Speech and language

Speech pathology supports communication, including difficulties with speaking, listening, understanding language, reading and writing.

Speech and language help for Mob assists children with their speech and language development as well as helps their eating, reading, and spelling skills.

They also work with people who may have difficulty communicating because of developmental delays, a stroke, brain injuries, learning or intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, dementia, and other conditions that can affect speech and language.

MATSICHS Speech Pathology clients, Speech and language help for Mob

What can we support you with?

For jarjums:

eating – chewing foods, sucking or swallowing
identifying early learning difficulties
speech – making sounds and talking clearly
stuttering
understanding what people say.

For adults:

changes to vocal quality (e.g. husky or hoarse sounding voice)
meal support – eating and drinking safely
speech and talking clearly
stuttering
understanding what people say.

What happens at the service?

For jarjums, at the first appointment, the speech pathologist will yarn with you and your child and watch your child play. They will then yarn with you about areas where your child will benefit from speech pathology and what that might look like.

For adults, the speech pathologist will yarn with you to look at your strengths and challenges with speech, language, and/or swallowing. If you need support, a speech pathologist will do some activities with you. They may visit your home during mealtime to monitor eating and drinking, and provice safe options.