Affinity Speech Pathology provides:
Clinic appointments in our child friendly spaces in Brighton
Our clinic is conveniently located opposite Brighton State School, in the same complex as Willow Coffee Shop. Our therapy rooms are filled with natural light, comfortable Mellow Mats, sensory swings and crash mats for those more active kids.
Kindy Visits
Kindy / Daycare / School visits within the local area. This is a great option for some children who need support communicating in their kindy, daycare or school environment.
Telehealth sessions
Some of our clients live in rural areas, making it difficult to get to face-to-face sessions. We can provide telehealth services to children no matter where they are in Australia.
Parent information sessions
Parent Information Sessions – we run free parent information sessions at local kindys to provide parents with information on speech and language development. Knowledge is power and we believe everyone should have access to information about children’s language development. Contact us if you would like to find out more about our information sessions.
Training for Early Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Educators are valuable in helping children to learn and grow. We offer staff training to empower early childhood educators to support children with communication difficulties. Contact us for more information on our professional development packages.
How we can help...
Affinity Speech Pathology provides speech pathology services to children aged 0 to 12 years of age.
We provide assessment and support in the following areas:
All children go through a period of saying sounds incorrectly as they are learning to speak. Some children, however, have errors that they don’t grow out of. Other children have unusual sound errors. A small percentage of children have underlying motor speech issues.
It is typical for children to say their first word by 12 months of age and be combining two word phrases by two years of age. By the time a child reaches three years of age, we expect they will have around 1000 words in their vocabulary.
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a lifelong condition where the child has difficulties talking and/or understanding language. The cause is unknown and it can run in families.
Many children go through a brief and normal period of stuttering between 2 and 3 years of age. This coincides with the rapid boom of their language development (going from 50 words at 2 years of age to 1000 words at 3 years of age).
Global Developmental Delay (GDD) is a diagnosis made by a paediatrician. It is given to children under 5 years of age who have delays across more than one developmental area (e.g. language, gross motor, thinking skills, etc).
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that is diagnosed by a paediatrician. Children must have difficulties with social communication AND restricted repetitive behaviours and interests to receive a diagnosis of ASD.
The first three years of a child’s brain development is most important. Children learn more quickly during these first three years than any other time in their development.
Challenging behaviours can result from a range of different reasons. Some of these include difficulties with understanding language, frustrations with communication, difficulties with social language, difficulties with adjusting to new environments, underlying medical reasons, challenges with processing sensory information (e.g. noise, touch, visual information) as well as many other reasons.