Speech Pathology opened its doors and saw its very first client! Its been an amazing year! Thank you to:... My wonderful families & clients - without whom Googong Speech Pathology would not exist! My family & friends - for providing the support and encouragement to make the dream of running a private practice become a reality. My colleagues (past & present) - for providing inspiration, knowledge, listening ears, chats and professional development. The local schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, playgroups & Allied Health Professionals Ive had the pleasure of meeting and working with - it has been so great to collaborate! I have loved meeting so many lovely families, and assisting with the communication goals of so many children this past year. Thank you all for your ongoing support

24.01.2022 New resource! Flying Pigs ($10 from Kmart) Perfect for language therapy - counting, colours, plurals, turn-taking, sentence formulation, following instructions, vocabulary building (on/off, stop/go, round & round, up/down, in/out) and grammar targets (ing verbs - flying!, irregular past tense - caught). Also great for speech sound reinforcement and structured stuttering therapy! Its great to have lots of new little faces in the clinic this year, as well as returning clients from last year

23.01.2022 TELETHERAPY We are excited to be offering telepractice sessions to all of our current therapy clients! We look forward to seeing you through the screen soon for lots of games, fun & talking!

23.01.2022 Some spooky stories for this week!

23.01.2022 Our little tree is up!There are so many opportunities for communication development when decorating the tree with your little one... Vocabulary Colours Sizes... Shapes Counting Describing words Positional words Sequencing Requesting Formulating sentences Grammatical structures Following instructions Turn-taking Recalling events & telling stories Reinforcer for practising speech sounds Smooth talking activity for stuttering Just to name a few. Happy decorating!!

22.01.2022 We are getting excited for Book Week! All children are invited to attend their session next week (or the week after if they do not have a scheduled session next week) dressed-up as a curious creature or book character. We will have some colouring activities in the clinic, along with incorporating lots of creatures and books into our therapy activities.

21.01.2022 20 minutes a day doesn't seem like much, but every little bit of reading counts!

20.01.2022 Wishing all of our clients and families a wonderful Christmas! Thank you for all of your support this year, Ive loved every minute of working with so many amazing children and families. I look forward to continuing to support you all in 2020!

20.01.2022 We are excited to be donating this Read and Play pack as a prize to the Googong Community Garden raffle! It was so much fun putting this hamper together - full of books, games and activities to support early speech, language and literacy development. Good luck to everyone who entered! We love our local community here

19.01.2022 New books! I just cant help myself when it comes to picture books These are in Aldi for $4.99! Most have been shortlisted by the Childrens Book Council of Australia. Do you know that reading to your child daily is one of the BEST things you can do to support their language development? Even when your child can read by themselves, it is important for them to continue being read to. Part of my role is to support parents in how to use books to support their childs specific speech and language goals. I cant wait to share these new stories in the clinic

18.01.2022 Book week fun with some amazing book characters coming in to the clinic, and using resources in therapy sessions for the fun theme 'Curious Creatures, Wild Minds'!

17.01.2022 Lots of bugs, beetles, spiders, monsters, witches & slime being played with in the clinic this week!

17.01.2022 How many words and phrases can you target with one wind-up toy? Stop! Go! Walk! Run! Fast! Slow! Wind it up! (Round and round!) Twist! Move! Turn around! Come here! Come back! Go away! Stomp! Waddle! Ready...set...go! Uh-oh! All fall down! Crash! Finished! Hello! Goodbye! Go to sleep shh shh shh!! Night-night! Wake-up! Get up! Help! Help me! My turn! Your turn! Please! Thankyou! Any others I've missed??... (These are $1 in Kmart...so cute, and perfect for language stimulation)

17.01.2022 Lots of fun being had in the clinic, making these sweet little popsicle fairies

16.01.2022 This little cafe is open all week for all types of therapy!

16.01.2022 We love Claris the Mouse here! The new look-and-find book is a great resource for speech therapy. Do you know that the Claris the Mouse website has free resources for kids? Including colouring pages, craft activities, spot the difference scenes and word searches https://www.claristhemouse.com/for-kids/

15.01.2022 We are loving these Seek and Find books in the clinic! Perfect for working on vocabulary, concepts, multi-part instructions, describing, sentence formulation, answering questions, story-telling, regular plurals, speech sounds, phonological awareness skills, language stimulation strategies, theory of mind, smooth talking & more!

15.01.2022 Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas Lots of fun with our felt Christmas tree being decorated over & over! Perfect for Christmas vocabulary, location/size/colour concepts, describing words, sequencing, following instructions & using language to request items. Also perfect as a speech motivator or smooth talking activity for stuttering therapy!

14.01.2022 Lovely view from the clinic window this morning, with the rain & Autumn leaves. All ready for a day of fun tele sessions!

