Research shows that early identification and the right support is crucial in helping children develop their full academic and social potential in childhood and later life. Jo and her team of speech and language pathologists have supported thousands of children and their families to enable them to achieve their potential.

We can provide

  • standardised formal and informal assessments  and reports

  • individual and group therapy in schools, homes and clinic

  • liaison with other health and educational professionals

  • training for parents and professionals

  • Circle of Security parent training

  • screening – Starfish Speech Pathology have been providing informative screening to children at preschools and schools for many years. It has proven to be a  great way to help identify children at risk of developing further language, social, behavioural and academic difficulties early in order to provide the right intervention and the right time.

  • collaborative planning with parents and professionals

We are experienced in supporting

  • Children on the Autism Spectrum

  • Auditory Processing Difficulties  (APD)

  • Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder (ADHD)

  • Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD)

  • Executive Function Difficulties

  • Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

  • Global Developmental Delay

  • Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD)

  • Specific Literacy Difficulties  (SpLD) – Reading, writing, spelling

  • Dyslexia

  • Hearing Impairment

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Oral Dyspraxia

  • Verbal Dyspraxia

  • Selective Mutism

  • Down syndrome

  • Fragile X syndrome

  • Prader-Willi syndrome

We support children with

  • behavioural and emotional difficulties – many behavioural and emotional difficulties have underlying language, learning and social difficulties

  • attention and listening

  • speech sound difficulties (articulation and phonology)

  • receptive language (understanding what is said)

  • expressive language (spoken words and sentence structure)

  • play

  • auditory processing

  • pre-literacy skills (phonological awareness)

  • social groups

  • pragmatic skills

  • planning and organizational skills

  • working memory

  • fluency (stuttering/stammering)

  • voice

  • feeding

School and preschool

  • Preschool and school based support through individual therapy

  • Preschool and school in-class support

  • Preschool and school playground support

  • Team teaching

  • In class consultation

  • Collaborative meetings to support Individual Education Plans/Individual Adjustment Plans