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

Hi everyone :) Just letting you know the VC words (such as: up, in, on, eat etc) are out on YouTube if you would like so...
01/09/2024

Hi everyone :) Just letting you know the VC words (such as: up, in, on, eat etc) are out on YouTube if you would like some ideas on how to help your child produce words at this syllable level. Have a wonderful day!

Welcome to Olga Komadina Apraxia Therapy!This home practice vid...

Hi everyone :) Just letting you know the CV1CV2 words such as (puppy, turtle, mummy, daddy etc) are out on YouTube if yo...
01/09/2024

Hi everyone :) Just letting you know the CV1CV2 words such as (puppy, turtle, mummy, daddy etc) are out on YouTube if you would like some ideas on how to help your child produce words at this syllable level. Have a wonderful day!

Welcome to Olga Komadina Apraxia Therapy!This home practice vid...

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