Viva Speech Pathology for Adults & Children

29/10/2025

A new display for our Yokine clinic waiting room and for one of our therapists to show that we care!

Thank you to Fair Maiden Flowers for the beautiful and prompt everlasting artistic bouquet.

22/10/2025

I attended a special Alumni Curtin event yesterday on the International day of Stuttering Awareness to celebrate 50 years of Speech Pathology and 40 years of the Curtin Stuttering treatment clinic! This clinic in the Health sciences Building 404, treats children, adults and people with disabilities and is run by Senior Speech Pathologist, Kathy Viljoen.

It was a night of funny and inspiring speeches, music, refreshments and canapés. I recollected fond memories of working in this clinic as a student and learning so much in general in those forming years on campus. I was thankful and inspired to see so many previous lecturers and supervisors, still passionately committed to supporting growth and development in the field.

My colleagues and I at Viva Speech Pathology are excited to assist more students in the future and to learn about the new directions and research our dynamic field. The Curtin campus is looking fantastic and has such an apt motto from John Curtin himself, “Look, ever forward”.

Inge Gaudin (Practice Owner)

{Assessment & treatment available for children and adults who stutter in Viva Yokine, Joondalup and Yanchep clinics}

Bookings: 9301 4128 reception@vivaspeech.com.au

21/10/2025

My SP colleague, Jordan Skewes and I, conducted a successful parent talk at Yanchep rise primary today for the incoming Kindy 2026 students.
Please see attached Kindy handout for parents and teachers. This handout can be emailed out also. Please contact reception@vivaspeech.com.au for our handout to be emailed.
Inge Gaudin (Practice Owner)

20/10/2025

Well I thoroughly enjoyed my 🗣️Lidcombe stuttering therapy session 🗣️ today with a boy in pre-primary at our new Yokine clinic. I have sent the family the graph to rate the child’s fluency level, the Lidcombe parent website and our new updated Viva SP handout to use this program in the initial states at home.

Contact us to make an appointment (9301 4128) with our therapists who treat stuttering. It is a highly effective Australian program (researched since 1980’s) by the Australian stuttering research centre. I also use a version of it “Time out therapy” based on the same evidenced based principles for teenagers and adults.

Inge Gaudin (Practice owner)

17/10/2025

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Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is the most prevalent childhood communication difficulty, impacting a child's primary language development. It has a profound effect on the lives of over 40,000 children and their families in Western Australia.

Parliament Fountains will be lit purple this evening to support the awareness of this permanent disability. The 2025 DLD Awareness Day theme is ‘You can’t see DLD’.

To learn more👇
https://radld.org/

RADLD - Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder

17/10/2025

It is DLD Awareness day today. Below are statistics, facts and information about the lived experience of people who have Developmental Language disorder (DLD). Speech pathologists provide evidenced based treatment for toddlers, students and adults with these difficulties. Feel free to contact us for more information if you would like to organise an assessment (08 9301 4128 or reception@vivaspeech.com.au)
Yokine | Joondalup | Yanchep

15/10/2025

13/10/2025

Poster: 5 year old typical communication skills

In assessment we identify skills to target and in therapy our therapists use creativity and fun activities to practice and consolidate new skills.

Our contact details:
Bookings: 08 9301 4128
reception@vivaspeech.com.au
Offering face-to-face appointments in Yokine | Joondalup | Yanchep

{Let us know if you are a teacher and would like a PDF copy emailed to you}

07/10/2025

Early Childhood Early Intervention funding is available for children under 6 years of age with delays. Children do not need a diagnosis to access this temporary NDIS funding. Wanslea is the organisation who supports families to access this.
Below is more information. If parents need a summary of their child’s communication skills to submit, please contact us on 08 9301 4128

Please share this info and link with families who are concerned about their child coping with any two or more developmental dificulties such as:

-mealtime (eating limited foods) and communication (only saying words not sentences yet) etc.
-Fine motor (e.g. getting dressed) and communication
-Gross motor (e.g. walking) and behavioural
-Communication (making noises only) and behavioural (still learning to act socially/ excessive tantrums)
-Gross motor (learning to climb stairs or jump) and fine motor (difficulties doing puzzles and drawing)

https://www.wanslea.org.au/programs/early-childhood-approach-ecas re dnalt wtiote yantotfoultencesning to aningnignts tocgctcterned um

The Early Childhood Approach is designed to support children under nine years of age

06/10/2025

An example of one of our fun therapy tasks! 🎉
{The parent confirmed their child had no allergies}

29/09/2025

This is a terrific book for 2 to 6 year olds! It is excellent for a fun guessing game every few pages. I liked the surprise ending, and would use it to expose children to the essential pre-literacy skill of rhyming.
Inge Gaudin, Practice Owner

23/09/2025

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