13.01.2022 What a beautiful place we live in! Taken just now in Googong.

13.01.2022 EARLY INTERVENTION IS KEY So many times we hear pediatricians recommend wait and see or other parents saying dont worry, my child didnt talk until 3 and... now hes fine and both of these things DELAY intervention- and this is happening all the time! Why is this harmful? Lets say your child has 3 words at 18 months (average is 50 words) so you start intervention. Theres two options, either your child is a late talker and will catch up by kindergarten OR they will continue to have delays that will impact them for years to come. If your child is a late talker, they will do well with intervention and catch up at a quicker rate, they will have a solid language foundation, and will have increased communication and therefore decreased frustration and tantrums. If your child has a language disorder, ALL of the same things will be true, and you will be starting intervention while they are only six months behind and earlier which research says results in the best possible outcome. Now lets say you wait for your child to spontaneously start talking (which it does happen, but I would NEVER recommend waiting for this) but its just not happening for your child- as it does in about 30% of the late talking population. Lets say the child has progressed without therapy and has learned 17 new words in 18 months. They are now 22 months behind age expectations and have SO much catching up to do. And that would mean that between the ages of 3 and 5, they would need to make up almost 4 years (the 22 months they are already delayed + 2 years for time) of language growth to be caught up to same age peers in kindergarten. That is a HUGE gap and really nearly impossible to fill. Its also important to note that research has found those late talkers that do catch up frequently have academic, reading, and social emotional difficulties in school- and having an earlier solid language foundation can ABSOLUTELY improve these later difficulties. So please please, if someone is concerned about their child not talking, DO NOT tell them to wait, DO NOT tell them not to worry. Encourage an evaluation! Intervention might not be needed, and then again it might be- and it has the potential to positively impact that child for the rest of their life! So please dont wait, evaluate!!

13.01.2022 We are all about Christmas books in therapy at the moment! What is your favourite Xmas story?

12.01.2022 A little colouring-in competition to celebrate Speech Pathology Week! Please bring entries along to sessions, send via email or pop in the letterbox (please include name & contact details!) Why not sit alongside your little artist and chat about all of the things they are colouring as they go? Good luck

12.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to all of the beautiful mothers and grandmothers I have the privilege of working with

11.01.2022 There are so many beautiful leaves on the ground in Beltana Park at the moment - perfect for this little therapy activity that targeted choice-making, requesting, taking turns, size and location concepts, colours, describing, action words, counting, following instructions, sentence formulation and more!

10.01.2022 Happy Stuttering Awareness Day! I love working in this area to improve the fluency skills of children

10.01.2022 Happy Speech Pathology Week!! This years theme is Communicating with Confidence For some children and adults communication can be a puzzle - Speech Pathologists can help! What is one speech or language skill that used to be a puzzle for your child, that they have now mastered?

08.01.2022 One of my lovely Speechie friends has started to put together a list of free/discounted apps and online resources - thanks Ash!

07.01.2022 Thank you for your support this Speech Pathology Week. I love being a Speechie and helping children to reach their communication potential!

07.01.2022 Winners of the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year awards just announced!

07.01.2022 Lots of magical unicorn fun this week! Books, puzzles, felts and craft are a fun and engaging way to target a range of therapy goals

07.01.2022 Some of the fantastic story pages that our clients have recently created in their tele sessions!

07.01.2022 Look who's baaaaaaack for Christmas-themed therapy!

05.01.2022 Yesss! I love this so much! Always assume a child hears and understands everything you say! Thanks Busy Bee Speech !

05.01.2022 Our felt tree was such a hit that our snowman friend (& all of his felt pieces) will be in the clinic this week! Lots of fun also being had with our Christmas books, wind-up toys, Pop-Up Olaf & mini erasers (perfect for treasure hunts or sensory tubs!) Not to mention decorating our little Christmas tree

04.01.2022 Communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight. Thats why every year we host Speech Pathology Week to make more Australians aware of th...e 1.2 million Australians with communication disability. The speech pathology profession plays a crucial role working with Australians with communication disability to ensure everyone is communicating with confidence. www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spw2020

04.01.2022 Our dolls house is now all set-up for teletherapy! And also has a lovely outdoor area for relaxing in the winter sun - complete with a swimming pool, BBQ & vegie patch. Endless opportunities for language development

02.01.2022 Not all communication is speech. Around 1.2 million Australians have communication disability. Though, communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen an...d out-of-sight. Thats why during Speech Pathology Week (23-29 August), we strive to raise awareness of communication disability and the important work speech pathologists do to ensure every Australian is communicating with confidence. This short video highlights some of the many and varied ways Australians communicate. www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/spw2020 #SPweek #SpeakUp4CommRights #WeSpeechies #SLPeeps #slp2B

02.01.2022 So excited to be using my new Bjorem speech sound cue cards in therapy this week!

02.01.2022 I am so excited to be participating in the Sounds-Write Practitioners Training over the next 6 weeks! Sounds-Write is a highly structured, synthetic phonics programme. It provides a comprehensive system for teaching reading, writing and spelling in years K-2 (but can also be successfully used as an intervention or catch-up programme beyond these years). https://www.sounds-write.co.uk/