How do we provide support?
Beyond the Clinic Door offers individualised speech pathology assessment and therapy services for children from 1-12 years of age. Beyond the Clinic Door is currently operating as a mobile service, working with families and educational settings to provide services for children at their home, childcare, kindergarten and school.
Our Therapy Sessions are Based on:
- Engaging and interactive relationships with children.
- Targeting individual needs.
- Practical goals with meaningful outcomes.
- Evidenced-based research.
We aim to:
- Understand each child's learning style and strengths
- Build skills and confidence for academic and social participation.
- Develop and share practical strategies with caregivers to support children around their therapy sessions.
- Work in partnership with teachers and other allied health professionals.
Speech Pathology Services Available
Speech Production
Beyond the Clinic Door offers a range of speech therapies to support a child's ability to select which speech sounds they need to use within words, how to produce those speech sounds accurately and how to have natural sounding speech that incorporates elements such as pitch, syllable stress, volume and speed.
Speech therapy is currently offered for children with;
Articulation delays and disorders
Phonological Disorders
Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Early Literacy Development
Beyond the Clinic Door offers support for children building and enhancing foundational skills for early literacy development.Therapists have undertaken additional training and are qualified to implement Sounds-Write, a highly structured, systematic phonics program based on the Science of Reading as one of their therapy tools.
Early Literacy Support is offered to children who are having difficulty;
Remembering alphabet letters/letter combinations and the speech sounds they represent
Sounding out and reading words
Spelling words correctly
Reading sentences fluently enough to comprehend meaning, including development of sight word vocabulary
Additional Information
Medicare
A speech pathology referral is only required if your child will be accessing the service through a Medicare program. You can speak to your child's GP or Paediatrician to determine your child's eligibility for programs such as Chronic Disease Management. If your child is eligible, you will be given a referral to present to your speech pathologist and be able to claim partial Medicare rebates for a limited number of speech pathology sessions.
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Children with developmental delays and disabilities that impact their functional participation in daily life and are likely to impact their future abilities may be eligible to access funded speech pathology services through the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Children accessing the NDIS do not require a speech pathology referral, however their individual NDIS plan needs to contain relevant communication or mealtime goals. Please note, Beyond the Clinic Door is only currently providing NDIS services to children on Self-Funded and Plan-Managed NDIS plans. Information on the NDIS can be found at www.ndis.gov.au or by calling 1800 800 110.
Private Health Insurance
When children are not eligible for Medicare rebated services or NDIS funding, parents may be able to claim speech pathology services on their Private Health Insurance if they have appropriate Extra's Coverage. Please check your child's eligibility with your Private Health Insurance Agency. A speech pathology referral is not required for Private Health Insurance.