This Speech Pathology Week (23-29 August 2020) we celebrate our own speech pathologists.
This Speech Pathology Week (23-29 August 2020) we celebrate our own speech pathologists who are part of a team of early intervention experts supporting children who are deaf or hard of hearing to get the best start in life.
The theme for Speech Pathology Week in 2020 is: Communicating with confidence! And RIDBC speech pathologists support children with hearing loss to do this every day by developing their communication, language, and literacy skills as either their key worker or part of the team around the child.
Playing a vital role in early intervention
RIDBC’s Best Practice Lead for Early Intervention (Hearing), Inge Kaltenbrunn, is a regular contributor to the knowledge base for early intervention for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Inge also began her career as a speech pathologist, something that she still practices. “RIDBC’s Early Intervention Programs are evidence-based and goal-focused to assist children to achieve their best outcomes with their listening, language, communication and social skills,” said Inge.
“Due to the child’s age, family support and parent coaching during individual and/or group sessions is essential as goals are best achieved by supporting the family to implement strategies from the team into the daily routines of the child and family.”
The Early Intervention services available at RIDBC offer families holistic care by building a team around the child to support them and their family with a tailored and individualised plan.
At the centre of the support is an expert consultant who is assigned to each child and their family, as their key worker. The child’s key worker provides intervention and coordinates services and supports to achieve the best outcomes for every child, and their family.
