If you have concerns about any aspect of your child’s developing communication or literacy skills, I can help you to identify the problem and to obtain a holistic profile of your child’s strengths, needs and interests. From there, we can determine the best options for support and devise a plan together.

Assessment options include:

1.5 hours (no report) | $180

1.5 hours (with report) | $300

3 hours (two x 1.5-hr sessions with report) | $500

Written reports will contain a summary of your child’s background history, observations, assessment results, recommendations and strategies to get started with.

If your child requires a comprehensive language AND literacy assessment, two x 1.5-hour assessment sessions will be recommended to complete formal and standardised measures in areas of language, reading, spelling and writing. Additional information may be obtained through classroom observations, review of relevant professional reports, collation of parent, teacher and student questionnaires and possible phone liaison with early years/school staff (with your consent).

Following assessment, intervention may be recommended for your child. The type and frequency of intervention will be based on your child’s individual needs. Liaison with the staff at your child’s school/early learning centre and fortnightly, weekly or twice-weekly sessions are typically recommended. Sessions can be provided in the comfort of your own home or at your child’s early learning centre/school. Therapy sessions are informed by current research, goal focused, fun and individually tailored to your child’s needs and interests. For maximum progress, a commitment to practicing new skills and strategies between sessions will be required.

30 mins | $90

45 mins | $120

For children who are struggling to acquire literacy skills, the pace of learning that occurs in a mainstream classroom can often feel overwhelming. This may result in your child developing anxiety, low self-esteem and reduced motivation to learn.

Years of research tells us that children benefit from a learning environment where reading, spelling and writing skills are taught explicitly, sequentially, systematically and with plenty of repetition. Our struggling readers and writers need even more frequent opportunities to re-visit new skills.

I am trained in the Sounds-Write Program and specialist teaching approaches for students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties. I provide structured literacy sessions within a nurturing one-to-one environment, aiming to:

• Provide the knowledge and skills needed to boost your child’s progress in reading, spelling and writing.

• Teach your child strategies to compensate for weaker underlying skills that may be impacting on your child’s literacy development.

• Develop your child’s belief in themselves as a learner.

• Improve your child’s self-esteem and motivation to learn.

45 mins | $95

60 mins | $130

If your school, early learning centre or community organisation requires speech and language therapy or literacy support, please call to discuss how I can help. I can provide training in specific topics relating to dyslexia, specific learning differences, whole-school approaches to vocabulary learning, social thinking skills and a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties. I liaise closely with you to tailor my training sessions to meet the unique needs and interests of your team.

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