When you begin your therapy journey with us, there are two main phases:
1. Assessment and Planning Phase
This phase helps us get to know you, understand your strengths and support needs, and work together to develop a plan tailored to your goals.
Depending on your needs, this phase may include:
- Phone consultation to gather background information and prepare for your first appointment.
- Initial consultation to build rapport, discuss your goals, and begin the assessment process.
- Assessments to understand your communication, feeding and/or swallowing skills and identify areas of strength and support needs.
- Feedback and planning to review assessment findings, discuss recommendations, and develop a personalised therapy plan.
Your Speech Pathologist may also spend time outside of appointments analysing assessment results, preparing recommendations, and developing therapy goals and resources.
2. Therapy Phase
Once your therapy plan is in place, we move into the therapy phase.
Depending on your goals and preferences, this may include:
- Individual therapy sessions delivered in the clinic, at home, in the community, or via telehealth.
- Parent, caregiver, and support team coaching to build confidence and support carryover into everyday activities.
- Indirect supports completed by your Speech Pathologist outside of appointments, such as report writing, resource development, collaboration with schools or other professionals, and therapy planning.
- Progress reviews to monitor outcomes, celebrate achievements, review goals, and update your therapy plan as needed.
Therapy plans are reviewed regularly to ensure supports continue to align with your goals, needs, and priorities.
Allied Health Assistant (AHA) Program
During therapy, your Speech Pathologist may recommend support from an Allied Health Assistant (AHA).
This can:
- Increase opportunities to practise and generalise skills between Speech Pathology sessions.
- Provide a cost-effective way to increase therapy intensity where appropriate.
All AHA sessions are planned, delegated, and supervised by your Speech Pathologist to ensure they are safe, effective, and aligned with your therapy goals.
If this option is suitable for you, your therapist will discuss it with you.
Learn more about our Allied Health Assistant Program here
Learn more about our Service Fees here.