Speech Pathology

Headstart Speech Pathologists assess, create client-centered goals and use evidence-based therapies to support people of all ages communicate in the following areas:

• Language – supporting people to understand and use words, sentences, stories and narratives.  
• Speech/Articulation – supporting people to make and use sounds in words. 
• Literacy – supporting people to build skills needed to read and write.  
• Social communication – supporting people to interact and communicate with others.  
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) – supporting people to communicate in alternative ways (e.g. proloquo2go, PODD, PECS etc.). 
• Fluency/Stuttering – supporting people to speak fluently. 
• Autism Spectrum Disorder – supporting people with their communication during everyday living tasks.