Kashfa is a Paediatric Speech Pathologist with a particular strength and interest in literacy development. She supports school-aged children who are experiencing difficulties with reading, spelling, phonological awareness, written language or the underlying language skills needed for classroom learning.

Kashfa understands that literacy difficulties are often connected with a child’s broader speech and language development. She considers how skills such as speech sound awareness, vocabulary, listening comprehension, sentence structure and the organisation of ideas may be affecting the child’s reading and written work.

Alongside literacy, Kashfa supports children with speech sound difficulties, receptive and expressive language needs, fluency differences and social communication. She has also completed training in Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) to support children who use augmentative and alternative communication.

Kashfa creates a warm and encouraging therapy environment where children feel comfortable, understood and motivated to learn. She adapts intervention to each child’s strengths, needs, interests and learning style, with a strong focus on developing practical skills that support participation and confidence at school and in everyday life.

Kashfa provides assessment and intervention in areas including:

• phonological and phonemic awareness;
• reading and decoding;
• spelling;
• written language and communicating ideas in writing;
• oral language skills that support literacy and classroom learning;
• receptive and expressive language;
• vocabulary and sentence development;
• speech sound development and speech clarity;
• articulation and phonological difficulties;
• fluency and stuttering;
• social communication and participation;
• augmentative and alternative communication support;
• support informed by the LAMP approach;
• parent and caregiver coaching;
• school consultation and educator collaboration; and
• multidisciplinary consultation and support planning.