Quality and experienced speech pathology services in the Southern Riverina.

Our services are tailored to each individual, as we work together to help them achieve their goals. We offer face to face services in our warm and inviting clinic, at your home, your child's school or early learning centre.

Living rurally shouldn't restrict your access to essential health services. Access to timely, affordable and quality speech pathology services is what we stand for.

Outreach Speech Pathology is based in the beautiful southern Riverina town of Jerilderie, NSW. The business was founded in 2015 by speech pathologist Steph Girdwood after she fell in love with a local farmer. In the early days, Steph travelled hundreds of kilometres every week to bring speech pathology services to the towns of Jerilderie, Berrigan, Finley, Conargo, Oaklands, Savernake, Corowa and Urana. After having her two daughters and needing to be closer to home, she settled down and opened a clinic at 39 Jerilderie Street, Jerilderie.

In 2020, reinforcement was brought in and Katie joined the team as practice manager and allied health assistant. Now a two woman show, Outreach Speech Pathology continues to provide quality speech pathology assessments, intervention and consultancy services to the surrounding area.

Due to local demand, we have had to temporarily limit our service area and currently only provide outreach services to Berrigan, and Finley, as well as offer appointments at our Jerilderie Clinic.

Steph is committed to providing a service that is evidence based, and therapeutic approaches that align with best practice principles. She loves completing further training and study. One day she hopes to complete a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education.

Steph is a registered Sounds Write and Read3 practitioner.

Some of the recent courses she has completed include:

• Diagnosing DLD with Confidence (The DLD Project)
  
• Word to Texts - Strategies to Support Reading Difficulties (SPELD NSW)
  
• Hanen It Takes Two to Talk
  
• Youth Mental Health First Aid
  
• Paediatric Feeding Foundations Program (Babble and Munch)
  

Together, Steph and Katie pride themselves on delivering supports that are family centred, individualised and strengths based. Living locally means they have a unique understanding of their community and local services. They understand the lived experiences, values and the challenges that many rural people face.

Outside of work, Steph and Katie are kept busy by their families and volunteer work with local community groups and schools.

We provide a range of services to assist people experiencing communication and/or swallowing difficulties. This includes assessment and therapy supports for:

• Early language and communication
  
• AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication)
  
• School age language
  
• Literacy
  
• Speech sound disorders
  
• Adult language and speech
  
• Swallowing and meal time management
  

We can also work with your school or ECEC service to provide:

• Contract services
  
• Professional development
  
• Assessments for funding
  

Contact us via email or phone to discuss your specific needs. We will then let you know if there will be a short wait and what services we can offer you.

You or your child may be eligible to receive a rebate with a Medicare Chronic Disease Management Plan or through your private health provider.

We also support NDIS participants who have a plan managed or self managed capacity building budget.

Tel: 03 58776000

Email: info@outreachspeechpathology.com.au

Socials: @outreachspeechpathology

Address: 39 Jerilderie Street,

Jerilderie

NSW 2716