Village Speech Pathology Dungog

23/10/2024

It may look like we are just playing ……. But that is where the magic happens!

19/10/2024

Whooping cough is on the rise in the Hunter & RSV. Please get your child tested if they have a persistent cough & please do not come into the clinic.

21/01/2024

Just a reminder that therapy starts back Tuesday 30th January. I’m looking forward to seeing you all 👦🏻🧒👧🏼👧🏻

28/12/2023

Grammar check for those who know or don’t know, but write a lot!

Happy New Year, enjoy your holidays.

23/11/2023

12/05/2023

Feeling the love 💕 nothing quite like finding secret messages in your students homework books 💕😂💕

27/03/2023

Teaching words by whole word memorisation is ineffective. Research proves that students learn best when taught the letter sound correspondences and how to blend these (parts) together to read multiple words.

Learn more about researched based practices and resources through our learning lounge https://www.decodablereadersaustralia.com.au/pages/sor-learning-lounge

26/03/2023

A speech therapist’s nightmare 🤣

17/03/2023

NSW children deserve better access to speech pathology services
In the lead up to the NSW state election Speech Pathology Australia calls on all political parties to ensure that the state’s children can access the speech pathology services they need to reduce the risk of them falling behind in language and literacy development. Waiting up to 20 months for an assessment and a further 20 months for therapy means that many children will start school before they receive support, missing the crucial opportunity for early intervention increasing the risk of lifelong impacts.
We call on all political parties to commit to employing speech pathologists within the early education system in line with other states so that NSW’s children have the same opportunities as those in other states.
An expansion of services, where speech pathologists are employed as part of the education team within the universal pre-kindergarten program will ensure that young children have access to the services they need in the critical early years. This would align with services available in other states such as South Australia to give NSW children better access to speech pathology supports, embedded within their early learning environment to give them the best foundation for developing their language and literacy skills.
“The ‘early years’ of a child’s life (from birth to five years of age) are a critical time for the development of speech, language and early literacy skills. These early communication skills lay the foundation for the rest of a child’s life and can influence later social, emotional, academic and vocational achievement,” said Speech Pathology Australia, National President Tim Kittel. Read the full media release via this link: https://bit.ly/3Jzq7Kb

17/03/2023

Is it any wonder some children struggle with reading & spelling when there are 11 different vowel combinations (graphemes) to spell the sound (phoneme) /e/ 🤔

16/02/2023

Adjectives add some magic to our creative writing.

16/05/2022

Not sure if your child might need Speech Therapy. Some signs to look out for. It is never too early for Early Intervention.