Speech pathologist Sarah Billing with Cole and his Mum Rachael.
When Cole was 2 years old, the Baxter boy’s Mum and GP noticed his speech was delayed for his age.
Cole was referred to Peninsula Health’s speech pathology team with speech difficulties, partly due to a small hole in the roof of his mouth.
“I have definitely seen an improvement in Cole’s speech since he started speech therapy,” said Cole’s Mum Rachael.
“He started in group sessions which were really good for laying the foundation ahead of the one-on-one speech pathology sessions by introducing him to the games and structure of working out the different sounds.”
Cole is now doing one-on-one sessions with speech pathologist Sarah Billing, at Peninsula Health’s Hastings Community Health Centre.
“I can always tell in the week or so after a session that he’s really attempted a lot of what he’s learned and we’ve then practised at home as well,” explained Rachael.
His speech pathologist, Sarah, is also very pleased with his progress – he has improved from 70% to 95% in one of the sounds he has been working on since their last session.
Peninsula Health has improved access to children’s speech pathology services by bringing its speech pathology services together within one service. More clients can access support closer to home, with the service now offered in more areas including Hastings, Frankston, Rosebud and Mornington.
Rachael was happy to move from attending sessions at Frankston to Hastings as part of the change.
“Hastings is a lot easier to get to and I know the centre as I have also been here for Maternal Health appointments,” she said.
Rachael and Cole are both very pleased with the treatment they have received from the Peninsula Health speech pathology service.
“Cole really enjoys coming to speech pathology – he is very enthusiastic about having one on one time,” said Rachael.
“It’s been very good I can’t really fault it.”
More information about Peninsula Health’s speech pathology service is available here.
To access our speech pathology service call 1300 665 781 to book your first initial assessment.
Jessica Mills
Peninsula Health Media
JMills@phcn.vic.gov.au
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