Gold Coast Health is recognised for quality patient care, nursing and midwifery excellence and innovations in professional nursing and midwifery practice under the Magnet® Recognition Program.
"Walking together in kindness" artwork produced for Gold Coast Health by Riki Salam, We are 27 Creative.Sometimes children may run late with their speech sound development. Caregivers play such an important role in supporting and encouraging their child’s speech development. On these pages, you’ll find simple strategies that you can use at home (or anywhere!) to support your child’s speech sound development.
It’s never too early, or late, to seek support from a Speech Pathologist. If you have concerns about your child’s communication development, talk to a Speech Pathologist.
If your child is having difficulty forming speech sounds or speech errors are continuing, contact a speech pathologist through your local public health service or visit Speech Pathology Australia to find a speech pathologist.
If you have any questions about the Child Development Service, please contact us.
Bernthal, John E ; Bankson, Nicholas W ; Flipsen Jr, Peter. (2017). Articulation and phonological disorders : Speech sound disorders in children "Eight Edition" . PEARSON
Bowen, C. (1998). Developmental phonological disorders: A practical guide for families and teachers. Melbourne: The Australian Council for Educational Research
Bowen, C. (2015). Children's speech sound disorders. (2nd ed.) Wiley-Blackwell, Wiley.
Gierut JA. Syllable onsets: clusters and adjuncts in acquisition. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 1999 Jun;42(3):708-26. doi: 10.1044/jslhr.4203.708. PMID: 10391634.
Hustad KC, Mahr TJ, Natzke P, Rathouz PJ. Speech Development Between 30 and 119 Months in Typical Children I: Intelligibility Growth Curves for Single-Word and Multiword Productions. J Speech Lang Hear Res. 2021 Oct 4;64(10):3707-3719.
Passy, Jane & Australian Council for Educational Research. (2010). Cued articulation : consonants and vowels / Jane Passy. Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press
Williams, A.L., McLeod S. & McCauley. (Eds.).Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children. Paul Brookes.
