Paediatric Speech Pathology Services

Assessment and intervention for children aged 0 - 9 years

Paediatric Speech Pathology Services

Assessment and intervention for children aged 0 - 9 years

About Pumpkin House SP

Speech Pathologist

Danica is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist who has been practising as a paediatric speech pathologist since 2011. She holds a Master of Speech Language Pathology (Honours) degree from the University of Sydney.

Danica is trained in various speech therapy approaches such as Hanen It Takes Two to Talk, Hanen More Than Words, PROMPT for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetics Targets, Social Thinking, Lidcombe Program for Early Stuttering and Relationship Development Intervention.

Pumpkin House Story

You might be wondering why the name 'Pumpkin House'? There is a story behind the name.

In my first year working as a speech pathologist back in 2011, I worked with a four-year-old client with whom I developed a special bond. He used to call our therapy room the ”pumpkin house” - one of the first phrases he learned to say at the time. Why he chose to call it the pumpkin house remained a mystery to me. Nevertheless, the name stayed with me.

I would like to think that a pumpkin house represents a happy and safe place where children can learn, play and thrive.

Pumpkin House Speech Pathology first opened its doors in Williams Landing in 2020.

I look forward to welcoming you to Pumpkin House.

- Danica Djaja -

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathology Services

Speech Pathology Assessment

Speech pathology assessments in the areas of speech, language, and pragmatics (social-communication) are available for toddlers, preschool and school-age children.

Therapy Services

Speech pathology intervention is available for children with various communication difficulties such as difficulties with speech, receptive language, expressive language, and social-communication.

Pumpkin House Speech Pathology provides family-centred paediatric speech pathology services, with a focus on early childhood intervention services (0 -9 years). We offer mainly centre-based, individual speech therapy sessions carried out on a weekly or fortnightly basis, during school terms.

Communication Difficulties

Speech difficulties

Language difficulties

A child with speech difficulties has difficulties producing speech sounds accurately. Consequently, family members, peers or teachers may have difficulties understanding him or her.

Language difficulties

When a child has language difficulties, he or she may have difficulties in understanding spoken or written language, or difficulties in using spoken language to express his or her wants, needs, thoughts, emotions or ideas. He or she may have trouble understanding verbal instructions and may have trouble stringing words together to form sentences.

Social communication difficulties

A child with social-communication (pragmatic) difficulties has difficulties understanding and using non-verbal and verbal communication for social interactions (e.g., difficulty initiating and maintaining an interaction or conversation, reading subtle social cues, and behaving in a socially-appropriate manner).

Stuttering

Social communication difficulties

Stuttering typically begins in children younger than 6 years of age, and most commonly in three year olds. A child who stutters often talks with repetitions (e.g., 'ba-ba-ball'), prolongations of sounds (e.g., 'baaaall') or blocks (e.g., 'b.....ball'). Treatment is essential for young children who stutter.

Funding

NDIS

Medicare

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is now available across Australia for eligible children with disability or developmental delays to get funded services from a speech pathologist. Applications to access the NDIS are taken on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please contact the Brotherhood of St Laurence if your child is below 9 years of age, or contact NDIA if your child is above 9 years.

https://www.bsl.org.au/

https://www.ndis.gov.au/

Medicare

Your child may be eligible to access 5 speech therapy sessions with Medicare rebates under the Chronic Disease Management plan. Please consult with your GP.

If your child has an Autism diagnosis, your consultant paediatrician or psychiatrist may be able to issue a care plan for 20 sessions with medicare rebate for Item 135 or 137. Please check with your specialist.

Bulk billing is not available at the clinic.

For a new enquiry, please complete the Enquiry Form below.

Pumpkin House Speech Pathology

Unit 311/101 Overton Road, Williams Landing, Victoria 3027, Australia

P: (03) 7035 6204 E: admin@pumpkinhousespeech.com W: pumpkinhousespeechpathology.com.au Email is our preferred method of communication.

Hours

Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 5:30pm

By appointment only

Paediatric Speech Pathology Services

Paediatric Speech Pathology Services

Welcome

About Pumpkin House SP

Speech Pathologist

Pumpkin House Story

Speech Pathology Services

Speech Pathology Assessment

Therapy Services

Communication Difficulties

Speech difficulties

Language difficulties

Language difficulties

Language difficulties

Language difficulties

Language difficulties

Social communication difficulties

Social communication difficulties

Social communication difficulties

Stuttering

Social communication difficulties

Social communication difficulties

Funding

NDIS

Medicare

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