ABOUT
Cultivating
Skills for Life
Northern Illawarra Speech Pathology is an innovative practice, established by local speech pathologist, Pashenka Gribbin. Pashenka has over 20 years experience as a Speech Pathologist both nationally and internationally. She combines this experience with specialist knowledge gained from working in both the disability and education sectors to enable students with speech, language and communication needs to flourish.
Over the course of her career, Pashenka has developed her clinical specialism in the areas of Complex Communication Needs and Alternative & Augmentative Communication. Working with a diverse range of educational settings has given her unique insights into the most effective ways to collaborate with school teams in order to meaningfully include and support children to become confident & competent communicators, setting them up with the vital communication skills they will need for life.
SERVICES
Supportive
Sessions
Northern Illawarra Speech Pathology celebrates neurological diversity and strives to work in partnership with children and families to honour their unique communication styles and strengths.
We offer speech pathology support for individuals with complex learning profiles (preschool and school aged). This may include assessment, diagnosis and intervention for a range of speech, language and communication needs including:
- Complex Communication Needs
- Alternative and Augmentative Communication
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Communication difficulties associated with Autism
- Social Communication.
At Northern Illawarra Speech Pathology, assessment is a holistic process, gathering information from a range of sources (e.g. family, teachers, other therapists and member’s of your child’s team) in order to gain a holistic understanding of your child’s strengths and areas of support. The assessment process may include a range of observation, questionnaires, interviews and play-based interactions.
Client-centred consultation is at the core of our assessment and intervention process, to ensure individuals are able to participate fully throughout the process and share their insights.
At Northern Illawarra Speech Pathology, intervention is personalised to your child’s individual needs, utilising evidence-based practice when developing a therapy program. Intervention may take the form of individual or group sessions, at your home, your child’s educational setting or a clinical environment. It may also involve supporting the child’s communication partners to develop their skills in how to create a positive communication environment and how to best assist the child generalise their communication skills.
Northern Illawarra Speech Pathology can provide a range of training sessions on a variety of topics related to speech, language and communication needs. Some examples include:
- Key Word Sign
- Hanen More Than Words
- Introduction to Alternative & Augmentative Communication
- The language of maths
- Adjustments to support language and learning in the classroom.
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CONTACT
Servicing the beautiful Illawarra.
To make an appointment fill out the form
and Pashenka will respond within 48 hours.
P 0467 412 410