Speech Pathology
Speech pathologists at Novita work with infants, children, adolescents and their families to develop skills in communication and to support eating and drinking, while making sure that safety is maintained.
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What Novita speech pathologists do
Communication
View a videoclip in which Jenny, speech pathologist, and parents of children with cerebral palsy talk about communication and speech pathology (this link loads a page that commences streaming of a 8.4 Megabyte MOV file of 2 minutes, 30 seconds duration - a text description and transcript of the video is provided)
- Provide information and ideas to families and other communication partners about how to support children to develop their ability to communicate and interact in all of their communication environments. This is done individually or in workshops or groups, such as:
- Assess speech, language, fluency, voice, swallowing and control of saliva and of children’s ability to interact in conversation and other communication situations.
- Provide advice about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for children whose speech doesn’t allow them to communicate all the things they want to say.
- Introduce, develop and continuously expand client's AAC systems.
- Provide advice about the development of literacy and learning for children with complex communication needs.
- Provide Makaton Signing workshops to families and other communication partners of children for whom Makaton has been suggested or is being used.
- Assess for, and provide, Speech Generating Devices for children who need a ‘voice’.
- Provide direct, individual or group speech pathology to help children gain specific skills in the areas of speech, language, communication or using AAC Read more about AAC
- Provide information and support to encourage the development of positive, respectful and informed communication with children who are using early communication skills.
Read how Nicholas was helped by a speech pathologist
Read about how Sally's communication at school was assisted by her speech pathologist
Mealtime management
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Webpages
Factsheets
SPELL song boards and symbol sheets
Oral Eating Drinking Care Plans (PDF - 48Kb)