Empowering young people to thrive in their world.

At Hobart Communication Clinic we are passionate about working closely with families and children to help them overcome challenges, flourish and thrive. We aim to provide therapy in a fun, positive environment that builds a child’s confidence; and strives to equip parents and caregivers with the tools they need to achieve and sustain results in the home. As practitioners, we are dedicated to lifelong learning and evidence-based practice and are committed to working with other health professionals and educators to achieve the best possible outcomes for our clients.

Hobart Communication Clinic offers Speech Pathology assessment and treatment for children with:

• Language delay (late talkers);
• Receptive language disorder (difficulties understanding spoken language, such as difficulty following instructions);
• Expressive language disorder (difficulty using spoken language, such as grammatical errors, difficulty formulating sentences, and word-finding difficulties);
• Stuttering;
• Literacy difficulties;
• Articulation disorder;
• Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (E.g. dribbling, tongue thrust)
• Fussy eating.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN AN ASSESSMENT?

The assessment process involves the following:

A 15-minute phone call between the parent/guardian and the clinician to collect background information.

2 x 50-minute clinic appointments with the child, parent/guardian and the clinician, which includes:

• A comprehensive assessment of the child’s communication skills, oral structures and feeding skills to determine any areas of difficulty;
• An individually tailored combination of formal, play-based and informal assessment techniques;

A consultation meeting between the parent/guardian and the clinician to:

• Discuss the assessment results, report and therapy plan
• Provide Recommendations to support the child/ offer referrals to other professionals as required.

WHAT DOES THERAPY INVOLVE?

Your Speech Pathologist will design a tailored treatment program for your child. Therapy will be evidence-based and engaging and will usually occur on a weekly or fortnightly basis. Review assessments will be offered at regular intervals to check your child’s progress, address any questions or concerns you might have, and inform therapy plans going forward.

We are passionate about enhancing the lives of children, families & communities and we want to keep doing that more and more.

We are always looking to connect with experienced or new graduate Speech Pathologists who may be interested in joining our team.

We believe that developing you to be the best Speech Pathologist you can be is the best thing for our clients and our business. Therefore, we offer a generous annual PD budget, regular supervision & training opportunities, and best in class assessment & therapy tools to all our team.

We also know that there is more to life than work. Our truly flexible work arrangements mean that for the right candidate the number of hours, days and amount of annual leave are all on the table for discussion. We know that when you’re happy at work you’ll be at your best.

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