SCHOOL BASED SPEECH PATHOLOGY SERVICES

AllSALT provides on-site speech pathology services for individual students during the school day, with sessions scheduled in collaboration with classroom teachers to integrate seamlessly into learning.

With over 80% of the curriculum reliant on language, AllSALT connects therapy goals directly with classroom outcomes, helping students to access the curriculum, engage in classroom discussion and enjoy communication time with peers.

Individual Student Support

We offer goal-oriented, one-on-one support tailored to each student’s needs, including:

Receptive language – understanding instructions, classroom content, and reading comprehension
Expressive language – developing vocabulary, sentence structure and story-telling
Literacy development – reading and spelling skills, transferring spoken language into written sentences and paragraphs
Speech sound development – helping children use age-appropriate sounds to be clearly understood by teachers and peers
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) – assessment and implementation for students with autism or intellectual disability

Where applicable, services can be funded through the NDIS or other support programs, ensuring therapy aligns with the student’s individual goals and educational outcomes.

All interventions are individualised, evidence-based, and classroom-informed, with regular communication between therapists, teachers, and families.

Whole-School Services

In addition to individual therapy, AllSALT provides whole-school support, including:

Kindergarten speech and language screening
Screening for students in Stage 1 and above to identify emerging needs
Small group interventions for language and literacy development
In-class consultation and teacher collaboration to support strategies within the classroom
Professional development and staff training on oral language strategies, communication support, and inclusive classroom practice

These services are designed to support teachers, learning support teams, and school leaders in providing a consistent, evidence-based approach to language and literacy development across the school.

Working in Partnership with Schools

AllSALT works closely with educators, learning support teams, and families to ensure therapy is practical, educationally relevant, and integrated into daily learning. We value strong, collaborative partnerships, tailoring our services to each school’s unique context.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS

We provide evidence based professional learning for school Principals, Deputy Principals, Learning and Support Teachers and all teaching staff.

Introductory Professional Learning Seminar:

Find out how a Speech-Language Pathologist can work collaboratively with your staff to enhance the comprehension and expression of spoken language for students from Kindergarten through to year 6.

Identify students with receptive and expressive language delay to refer for Speech Pathology assessment and treatment.

Learn strategies to support and enhance students comprehension and expression of vocabulary and grammar in the classroom context.

How does Oral Language Development continue into the development of Literate Language?

Advanced Topics:

Robust Vocabulary Development - how targeted vocabulary selection and specific and explicit teaching can build ownership, awareness and student knowledge of academic vocabulary. Relevant for students from Kindergarten through to Year 6.

Grammar Matters - Enhance spoken and written grammar in words, sentences, paragraphs and text. Building spoken sentences for written expression.

Planning paragraphs and text.

Literacy Development - Phonological awareness, phonemic awareness and phonics - assisting students to 'crack the code' of reading and writing in English. Explicit, systematic phonics - evidence and application.

Language Development and the Curriculum. How to assist students with spoken and written language skills so that they are able to interact with the curriculum across each stage of learning.