Areas of Practice

Layburn Speech & Language provides assessment, diagnostic and therapy services for children with communication difficulties. These may include:

• Early communication development and late talkers
• Speech difficulties - including delayed speech development, lisps and motor-planning disorders (including childhood apraxia of speech/developmental coordination disorder)
• Early childhood stuttering
• Language delays/disorders - including receptive (understanding language) and expressive (using language) difficulties
• Phonological awareness - building the foundations for learning literacy
• Difficulties with spelling, writing, reading comprehension
• Social communication skills - developing social skills for effective communication
• The communication needs of children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities

You are invited to contact Amber to discuss your child's communication needs. No referral is required to see a speech pathologist.