Chatterbox Therapy Services

A happy birthday to one of our other Allied Health Assistants, Alana!

Alana has been such a lovely addition to our therapy team - her organisation, calm and engaging therapy approaches and willigness to always help out does not go unnoticed.

We hope you have a well deserved day celebrating, Alana! :)

Last week some of our wonderful Speechies completed the Sounds-Write literacy course training 🔡 Sounds-Write is a synthetic phonics programme based on the Science of Reading, and is commonly used to support the skills our children need to read, write and spell! 📝

Celebrating two years of our speech sound guru and senior speechie, Delna 🤍 the last two years have absolutely flown by, but we feel so lucky that you have joined our team! Your knowledge and support to all of our staff is always so appreciated - you are such a kind and supportive Speechie! Thank you for everything you do for us all and happy 2 years Delna 🥰

Happy one year to our beautiful Speechies, Beth and Claudia 🤍 we are so grateful to have you both on our therapy team, you have fit in so seamlessly and are both incredible therapists! Thank you for everything you do 🥺

Chatterbox Therapy Services currently has immediate capacity for Speech Pathology assessments and ongoing therapeutic supports ✨

We are located in Torrensville, and service children from 0-18 years from Munno Para down to Aldinga (and everywhere between!).

Please feel free to enquire or refer through to us at:

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A very happy 2nd birthday to one of our favourite Chatterboxes (and our Senior SP Chloe’s little boy), Harvey! We love your visits to our office and it has been so lovely watching you grow 🥹🤍 we hope you have the best day celebrating!

We are pleased to let you know that have currently ✨ immediate capacity ✨ for Speech Pathology assessments and ongoing therapy supports!

Our wonderful therapists support children aged 0-18 years across the northern, central, western, eastern and southern suburbs. We also offer clinic visits, in our Torrensville office!

To refer through to us, please follow the link: www.chatterboxtherapy.com.au/refer-your-child

🔍 Speech Pathologists do so much more than you might think! Our scope of practice is broad and impactful🌟 Whether it’s assessing and treating speech disorders, improving literacy skills, enhancing social communication or providing and training communication partners to use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), we’re here to support every step of the way. 💬

At Chatterbox Therapy Services, we’re on a mission to empower every child through holistic, client centred therapy! 🌟

As a mobile paediatric Speech Pathology clinic, we work closely with our families and educational providers to support each child’s journey to achieving goals. We’re here to make a meaningful difference every step of the way. 💬📚

🌟 It’s Speech Pathology Week 2024! 🌟

In Australia, an estimated 1.2 million Australians have communication support needs. Let’s celebrate the power of communication and embrace every unique way we express ourselves - whether it's spoken, signed, digital, or written. 💬✨

📚Open a book, open a world of possibilities for your child!

Research shows that reading aloud boosts vocabulary, improves concentration, and sparks imagination, amongst so many more benefits!✨

Lately we have been all about communication profiles to support education around our children’s interests and learning needs ✨ these have been SO helpful in understanding communication and sensory preferences, and supporting a neurodiversity affirming approach on how we can change the environment to suit our children.

Have a sneak peak of a communication profile recently completed by our wonderful Senior Speech Pathologist, Chloe 🤍

Book Week is a wonderful opportunity to explore new worlds, spark imagination and expand on vocabulary. Reading aloud with your child is a fantastic way to boost language development and spend quality time together! ✨📖

A bit of an interesting post to have to make for a Monday 🥹

Our office was unfortunately smashed into today, thankfully nobody was hurt or in the reception area at the time of impact (we are all feeling very lucky!). If you have a clinic session with us this week, your therapist will be in contact to let you know about our situation and make arrangements where possible.

Otherwise, our services will continue as per usual and we will hopefully have the front of our space up and running again shortly 🥹

Thank you all for your understanding - please contact us if you have any further questions 🤍

A massive and belated congratulations to our wonderful Delna, who has recently transitioned to a Senior Speech Pathology role with Chatterbox Therapy Services 🎈

Delna's speech sound knowledge, willingness to help out, organisation, supervision and support to staff, and continuous development of her skills are all such admirable traits of hers. She has gone above and beyond over the last two years, and we are so appreciative to have her on our therapy team - Thank you Delna! ✨

Another day… another brilliant workshop! 🎉

This time it was our Senior Speechie, Kate Munro, who delivered the goods. She had a great day with Chatterbox Therapy Services, All Adelaide Speech Pathology, Tel Speech Pathology, and Embrace Speech Pathology Services, sharing about the essence of life, communication!

In no particular order, Kate’s favourite things about the session:

✔️the fabulous like-minded people who attended

✔️the amazing snack and lunch spread

✔️the thoughtful questions

✔️the diligent note taking!

We love delivering these workshops to share our passion for all things AAC. ❤️

Happy birthday to our administration support, Karen! 🎂

Karen does a wonderful job supporting all of our therapists and families behind the scenes, and her organisation and efficiency does not go unnoticed!

Hope you have the best day celebrating, Karen!

Candle making and pizza to finish off term 3 with our beautiful SP’s and OT’s ✨✨ Missing our lovely therapists who are on very well deserved holidays! ✈️🌍

"Hyperlexia" is the term that is used for children who start reading fluently early, and beyond the years of their expected capabilities.

Typically these children present with a “photographic” memory, meaning they can recall the words previously learnt without needing the skills to segment, blend or decode.

Although these children may be able to read fluently, they typically struggle to comprehend the information they have read, which can cause gaps in their language development throughout their early schooling years.

Hyperlexia is typically not a ‘stand alone’ diagnosis, and very commonly occur with autistic children that are suspected gestalt language processors.

Although hyperlexia is not a disorder that warrants a diagnosis, it is important to be aware of, as this can significantly support strategies that will be most beneficial to support a child with their ongoing language and literacy development.

Thank you to the wonderful Kate from for the AAC presentation today! We were lucky enough to share this workshop with some of our beautiful speechies from and 🤍 thank you girls for coming along!

🔤Finger Spelling Alphabet! 🔤
Here are Beth, Zo, and Delna modeling the Key Word Sign (KWS) for “P, Q, R”.

Stay tuned for more KWS finger spelling!

Developing our communication skills 💬 alongside gross and fine motor goals 🌱 is a big yes from us!

🔤Finger Spelling Alphabet! 🔤
Here are Molly, Zoe, and Olivia modeling the Key Word Sign (KWS) for “M, N, O”.

Stay tuned for more KWS finger spelling!

Happy birthday to our lovely Speechie, Zoe! 🎂

Zoe's confidence, optimism and willingness to challenge herself (both inside and outside of work) are a few of the many things we love about working with Zo!

We hope you have the best day celebrating, Zoe!