Bay of Plenty Speech Therapy

26/03/2025

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Today we’re shining a spotlight on the unique role of speech‑language therapists working in private practice — one of the many pathways our profession takes to support communication & swallowing across Aotearoa.

Private practice SLTs often:

✓ Bring therapy directly into homes, preschools, schools and aged‑care settings
✓ Provide therapy within a clinic setting, online or sometimes even in a cafe or library
✓ Provide tailored coaching for parents, whānau, teachers and other professionals
✓ Serve a broad range of clients — from toddlers building early language to older adults needing rehab
✓ Offer flexible scheduling and personalised, evidence‑based programmes

This model of care allows therapists to adapt interventions to each person’s environment and goals — whether that’s improving articulation in the classroom, developing feeding and swallowing strategies at home or within a rest home, or guiding whānau through communication challenges.

💬 Have you experienced speech therapy delivered in your community? Share how private practice SLPs have made a difference for you or someone you know!

06/10/2023

I work with some clients who are funded by the UpsideDown Trust. They receive zero government funding.

Could you take 1 minute to vote for them, to assist them to receive some grant money? Thank you.

Help them share in $500,000 worth of grants this year

20/09/2023

This saddens me, that the NZ MOE has insufficiently funded Special Schools and that this family is considering moving to Australia. Whenever there is a petition to support additional funding for education, please sign it.

They just want their little boy to go to school like other 5-year-olds but, with 23 out of 27 specialist schools in NZ at capacity, they're running out of options.

29/05/2023

Some very relevant early childhood advice, delivered by a charming 7 year old. I’m sure that her mother or father is a SLT!

https://www.ted.com/talks/molly_wright_how_every_child_can_thrive_by_five?fbclid=IwAR3JuaJpeG5zNS3Hzz9lHDv4h_kdJYMGrRV_HX9JjvSLx5munfj_AJOC4jY

"What if I was to tell you that a game of peek-a-boo could change the world?" asks seven-year-old Molly Wright, one of the youngest-ever TED speakers. Breaking down the research-backed ways parents and caregivers can support children's healthy brain development, Wright highlights the benefits of pla...

02/05/2023

Hello! My clients are primarily children, with a few teenagers. It can be difficult to plan 10, 20, 30 years ahead, but it is better to have a plan for your children, than to have no plan. This article may help you figure out a plan for your children/Tamariki.

Parents of disabled adults are left to figure it out on their own when it comes to planning for the time they are no longer around.

30/04/2023

Here is a funny article about why English can be such a complicated language to learn.

05/11/2022

I am a language nerd but even I had not heard of contronyms until just now. It is no wonder that non native English speakers can find English so difficult to understand with words like these.

27/10/2022

I love learning about language. This video explains why some words in English are so hard to learn to spell.

Why is there a B in DOUBT? Why does RECEIPT have a P in it? And what's with the B in DEBT? The answers to these questions will surprise and infuriate you all...

04/08/2022

Just a light-hearted post about how hard English words can be to decode. No wonder new words can be difficult to learn how to pronounce and/or spell!

https://fb.watch/eHrwOw68vC/