Welcome to "Fun to Talk"
Our philosophy involves empowering parents to become confident leaders when helping their child to communicate. I provide paediatric speech pathology services and have a passion for early intervention (children aged 0-7 years), as this is when the most change can happen. I am based in Somerton Park. However, I also provide a mobile service if needed.
About Me
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Originally from Canada, Sarah moved to Australia in 2009 after spending time travelling the world and teaching English in South Korea and Brazil. She graduated from Flinders University in 2011 with a Masters of Speech Pathology and began working in early intervention, specifically with deaf and hearing impaired children.
Being the mother of three beautiful children, Sarah understands the unique challenges and rewards of being a busy working parent.
Sarah Thurling
Speech & Language Pathologist
BA, MSpPth, MSPAA, LSLS Cert AVT®
Sarah has been working as a paediatric speech pathologist for over 10 years. She has a passion for early intervention (ages 0 to 7) and has has helped many parents to achieve their child's speech, language and hearing goals.
Sarah has extensive experience with children who are deaf and hard of hearing and has undertaken extra training to become a Listening and Spoken Language Specialist with an Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) Certification. This method of therapy is evidence based (LOCHI study) and shows that children who are deaf or hard of hearing are able develop oral speech and language skills at the same rate as their hearing peers using their hearing technology (hearing aids, cochlear implants). AVT clinicians specialise in early intervention and help children to reach developmental speech and language milestones.
Sarah has recently completed specialist training that help verbal and non verbal autistic children learn how to socially communicate (Hanen Workshop: more than words, Early Start Denver Model). Both specialties focus on guiding and coaching the parent to feel empowered and confident to meet their child's communication needs.