We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with fluency 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 fluency disorders?
Speech therapy can provide numerous benefits for individuals with fluency disorders, such as stuttering or cluttering. Here are some key ways in which speech therapy can help:
1. **Improved Communication Skills**: Speech therapists can teach techniques and strategies that help individuals communicate more effectively and confidently, reducing the impact of fluency disorders on daily conversations.
2. **Stuttering Modification Techniques**: Therapists can help clients learn techniques that modify stuttering moments, making their speech more fluent. This may include strategies for managing the physical and emotional aspects of stuttering.
3. **Fluency Shaping Techniques**: These techniques help individuals develop a more fluent speech pattern by modifying their speech production, including the pace, rhythm, and breath control, often resulting in smoother speech.
4. **Coping Strategies**: Speech therapy often includes teaching coping mechanisms to deal with the anxiety and embarrassment that can accompany fluency disorders. These may involve mindfulness, relaxation techniques, and desensitization to speaking situations.
5. **Self-Awareness and Self-Confidence**: Therapy can enhance self-awareness regarding speech patterns and triggers. As individuals become more aware, they can work on their speech more effectively and build confidence in their communication abilities.
6. **Personalized Goals and Plans**: Speech therapists customize treatment goals based on the individual’s specific needs, which can lead to more effective and relevant interventions.
7. **Family Involvement**: Speech therapists often involve family members in the therapy process, educating them about the disorder and providing strategies they can use to be supportive in communication situations.
8. **Social Skills Development**: Therapy can also address social communication skills, helping clients engage in conversations more comfortably and effectively within social settings.
9. **Access to Resources**: Speech therapists can provide resources, including tools and exercises that clients can practice outside of therapy sessions to reinforce skills learned during sessions.
10. **Support Group Facilitation**: Therapists may facilitate or recommend support groups where individuals can share experiences, which can promote emotional support and foster a sense of community.
Overall, speech therapy offers a comprehensive approach to addressing the symptoms and challenges associated with fluency disorders, aiming to improve individuals’ overall quality of life and communication capabilities.
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 fluency 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 fluency 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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