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OUR SERVICES
CHILD SERVICES
We provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for children who present with speech, language and communication difficulties:
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Early Intervention
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Speech Sound Errors
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Late Talkers
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Selective Mutism
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Communication Difficulties involving understanding and using language (pragmatics)
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Developmental Language Disorder
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Autism Spectrum and related disorders
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Cleft Palate and other craniofacial disorders
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Stammering/Stuttering
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Down Syndrome and other chromosomal disorders
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Food Aversion Therapy
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Child Group Therapy
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Staff training for teachers, pre-school and crèche staff in development and provision of Early Years Speech, Language and Communication Strategies – Elklan Programme/Hanen Approach (Learning Language and Loving It/ Parent Talk)
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Screening services to schools, preschools and parent groups
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Home/School Visits
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Professional Input into Individual Educational Plans (IEPs)
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Parent Training (Hanen Approach)

SUPPORT SERVICES FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS
Additionally, we provide:
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Group therapy
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Home/Nursing home visits
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Carer training and support
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Targeted Early language intervention classes for parents of children who are not yet attending pre-school (2 - 2.8 yrs)
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Detailed Speech and Language Therapy Reports which can be used to support a child’s application for resource hours
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We can liaise with individual child’s resource teacher or pre-school teachers to develop speech and language programmes in school.
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Develop individual home language programmes
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Provide ongoing referrals for Clients to Allied Professionals where necessary
ADULT SERVICES
We provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adults who may have the following impairments:
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Speech sound errors
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Communication - difficulty with expression of ideas, word choices
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Down syndrome and lifelong language disabilities
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Cognitive-communication disorders resulting from brain injury or degenerative neurological impairments- leading to difficulty with memory, attention, planning and organising speech
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Dysarthria - difficulty making speech sounds correctly with lips, tongue and palate
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Acquired apraxia of speech - difficulty in planning tongue and lip movements necessary for speech
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Primary Progressive Aphasia - difficulty speaking and understanding spoken words due to neurological impairment
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Stammering/stuttering - repeating sounds or words in speech, leading to dysfluency in connected speech
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Voice Problems - hoarseness, vocal abuse, vocal strain, poor voice projection
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Professional Public speaking
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Accent Reduction
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Transgender Voice therapy -intonation modification, pitch, speech rhythm
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Swallowing disorders -coughing or choking when drinking or eating (dysphagia)

TRAINING SERVICES FOR TEACHERS & PRE-SCHOOL SERVICE PROVIDERS
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We provide guidance to teachers and pre-school service providers on how to identify children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN)
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We offer ongoing support to teachers and pre-school service providers who endeavour to help children with speech and language difficulties
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We provide practical, user-friendly strategies for teachers to implement in the classroom to augment a child’s learning and integration in school/pre-school.
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We provide targeted workshops for Early Years Practitioners on developing play skills, pre-literacy skills and phonological awareness skills, using various Hanen/Elklan Programmes. These workshops can be held on-site in the pre-school setting or in the Clinic.
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We also provide on-site workshops for teachers/pre-school teachers in the areas of voice protection, prevention of vocal strain/vocal abuse in the workplace.