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SALDA is an active and energetic group within the community and we’d love you to join us and help make a difference. Here’s the latest:
Upcoming events
Webinar Event: Oral Narrative Skills
Narrative language is an important aspect of early oral language development. Narrative or story telling allows students to orally discuss their thoughts and experiences while developing an understanding of higher-level language and theory of mind (knowing that others can think and feel differently). The ability to produce spoken narratives…
View eventWebinar Event: Higher Order Language
Higher order language comprises of a range of skills such as inferencing, predicting, reasoning, identifying cause and effect, and problem solving. As the name suggests, these skills go beyond the basics such as vocabulary and syntax. These skills are required for students to successfully participate in academic and social…
View eventWebinar Event: Taking Turns: Building Conversations and Play Skills
Social skills are a set of abilities and behaviours that facilitate appropriate and reciprocal interaction and communication with others. Social skills are a complex and multifaceted set of skills, including conversations, reading body language and facial expressions, solving social problems, and play. This webinar will primarily focus on building…
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Your gift will help many children and young people with speech, language and related disorders to find their voice. Your support will help families access specialist education, therapy and support.
read moreRaising funds for Speech & Language Development Australia is a fun and empowering way for you to get active and make a real difference in the lives of children and young people with speech, language and related disorders.
read moreSpeech & Language Development Australia is grateful for the incredible support provided, every year, by Australia’s corporate community. Your support is just as vital as ever to ensure that every child is given the opportunity to find their voice and to live life to the full. A corporate partnership…
read moreAt Speech & Language Development Australia we believe when people have a voice their thoughts, feelings and aspirations are recognised by others. They possess the capacity to make an impact, both on their own personal situation, as well as the broader community, through their actions and words. By leaving…
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