We provide speech therapy online for children, adolescents and adults with speech sound 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 speech sound disorders?
Speech therapy can provide a wide range of benefits for individuals with speech sound disorders. Here are several key ways in which speech therapy can help:
1. **Improved Articulation**: Speech therapy focuses on helping individuals produce sounds correctly. Therapists use specific techniques and exercises to teach precise movements of the lips, tongue, and jaw, improving overall articulation.
2. **Enhanced Communication Skills**: By addressing speech sound disorders, individuals often experience improved clarity in their speech. This can lead to increased confidence in communication, making it easier for them to interact socially and academically.
3. **Individualized Treatment Plans**: Speech therapists assess each individual to develop customized treatment plans tailored to their specific needs, challenges, and goals. This personalized approach helps address the unique aspects of each disorder.
4. **Holistic Development**: In addition to treating speech sounds, speech therapy can also support language development, literacy skills, and pragmatic communication skills (social language use), creating a more comprehensive communication skill set.
5. **Parent and Caregiver Involvement**: Therapists often provide guidance and strategies for parents and caregivers to reinforce efforts at home, ensuring that improvements carry over into everyday situations.
6. **Use of Technology**: Many speech therapy sessions incorporate tools and technology, such as apps and software, which can make learning more engaging and effective for individuals, particularly younger clients.
7. **Support for Underlying Issues**: Speech sound disorders can sometimes be linked to other issues like phonological processing problems or orofacial myofunctional disorders. Speech therapy addresses these underlying issues, facilitating broader communication growth.
8. **Emotional and Social Benefits**: Improved communication skills can lead to better social interactions and friendships, reducing feelings of frustration or embarrassment that may accompany speech difficulties. This boost in self-esteem is often a crucial aspect of therapy.
9. **Preparation for Academic Success**: Clear and effective communication is vital for academic performance. By improving speech sound production, therapy can support better participation in classroom activities and enhance overall learning.
10. **Ongoing Assessment and Progress Monitoring**: Regular sessions with a speech therapist allow for continuous monitoring of progress, ensuring that therapy is effective and adjustments can be made when necessary.
In summary, speech therapy can greatly enhance the quality of life for individuals with speech sound disorders by improving their ability to communicate, thereby fostering greater participation in social, academic, and personal environments.
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 speech sound 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 speech sound 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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