Talk2connect Speech Pathology
Guanaba QLD 4210
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About Talk2connect Speech Pathology
Located on the Gold Coast, Talk2connect provides private and NDIS Speech Pathology services to help children and teenagers develop their communication skills, strengthen their relationships with family and friends, and apply these skills to real-life situations. They offer flexible, family-centred, and fun speech therapy services at home and school, with no travel needed and telehealth available.
What's offered
Home or school visits
Services provided
Talk2connect Speech Pathology lists
- Speech Sound Production
- Intervention for speech articulation and phonology, including Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) and childhood dysarthria.
- Language Development
- Support for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and early childhood language development, including parent training using Hanen methods.
- Literacy Skills
- Intervention targeting sound awareness, letter-sound knowledge, reading and spelling, and text planning and writing.
- Social Communication
- Support for managing conversations, understanding and using humour and sarcasm, and adapting conversational styles depending on social situations.
- Fluency and Stuttering
- Intervention for stuttering modification and fluency-facilitating strategies, including modifying speaking environments and increasing self-awareness.
- Accent Training
- Teaching strategies to make communication more natural and effective, with counselling for self-awareness and attitudes about accents and foreign language learning.
Get to know Talk2connect Speech Pathology
From Talk2connect Speech Pathology's website.
Our approach
Talk2connect provides flexible, family-centred speech therapy delivered at home, school, or other agreed locations on the Gold Coast. Sessions are evidence-based, goal-driven, and engage children through practical, real-life activities tailored to their communication needs. The clinician works closely with both children and parents, demonstrating strategies that families can use between sessions to support learning. Treatment targets a wide range of difficulties including speech sounds, language, literacy, fluency, social communication, and accent training. The approach emphasises involving families in decision-making and the therapy process as this is believed to improve outcomes.
Working with families
Families are strongly encouraged to be present during sessions, and the clinician touches base with parents at the start and end of every appointment to discuss the child's progress. Parents are actively encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback, and practical strategies are demonstrated to be practiced at home. For school or day care visits where families cannot attend, progress notes are emailed to keep everyone involved and informed. The provider works on the principle that involving families in decision-making and the therapy process is important to therapy outcomes and maintains communication about goals and progress throughout treatment.
Meet the team
Oliver (Man Fai) Sio is the speech pathologist at Talk2connect, holding qualifications including MSPA, CPSP, and BSpPath (Hons 1) from the University of Queensland. He is multilingual, speaking English, Cantonese, and Mandarin, with particular expertise in language and literacy intervention for school-aged children and experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse families. Oliver has completed professional development training in Hanen More Than Words, Hanen It Takes Two To Talk, Sounds-Write, Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP), Talk4Writing, Orofacial Myology, PROMPT, LETRS, Key Word Sign, and LSVT LOUD, demonstrating a commitment to evidence-based practice.
Your first visit
The first session is typically an optional 30-minute "meet-and-greet" where the clinician gathers background information about the child and screens their current speech and language skills. This session also allows families and the clinician to discuss concerns, goals, and next steps. If families prefer, they can skip the meet-and-greet and proceed directly to a full assessment (approximately one hour), which is tailored to the child's age and needs. At the start and end of every session, the clinician touches base with families about the child's progress and encourages questions and feedback.
Locations & areas served
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