Mrs Patricia McLaughlin Speech Pathologist

clinic location

Info

Phone03 7032 6321(Landline)Websitewww.soundsright.com.au
Sounds Right Speech Pathology GREENSBOROUGH 2 Sunrise drive, Greensborough, Victoria, 3088
Map for 2 Sunrise drive, Greensborough, Victoria, 3088

Overview

Patricia McLaughlin is the co-director of Sounds Right Speech Pathology. She believes therapy should be individualised to each child, and that the use of the child’s interests should be the core of therapy. Patricia completed a Bachelor of Speech Pathology, at La Trobe University, Bundoora, in 2007. After completing her university degree she worked for a private speech pathology practice providing services at Western Autistic School and school holiday programs for Autistic children. In 2009–2012 Patricia worked at Northern School for Autism, Jacana campus. In 2011 Patricia established Sounds Right Speech Pathology providing speech pathology services to children in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

Qualifications and Experience

Education

  • Bachelor of Speech Pathology

Certifications

  • Hanen: More than words (2014)
  • Hanen: It takes two to talk (2012)
  • Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) 2008
  • Training in Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) (2011)
  • DIR Floortime Training (2011)
  • Social Thinking (2015)
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • Karen Stagnetti: Learning to play (2014)
  • Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC)- including PECS, PODD books, Aided Language Displays, voice output devices
  • Social Stories (2009, 2010)
  • PROMPT: Introduction to PROMPT (2016)
  • Lidcombe Training (2018)
  • Supervisor Development Training 2020
  • Hanen More Than Words 2021
  • Babble and Munch Infant Feeding Foundations 2021
  • Time Management Training 2021
  • Personal Effectiveness Training 2022
  • Effective Feedback Course 2022
  • Liberator and LAMP training 2022
  • Neurodiversity Introduction & Neurodiversity Questions and Answers - Emily Hammond - 2023
  • Neurodiversity Affirming Practice, Affirming ways to support social and peer interactions and Introductory Workshop - Adina Levy - 2023
  • Neurodiversity affirming Practice, Affirming Approach to understanding and supporting behviour, Adina Levy -2024 Ultimate Play Based Speech Therapy - 2024
  • ROCC (Roadmap of Communication Competence) Basic Training - 2024
  • Professional Supervision Training, Michelle Bihary - 2024

Specialisation and Services

Area of Focus

  • Advocacy
  • Apraxia
  • Articulation
  • Articulation and Phonology
  • Assistive Devices
  • Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  • Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
  • Autism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Children's social skills and self-esteem
  • Communication disorders
  • Developmental Delays
  • Dyslexia
  • Early Intervention
  • Illiteracy
  • Intellectual Disabilities
  • Language delay
  • Language disorders
  • Language impairment
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Literacy
  • Parent/Caregiver Training
  • Phonology
  • Reading
  • Reading and Writing
  • Social skills
  • Speaking difficulties, learning difficulties
  • Speech assessments
  • Speech delay
  • Speech pathology diagnostics
  • Speech problems
  • Spelling
  • Stammering
  • Stuttering

Patient Focus

  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Infants
  • People with disabilities

Languages Spoken

  • English