We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with language-based learning disabilities.
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 language-based learning disabilities?
Speech therapy can significantly benefit individuals with language-based learning disabilities in several ways:
1. **Improved Communication Skills**: Speech therapy can help individuals enhance their ability to express themselves clearly and effectively. This includes improving articulation, vocabulary, sentence structure, and the overall clarity of spoken language.
2. **Language Comprehension**: Therapists can work with individuals to improve their understanding of spoken and written language. This includes teaching strategies for better comprehension of instructions, stories, and academic material.
3. **Phonological Awareness**: Many language-based learning disabilities involve difficulties with phonological processing, which is crucial for reading and writing. Speech therapists can provide targeted exercises to enhance phonemic awareness, aiding in decoding and spelling skills.
4. **Social Communication Skills**: Therapy can address pragmatic language skills, helping individuals understand and use language appropriately in social contexts. This includes taking turns in conversation, using appropriate eye contact, and understanding figurative language.
5. **Academic Support**: Speech therapists can provide strategies and tools to help individuals succeed in academic settings. This may involve adapting learning techniques and working on language-related tasks such as writing essays, understanding reading materials, and participating in discussions.
6. **Self-advocacy and Confidence**: As individuals gain better communication skills, their self-esteem and confidence often improve. Speech therapy can empower them to advocate for their needs in educational and social settings.
7. **Parent and Teacher Collaboration**: Speech therapists often work with parents and teachers to create a supportive environment. They can provide strategies and resources that can be used at home and in the classroom to reinforce skills learned during therapy sessions.
8. **Use of Technology**: Therapists can introduce assistive technology that can help individuals with language-based learning disabilities, including speech-to-text software, language apps, and other tools that support learning and communication.
Through these various approaches, speech therapy can make a significant difference in the lives of individuals with language-based learning disabilities, enabling them to navigate their academic and social worlds more effectively.
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 language-based learning disabilities. 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 language-based learning disabilities 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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