Bespoke Speech Language Therapy

03/06/2026

By 3, most children usually have lots of day to day words and short sentences and can be understood most of the time.

If your child is not saying much by 3, it's definitely time to get some advice from a speech language therapist. We are trained in the Hanen 'It Takes Two to Talk' programme, an evidence based framework for late talkers.

29/05/2026

Books do not need to be read as books. In fact, you'll provide more opportunity for interaction and language by talking about things in the book, rather than reading it word for word.

Here is a lovely wee snippet of how to use this simple strategy, courtesy of the Hanen Centre.

This is "SHM 2026 Turn Book Reading into a Conversation" by The Hanen Centre on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

20/05/2026

As parents, we always wonder and worry 'Is my child developing as they should?'. Some kids will be well ahead, some will be behind in their milestones and may or may not catch up on their own. So please take these as a guide.

By 2, toddlers are typically using a range of every day words and beginning to put these into phrases and using pronouns (eg expanding from 'milk' to 'more milk' "my milk").

Many are still really only using frontal sounds but other sounds should be emerging. Less familiar listeners can usually understand at least half of what a child is saying, parents/familiar listeners more so.

Info gathered from ASHA/SPA/Caroline Bowen.

29/04/2026

Kathryn - our superstar speech therapist!

Some of you have already met Kathryn but here is a Facebook official welcome to the team!

Kathryn has been a speech therapist for 15+ years and brings a wealth of experience. Currently running our Winton clinic as well as seeing Invercargill clients, Kathryn is fabulous with kids, managing all things speech, language and feeding.