Olga Komadina Apraxia Therapy - Australia

Olga Komadina Apraxia Therapy - Australia Olga Komadina, Speech Pathologist
Supporting families & speech pathologists in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). 20+ yrs experience.

Supervision, parent training, home practice resources. Telehealth options Australia-wide.

14/06/2025
Poems can be such a powerful way to explain how we feel and help others understand โ€ฆ I love this poem from  Mikey's Wish...
11/06/2025

Poems can be such a powerful way to explain how we feel and help others understand โ€ฆ I love this poem from Mikey's Wish - Verbal Dyspraxia Awareness

05/06/2025
Thank you to Speech Pathology Australia for highlighting ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก during ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก.This...
18/05/2025

Thank you to Speech Pathology Australia for highlighting ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก during ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก.

This lifelong neurological speech disorder isnโ€™t something kids simply grow out ofโ€”it requires ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, and ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ grounded in the ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ .

For any speechies interested, Iโ€™ve just launched a ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐€๐’ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉโ€”open to speech pathologists and students across Australia.
Send me a DM if youโ€™d like the ๐ฆ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿง  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ?Join my free monthly CAS supervision group โ€” for speec...
17/05/2025

๐Ÿง  ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ?
Join my free monthly CAS supervision group โ€” for speech pathologists and students!
โœจ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐๐จ:
โœ… ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โœ… ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก & ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ 
โœ… ๐„๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ & ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
๐Ÿ—“ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก | ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐€๐„๐’๐“ (๐ž๐ฑ. ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ)
๐Ÿ’ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€œ๐๐„๐„๐‘โ€ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐Œ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐™๐จ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค.

โ€œHe tries his heart out to get the words across.โ€Ashtonโ€™s story was featured in The Border Mail this week for ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ...
17/05/2025

โ€œHe tries his heart out to get the words across.โ€

Ashtonโ€™s story was featured in The Border Mail this week for ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก. It highlights his ๐›๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ, the ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐€๐’ (๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก), and the ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญโ€”especially when children are ๐š๐ญ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ.

I feel ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐€๐ฌ๐ก๐ญ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ. Stories like his are ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ ๐๐จ.

The full article is behind a ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ฐ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ, so Iโ€™ve shared a few ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ here with credit to The Border Mail and journalist ๐Œ๐š๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง ๐Œ๐œ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to Ashtonโ€™s family for helping raise awareness and to our ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ for giving space to ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ.

Thank you  for helping raise ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ for ๐‚๐€๐’, even in a week that included an event at ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž!๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก & ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž...
14/05/2025

Thank you for helping raise ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ for ๐‚๐€๐’, even in a week that included an event at ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž!
๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก & ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž:
https://youtu.be/gr93uP-R1MQ?si=wfTacAj83Lqr4Cw5

A heartfelt thank you to  for sharing our video in honour of ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ.Even during a bus...
14/05/2025

A heartfelt thank you to for sharing our video in honour of ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ.

Even during a busy week that included attending an event at ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฆ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž, Mikey took the time to support children with ๐‚๐€๐’ and help raise awareness.

Your advocacy gives families ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž, ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, and the ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž.

Please watch and share this short video to help more people understand what ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก sounds like, what therapy can look like, and the ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง these children show every day.

๐Ÿ”— https://youtu.be/gr93uP-R1MQ?si=pA_AubjlKWQ8PGRt

๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐‚๐€๐’) ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌThis video features three inc...

14/05/2025

๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐‚๐€๐’) ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ โ€“ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌThis video features three incredible children from ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐š who are living with ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐‚๐€๐’)โ€”a ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ that affects a childโ€™s ability to plan and coordinate the precise movements required for speech.Shared as part of ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฑ๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก, the video aims to help the wider community better understand what CAS is, what it sounds like, and how it impacts communication and daily life. It also serves as a heartfelt call to the ๐๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’ and ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ to continue recognising and supporting children with CAS.Unlike speech delays that may resolve on their own, ๐‚๐€๐’ ๐ซ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ฒโ€”without it, children are at risk of being left without a voice.Together, letโ€™s ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, and ensure ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐.Please ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž to help raise awareness this Apraxia Awareness Month. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ”Š ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ฌ

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