Speech Language Therapy

What Speech and Language Therapists do at Patricia Avenue School

We are involved in every aspect of school life from in class learning to school trips, events and camps.

We support students to make their wishes known with all forms of communication from play, language, verbal and nonverbal communication.

We also support safe eating and drinking processes in classrooms.

 We do this by

• Support and encourage joint engagement between students, other peers and staff as the beginning of communication
• Provide and promote Core Boards as the primary aided language across the school
• Assess, provide and upskill students and staff with the use of communication devices
• Assess eating and drinking of any at risk students and following liaison with whaanau provide support in class with safe eating and drinking programmes