Sydney speech pathologists helping adults and children speak for themselves. To book an appointment today, call us on (02) 8757-3838 or email hello@banterspeech.com.au.
Call us on (02) 8757-3838 or email hello@banterspeech.com.au to meet with one of our speech pathologists.
16 July 2018
The “complexity approach” for treating children with phonological speech disorders has a lot of peer-reviewed research evidence to support it. But one study showed only 8% of speech pathologists use it (Brumbaugh & Smit, 2013). There are lots of… Read More
16 July 2018
If a toddler screams “Give!” or “Give me!”, most adults won’t blink an eye. But if a four-year-old does it, we wince and wait for the parents to chide the child. “Please. Mark. Say ‘Can you please give… Read More
5 June 2018
Recently, we’ve seen a worrying increase in the number of preschoolers – with and without language issues – who don’t know where they live or how to describe where things are in space. While lots of early education products… Read More
22 May 2018
Peer-reviewed evidence tells us that: boys are 3-5 times more likely than girls to be referred to professionals for help with reading difficulties, including dyslexia; on average, boys don’t do as well as girls on standardised reading tests;… Read More
15 May 2018
We all want our kids to be happy, well-behaved and well-liked by peers. But, sometimes – despite our best hopes – they struggle. And few things in life are as stressful as seeing your child suffer as they… Read More
2 January 2018
About 4% to 8% of children stutter at some point during early childhood (Yairi & Ambrose, 2013). Stuttering usually starts without warning between the ages of 2 1/2 and 4 years of age. Here’s the good news: at… Read More
2 January 2018
Yesterday morning, while sunburning myself to a crisp, I watched my sons muck around at Austinmer beach. They were out of earshot, but appeared to be playing a game where Son 1 would “defend” Son 2 from oncoming waves… Read More
2 January 2018
From time to time, I get complaints about the length of my pre-assessment case history form. But I’m not shortening it. Every question in my case history form has a purpose. Yet the answers to some questions are… Read More
2 January 2018
Most parents know that reading books with their kids is important. But many parents don’t know why exactly. And it’s not as if parents get issued with an instruction book about how to read books with their kids… Read More
29 January 2018
On reflection, I’m incredibly lucky. Both my parents were teachers. Growing up, my house was full of chatter, stories and books. My early state school education in regional Victoria was long on “old school” phonics and short on fads…. Read More
21 April 2018
Speech is a wonderfully complex skill, and children need lots of practice to learn how to do it. As with any motor skill, children make plenty of mistakes as they learn to speak clearly. In English, we hear… Read More