Communicate Together Speech Therapy

Communicate Together Speech Therapy Communicate Together is a dynamic independent Speech- Language Pathology Service for children

Super exciteeeeeeeed!
29/04/2024

Super exciteeeeeeeed!

I've finally moved from the UK, back to Australia and set up my mobile Speech-Language Pathology Service in the Sutherla...
08/02/2023

I've finally moved from the UK, back to Australia and set up my mobile Speech-Language Pathology Service in the Sutherland Shire! Whoop! Please feel free to pass on my details to all and sundry! No waiting lists yet as just starting out! I have 22 years' experience and specialise in working wirh Autistic littlies as well as speech/language disorders. Call me for a chat and hopefully I can help! 😄

Just received this from a parent! It feels so good to see clients blossom! It's also so nice to feel you might have cont...
04/11/2020

Just received this from a parent! It feels so good to see clients blossom! It's also so nice to feel you might have contributed in some way. 😊

03/11/2020

A bit of light relief in these troublesome times!

My little one's first ever pumpkin carving! TBH it was mostly me and she ran off 100 times and wanted to put back the th...
31/10/2020

My little one's first ever pumpkin carving! TBH it was mostly me and she ran off 100 times and wanted to put back the things we had carved out but it was still fun! Ever the Speech Therapist (me!), I noticed she used some new words - carve, jack-o-lantern, stencil, matches (although this is an original design! 😃) and the kids in the neighbourhood got sweets from their parents when they spotted it outside our house! Wins on all sides! Happy Halloween everyone!

17/10/2020

Far too many children are punished for being children. Punished for not having the impulse control and emotional regulation abilities of adults and punished for adults having expectations of them that are far too high. Punishing a child for an emotional meltdown, because they have immature regulation skills won’t help them to learn to regulate any quicker, but it may impede it. The next time your child behaves in a way that is undesirable, ask yourself “could they have handled this any better, with their level of brain development?”.

Being mindful of neurological development is critical when you discipline. Most mainstream discipline methods – time out, naughty steps, exclusion, shaming and loss of privileges – expect cognitive abilities from children that they just don’t have. Toddlers won’t sit on a naughty step, contemplate their actions and vow to do better next time, simply because they can’t. Preschoolers won’t hypothesise about future actions when they have been sent to their room, because they can’t. Effective discipline always starts from a position of understanding the neurological development of children and what they are capable of at any given age.

Read more here:
https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2017/02/26/five-steps-to-effective-discipline/

The Gentle Discipline Book is currently only £5.99 - a reduction of 60%:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0349412413/ref=dbs_a_w_dp_0349412413

LOVE LOVE LOVE working with parents/carers! This was highlighted today when I had a wonderful zoom session with a super ...
06/10/2020

LOVE LOVE LOVE working with parents/carers! This was highlighted today when I had a wonderful zoom session with a super duper mum! We talked, we problem-solved, we predicted, we made assumptions, we planned! We developed some useful targets and set a plan of action to move this mum's little super star in the direction he is showing us, he needs to go! JOY!

Friendship is so so important to all of us but making and keeping friends is something many of the little people I work ...
03/10/2020

Friendship is so so important to all of us but making and keeping friends is something many of the little people I work with, find so very challenging. Kids with Social Communication difficulties, Autism and speech and language disorders can really struggle to use language and clear speech to join play, start conversations, negotiate, ask questions, reason, predict and problem-solve in social situations, participate in play and chat, understand non-verbal cues, understand and respond to the emotions of others....you get the picture! It's tough! Communication support programs need to have as a central focus, the development of social interaction to maximise the potential for friendship development and maintenance particularly as friendships increase sense of belonging, improve self-confidence and help reduce stress and anxiety.

I just completed my final session with a SUPERHERO I've supported since he was 5 years old. When I met him he was not ye...
26/08/2020

I just completed my final session with a SUPERHERO I've supported since he was 5 years old. When I met him he was not yet able to communicate verbally but was the most creative communicator I've ever met! He integrated the 2 consonant sounds he could say with some Makaton signs as well as a photographic memory of his book collection including all of the pictures within them, pointing, gesture, vocalisations and facial expressions, to communicate up to 7 word sentences to his mum! I knew upon first meeting him that I was a very lucky SLT to have the opportunity to try to help him! It was with a tear in my eye that I said goodbye to this very bright, able, highly verbal and confident 11 year old as he progresses to secondary school with clear and accurate speech. I have learnt so so much from him. He has changed the way I work in a variety of ways and I will never, never forget him. 😢

12/08/2020

PAUSING! Here's how pausing can be used in book sharing. By pausing just before the end of the line, this little one gets the message that she can say something if she wants to. The wonderful rhythm and rhyme of this book as well as the repetition, cues her in to knowing what to say and when to say it. As a child gets more familiar with a book, pausing earlier offers an opportunity for them to say more of what they know. Sharing books is so crucial for vocabulary and language development as well as helping children learn about how sounds, syllables and words work - which in turn supports literacy development. This book is a JOY to read, even after 400 times!

So PAUSE! It's a great strategy for supporting children's communication development! I LOVE IT! Research says that on av...
12/08/2020

So PAUSE! It's a great strategy for supporting children's communication development! I LOVE IT! Research says that on average, adults wait approximately 1 second before jumping in with an offer of help or repetition. 1 second!!!!!!! Give pausing a try - start with 5 seconds (glance at your watch!). Watch and listen in that time. You'll be AMAZED at what you discover about what a child has to say with their words, actions/gestures and eye gaze. You can then be sure you are responding about a child's interests rather than directing them! Wonderful stuff!

Excited to start Core Vocabulary work via teletherapy with a 6 year old with inconsistent speech disorder tomorrow! Inco...
11/08/2020

Excited to start Core Vocabulary work via teletherapy with a 6 year old with inconsistent speech disorder tomorrow! Inconsistent speech disorder presents similarly to dyspraxia but is far more common and has a very different cause. If not diagnosed correctly, progress will be slower and less successful. This boy is a superstar legend and I know he's going to do super well!

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