The Speech Pathology Clinic at Lizard is a paediatric clinic servicing children up to 18 years of age.  The clinic is currently staffed by Speech Pathologists Elizabeth Watson, Kate Montgomery and Lucy Cummins.

Our Speech Pathologists diagnose and treat children with a variety of problems, including:-

• Delayed or disordered development of language. 

• Phonological and articulation disorders

• Childhood Apraxia of Speech (Dyspraxia)

• Listening and attention disorders

• Communication disorders secondary to a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Social skills problems

• Eating & oral motor problems

• Alternative communication - PECS

The role of the Speech Pathologist is to:-

• seek to understand the parents’ concerns

• take a history of the child’s development 

• establish the exact nature and severity of each client’s communication problems through testing or observation  

• plan and carry out treatment and management taking account of the child’s age, past and present social environment, physical and intellectual abilities

• coach the parents so that they can assist their child at home

• liaise with other professionals who are involved with the child and family such as, teachers, doctors, dentists and other health professionals, if required.

 Therapy may be individual or group or a combination of both.

The length of the child’s session and the intensity of sessions will be determined individually with the parents.