Express Yourself Speech Therapy is a mobile speech therapy service in Adelaide founded by Kim, a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist.
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Express Yourself Speech Therapy is a mobile speech therapy service in Adelaide founded by Kim, a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist. They support children with speech clarity and early language development, operating from The Village Around Me Clinic in Glenelg South and offering a collaborative service framework that includes connection, assessment, and planning.
Support for children with difficulty forming and joining speech sounds to create words clearly, addressing phonological speech errors that persist beyond typical developmental ages.
Therapy and support to help children build understanding and use of language — including vocabulary, grammar, listening comprehension and conversational skills. Delivered by a speech pathologist, it addresses both what a child understands and how they express themselves.
A thorough evaluation by a psychologist using standardised tests, interviews and observation to understand a person's cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning. Results inform diagnosis and guide recommendations for therapy, school adjustments and support services.
Free 15-minute phone consultation to determine if assessment would be beneficial and if working together would be a good fit.
Express Yourself Speech Therapy uses a functional, strength-based approach that treats each child as a unique individual. Sessions focus on developing skills across areas like pre-linguistic abilities, speech sounds, expressive and receptive language, and more. The service recognises that parents and carers play a significant role in therapy success and actively empowers them to implement strategies between sessions, leading to quicker results and greater gains for children.
Parents and carers are central to the service's philosophy, with the provider actively empowering them to feel confident implementing strategies between sessions. This collaborative approach aims to help families see quicker results and greater gains for their children. The provider acknowledges the significant impact parents and carers can have on therapy success and works alongside them as partners in the process.
Kimberley Appadoo is the founder and a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist (CPSP). She has over a decade of combined teaching and speech pathology experience, having worked as a classroom teacher before completing a master of speech pathology degree in 2021. Over the last five years as a certified practising speech pathologist, she has worked extensively with children and families on communication support.
