Services
Communication Buzz provides assessments and therapy in the clinic setting, preschool and schools as well as home-based settings and via telehealth. We also offer screening assessments as well as presentations to preschools, schools and day care centres for parents as well as staff. We are proud to provide quality assessment and therapy services in the following areas:
SPEECH
Articulation
The physical production of speech sounds.
Phonology
Rule-based (consistent) error patterns that affect more than one sound.
Dyspraxia/Apraxia of Speech
Difficulty with the coordination of movements and sequences needed for sound production.
Stuttering
Dysfluency in the production of speech which can be characterised by blocks, prolongations, repetitions and interruptions to the overall fluency of speech.
LANGUAGE
Expressive Language
The use of language to express a variety of messages. This includes vocabulary, sentence production, grammar, as well as communication via non-verbal methods including visual and signs/gestures and written language.
Receptive Language
The comprehension or understanding of language, including questions, processing spoken information, understanding of concepts and ability to follow directions.
Pragmatic or Social Language
Including understanding abstract language forms, building and maintaining friendships, interpreting facial cues and body language, and understanding conversation conventions.
LATE TALKERS
Children who are not meeting their communication milestones at the appropriate ages including babbling, first word development and the combination of words.
AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)
AUTISM SPECTRUM
DISORDER (ASD)
A neurodevelopmental condition affecting communication, language, social interaction and behaviour.
SWALLOWING (DYSPHAGIA)
SWALLOWING
(DYSPHAGIA)
Dysfunction of swallowing when eating, drinking and managing saliva.
LITERACY
Reading (decoding, comprehension and fluency), Spelling, Vocabulary and Written Language.
Pre-literacy Development and Phonological Awareness (the foundations of literacy based around the concepts essential to learning to read and write, including understanding and use of sound/letter awareness, sound manipulation, blending and segmenting of sounds and syllable counting).
ALTERNATIVE AND AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC)
Communication methods used to support or replace spoken and/or written language for those with complex communication needs. Strategies can range from high to low tech forms including PODD books, Key Word Sign (KWS) and communication devices including ipad and various supported apps such as Proloqou2go.
PEDIATRIC FEEDING
Children can have a range of difficulties feeding, including with breast or bottle feeding, transitioning to solids, eating and chewing a variety of solids and/or difficulties swallowing. Challenges can range from fussing eating, restricted eating or food refusal, sensory aversions to the inability to swallow.