We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with cognitive-communication disorders.
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 cognitive-communication disorders?
Speech therapy can significantly benefit individuals with cognitive-communication disorders in various ways. These disorders often result from neurological conditions, brain injuries, strokes, or developmental disorders, affecting their ability to understand or produce language due to cognitive impairments. Here are some ways speech therapy can help:
1. **Improved Communication Skills**: Speech therapists work with individuals to enhance their expressive and receptive language skills. Therapy may focus on improving vocabulary, sentence structure, and overall clarity of speech.
2. **Cognitive-Communication Rehabilitation**: Therapists use specific strategies to address deficits in attention, memory, problem-solving, and executive function, which are critical for effective communication. Techniques may include memory aids, organizational skills training, and exercises to enhance focus.
3. **Social Skills Development**: Many individuals with cognitive-communication disorders struggle with social interactions. Speech therapy can help develop pragmatic language skills, such as turn-taking, conversational skills, and understanding non-verbal cues, which are essential for effective communication in social settings.
4. **Strategy Training**: Therapy often includes teaching compensatory strategies that help individuals navigate communication challenges, such as using visual supports, breaking tasks into smaller steps, or employing mnemonic devices to enhance memory.
5. **Customized Goal Setting**: Speech therapists assess the specific needs and capabilities of each individual, allowing for personalized therapy goals that target their unique challenges and build on their strengths.
6. **Support for Families**: Speech therapists often provide guidance and education to family members, equipping them with tools and strategies to support their loved ones’ communication needs effectively at home.
7. **Building Confidence**: Through personalized interventions and gradual skill development, individuals can gain more confidence in their communication abilities, which can enhance their daily interactions and overall quality of life.
8. **Interdisciplinary Collaboration**: Speech therapists often work as part of a multidisciplinary team, collaborating with occupational therapists, psychologists, and other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care that addresses the holistic needs of individuals with cognitive-communication disorders.
9. **Use of Technology**: Many speech therapists incorporate assistive technology into their practice, such as speech-generating devices or apps, which can support communication for those with severe limitations.
Overall, speech therapy plays a crucial role in helping individuals with cognitive-communication disorders regain or improve their ability to communicate effectively, fostering greater independence and enhancing their interaction with the world around them.
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 cognitive-communication disorders. 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 cognitive-communication disorders 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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