We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with non-verbal 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 non-verbal learning disabilities?
Speech therapy can be highly beneficial for individuals with non-verbal learning disabilities (NVLD) in several ways. NVLD often affects communication, social skills, and executive functioning, and speech therapy can address these challenges through targeted interventions. Here are some key benefits:
1. **Improving Communication Skills**: Speech therapists can help individuals develop clearer and more effective verbal communication. This includes enhancing vocabulary, sentence structure, and the ability to express thoughts and feelings more coherently.
2. **Enhancing Social Skills**: People with NVLD may struggle with understanding social cues and nonverbal communication. Speech therapists can work on skills such as turn-taking in conversation, interpreting body language, and understanding tone of voice, which are crucial for effective social interaction.
3. **Developing Narrative Skills**: NVLD can affect an individual’s ability to organize thoughts and present information logically. Speech therapy can provide strategies for structuring narratives and enhancing storytelling capabilities, which can aid in both social settings and academic discussions.
4. **Addressing Executive Functioning**: Speech therapists can help individuals develop strategies to improve executive functioning skills, such as planning, organization, and problem-solving. These skills are important for following multi-step directions and completing tasks effectively.
5. **Building Perspective-Taking Abilities**: Therapy can help individuals learn to consider the thoughts and feelings of others, which can improve empathy and social interactions. This is crucial for developing friendships and maintaining relationships.
6. **Supporting Academic Skills**: Many individuals with NVLD face challenges in academic settings. Speech therapy can address skills like reading comprehension, written expression, and verbal response to questions, which can enhance overall academic performance.
7. **Promoting Self-Advocacy**: Speech therapists can empower individuals with NVLD to understand their communication needs and advocate for themselves in educational and social contexts. This can lead to increased confidence and independence.
8. **Using Technology**: Speech therapy may incorporate assistive technology or software to support communication and learning, offering personalized strategies tailored to the individual’s needs.
9. **Parent and Teacher Collaboration**: Speech therapists often work closely with parents and educators to provide strategies and resources that reinforce skills being learned in therapy sessions, creating a supportive environment for the individual.
Through individualized assessment and intervention plans, speech therapy can significantly improve the quality of life for individuals with non-verbal learning disabilities by enhancing their communication and social skills, thereby fostering greater success in various life domains.
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 non-verbal 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 non-verbal 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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