Pragmatic Language Therapy

Signs your child may need this therapy

• Talks at length about one interest regardless of the listener
• Interrupts or does not wait for turns
• Misses jokes, sarcasm and figurative language
• Stands too close or avoids eye contact consistently
• Difficulty starting or maintaining a conversation
• Struggles to make and keep friends

Benefits of Pragmatic Language Therapy

• Better conversation initiation and turn-taking
• Understanding of tone, gesture and facial expression
• Ability to repair misunderstandings
• Age-appropriate humour and idiom comprehension
• Improved peer relationships
• Reduced social anxiety

Treatment process

1. STEP 1

   Speech and language assessment

   A 60-minute evaluation of receptive language, expressive language, articulation, oral-motor structures, fluency, voice and social communication, with parent interview and play observation.

2. STEP 2

   Diagnosis and goal setting

   We explain exactly where your child sits against age expectations and agree on functional communication goals — first words, two-word phrases, clearer /s/ and /r/, smoother speech.

3. STEP 3

   Customised therapy plan

   Approaches are matched to the child: Hanen-style parent coaching for toddlers, minimal pairs or cycles for articulation, PECS or AAC where speech is not yet functional.

4. STEP 4

   Weekly sessions

   45-minute one-to-one sessions, 2–3 times per week for early intervention, in a distraction-controlled therapy room with live modelling for parents.

5. STEP 5

   Parent training and home practice

   You receive weekly home activities that fit into daily routines — bath time, mealtimes, the drive to school — because 15 focused minutes a day outperforms an hour once a week.

6. STEP 6

   Progress monitoring

   Word counts, intelligibility ratings and language sample analysis are re-measured monthly, with a written progress report every quarter.