Services
Working together with family’s and community partners who are caring for young children struggling with any or all of the areas above enables us to develop the skills required for successful communication across a range of settings, people and situations.
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I seek to support my clients across the following areas
Early communication development
Developing intentional communication is the foundation of functional language and underpins engagement and participation. Shared enjoyment, early gestures, turn taking, joint attention and imitation all contribute to developing early intentional communication.
Language development
Language refers to the way we receive and use spoken sounds, symbols, pictures and written output to connect with others. This includes:
Receptive language
Refers to our understanding of language including questions, instructions, vocabulary and sentence structure
Expressive language
Refers to the way we get our message across to others via speaking, writing, using pictures and/or gestures, and supports our ability to make requests, ask questions, comment, greet others, instruct and protest. It includes areas such as new and unfamiliar words (vocabaulary), sentence structure, basic and complex concepts and creating sentence that carry meaning in a coherent way
Social communication
Refers to the ability to use communication as a tool to create engagement and build relationships with others. It includes considering our communication partner, being aware of differences in communication style, perspective taking, turn taking, initiating and maintaining conversations, repairing breakdowns in partner communication.
Literacy
Refers to reading and writing both of which are built on the areas described above. In addition being able to decode and blend sounds, syllables and words, having a solid vocabulary and being able to engage in rapid naming tasks are some of the skills required for literacy development.
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