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Requesting is one of the most useful early communication skills for a child who uses augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). It gives a child a…

Transitions can turn a well-planned speech therapy session into a guessing game. One moment a child is engaged in a tabletop activity, and the next they are…

Writing goals for an Individual Education Plan often feels like an exercise in corporate box-ticking rather than genuine clinical thinking. Many speechies…

Walking into a bustling classroom can feel overwhelming, especially when you are trying to work out how a child's communication skills show up in real life…

Most Australian families I speak with share the same story. Their child sees a speech pathologist once a week, often in a clinic in Sydney, Melbourne, or…

Working as an itinerant speech-language pathologist across Australian schools means packing a therapy bag for the week, plotting a route between three or four…

Speech-language pathologists across Australia are constantly on the lookout for flexible resources that can be adapted for both clinic rooms and home…

Response to Intervention (RTI) has reshaped how Australian speech-language pathologists approach speech sound disorders in schools, moving away from a long…

Adolescents are some of the most rewarding and most challenging clients on any speech pathologist's caseload. They might have been referred through the NDIS,…

Picture books are one of the most versatile tools a speech-language pathologist can keep in a therapy bag. A single shared reading session can simultaneously…