We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with acquired brain injury.
We are a registered NDIS provider and use an inclusive approach to therapy, where the person can be in the comfort and familiarity of their own home.
How can speech therapy benefit people with acquired brain injury?
Speech therapy can provide significant benefits to individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI) by addressing various communication and swallowing difficulties that may arise as a result of the injury. Here are some key ways speech therapy can help:
1. **Communication Skills**: Many individuals with ABI experience deficits in expressive and receptive language. Speech therapy can assist in improving verbal communication skills, including vocabulary, sentence structure, and clarity of speech.
2. **Cognitive-Communication Skills**: ABIs can impact cognitive functions such as attention, memory, and problem-solving. Speech therapists employ strategies to enhance cognitive-communication skills, helping individuals to better organize their thoughts, follow conversations, and remember information.
3. **Swallowing Difficulties (Dysphagia)**: Some individuals with brain injuries may have difficulty swallowing, which can lead to aspiration and nutritional issues. Speech therapists can assess swallowing function and create tailored treatment plans, including exercises and dietary modifications to ensure safe swallowing.
4. **Social Communication**: ABI can affect an individual’s ability to engage in social interactions and understand social cues. Speech therapy can include social skills training to improve pragmatic language use, turn-taking, and interpreting non-verbal communication.
5. **Emotion and Expression**: People with ABI might struggle to express emotions or may experience mood changes. Speech therapy can provide strategies to help individuals communicate their feelings more effectively.
6. **Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)**: For those who cannot communicate verbally, speech therapists can introduce AAC devices and strategies to facilitate communication through alternative means, such as writing, symbols, or technology-based solutions.
7. **Education and Support for Families**: Speech therapists often work with families to educate them on the nature of the communication challenges their loved one faces and provide strategies to support their communication needs at home and in social settings.
8. **Long-term Rehabilitation**: ABI recovery can be a long process. Speech therapy can offer ongoing support and re-evaluation to adapt goals and strategies as the individual progresses and their needs change.
Overall, the goals of speech therapy for individuals with acquired brain injury focus on enhancing functional communication and swallowing abilities, promoting independence, and improving quality of life.
Services for children, adolescents and adults
We have speech therapists who work with children, adolescents and adults, and we have therapists who have experience with acquired brain injury. Read more about our therapists here.
NDIS registered provider
We are a registered NDIS provider and work with self-managed, plan-managed and agency-managed clients.
If your are an NDIS provider or support coordinator we can provide reliable speech therapy for clients with acquired brain injury in any location. Refer a client and we’ll connect you to the right clinician.
Is online speech therapy effective?
Yes! A growing body of evidence shows that online delivery of therapy can be as effective as face to face. Online therapy has many other benefits too, including being convenient and accessible for people in regional and rural areas.
How does online speech therapy work?
At Umbo online therapy is not just zoom plus business-as-usual. It’s much more diverse than simply videoconferencing. Umbo therapists provide an individualised approach to each person, using the latest evidence, and a variety of technologies and engagement techniques.
Umbo champions person-centred therapy. It means the person and their family/support people leads the conversation. We believe that the most effective therapy occurs when support is given in the environment where the person lives, learns, works or plays. Therefore we work with the family, and teach skills to you or to other supporters. This means you’re achieving real-life goals, rather than just achieving goals in a clinic.
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