Services
Services
This includes clients with difficulties with speaking, listening, understanding language, reading, writing, social skills, stuttering and using their voice. We work with people who have difficulty communicating because of developmental delays, stroke, brain injuries, learning disability, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy as well as other problems that can affect speech and language. We work collaboratively with clients and their families to build on, and extend, their current communication abilities by providing individualised, targeted and goal centred therapy. Whilst we specialise in children and young people, we can take clients across all other groups on a case-by-case basis.
At Speeches For You we pride ourselves on understanding how individuals with a range of disabilities and developmental delays learn language and process information. This allows us to design and implement functional communication supports, including Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems.
We support children and young people with a range of communication difficulties
Speech Therapy and Support Service Offering
In-Clinic Services
Speechies for You is excited to announce that we are opening our new home in South Yarra where we will be joining the amazing Melbourne Kids Developmental Services (MCDS)!
At our South Yarra location, you will be able to access Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry and more! In line with our Core Principles, we are proud to connect with MKDS and collaborate to offer every client the opportunity to reach their full communication potential! This includes access to a variety of clinical spaces such as a sensory room, functional living areas and more, allowing every session to be tailored to individual client needs!
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Speechies For You will be taking bookings for Speech Therapy sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays at South Yarra. The first sessions will be starting on the Tuesday the 18th of January 2022 and Friday the 21st of January 2022.
We offer all new clients a brief complimentary phone consult ​so that we can understand each client’s individual needs, expectations and determine whether we are a good match for each client.
We appreciate that demand is high for Speech Therapy in Victoria and therefore we strongly recommend contacting Speechies For You as early as possible if you would like Speech Therapy. To book, please email theteam@speechiesforyou.com
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we will be expecting that clients are fully compliant with the latest COVID-19 health regulations and that clients are willing to provide ongoing declarations/comply with SFY and Melbourne Kids policies for workplace safety and client safety.
In-Home Services
Our in-home services typically involves the following:
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Initial family meeting in the comfort of your home which gives your therapist an opportunity to get to know your family and have a meaningful discussion around your goals.
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Initial communication assessments to identify underlying causes of any communication and learning difficulties.
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Therapy Plan Preparation
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Implementation and goal tracking
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Collaboration with other professionals involved in our clients care (psychologists, school teachers, early learning teachers, support workers and AHAs) to provide a holistic service.
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Ongoing support.
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Via tele-health if that is your preference (but that is not the Speechies For You preference).
Community & Outreach
We provide outreach community therapy for individuals in settings most meaningful to them and their learning. We collaborate with you to plan and deliver direct therapy services where it suits You best, including in the school, childcare, kinder, in the community (park or shops) and recreational settings.
Educational Counselling
Navigating communication challenges are difficult. We understand that and are here to help you. We can provide you with user-friendly resources, dedicated parent debrief/catch up time in every speech session and 1:1 educational counselling sessions. These sessions may include open discussions around life choices relating to your child, i.e. which school or kinder may be appropriate, what recreational settings may benefit them, what supports are available for family members (such as respite services and support networks).
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We are also looking to start a parent support group with our families via an online community platform. Watch this space!
NDIS Support
Speechies For You are here to offer you guidance and support with navigating your NDIS plan, including:
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Working with with you to build 'health literacy' in order to maximise NDIS funding impact.
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Writing robust and understandable NDIS reports for clients.
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Connecting you with those within our network in the NDIS space who may be able to offer support and guidance.
We can provide services via tele-health if that is your preference.
Family and Carer Training
We know consistency across contexts promotes the best therapy outcomes. Therefore we offer training for family and support staff to ensure we are setting our clients and their families up for success during their therapy journey. This can include guidance on making environmental modification within your home, making aided language displays and dynamic environmental communication management to ensure your home space is fostering language learning and optimising access to functional communication resources.
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We can provide these services via tele-health if that is your preference.
Allied Health Assistant (AHA) Support
To strike a sound balance in the service delivery modes we provide, we take pride in offering a comprehensive AHA program, where AHAs are involved in every step of our client's Speech journey including during a client's family meetings, the assessment process and to work collaboratively with Speechies to implement the Speechies’ therapy program.