{"id":3918,"date":"2021-05-04T03:07:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T19:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=3918"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T04:44:26","slug":"adult-speech-pathology-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/learning-teaching\/health-sciences\/about\/clinics\/adult-speech-pathology-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Speech Pathology Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Adult Speech and Language Clinic is<strong> <\/strong>a free service helping adults in the community with speech and language difficulties. It&#8217;s operated by speech pathology students under supervision by a qualified speech pathologist.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"article-overlay\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"Article overlay\"\n        data-segment=\"all\">\n\n    \n\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Speech pathology student with patient in clinic\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-1260x630.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/07\/adult-speech-pathology-2000x1000px-4-1520x760.jpg 1520w\"\n                sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    \n    <div class=\"article-overlay__content\">\n        \n                    <p><strong>Range of services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We provide services to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>adults 18 years and above who are experiencing speech and language difficulties<\/li>\n<li>people who have recently had a stroke and are having communication problems (for example, difficulty finding or saying the right word; difficulty understanding; difficulty being understood by others)<\/li>\n<li>people who have speech issues such as difficulties with speech rate, intonation and prosody, or volume.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dysarthria group and a language group for stroke survivors is run every week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referrals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download a referral form to secure your appointment.<\/p>\n\n        \n                    <ul class=\"article-overlay__links\">\n                                    <li>\n                        \n                        <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/04\/V4-Curtin-Clinic-Cockburn-Referral-Form-20250415_Fillable-Form.pdf\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Download referral\">Download referral<\/a>                    <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meditation Group for People with Aphasia\/ Stroke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A Meditation Group for People with Aphasia\/Stroke has been run at the Health and Wellness Centre since 2018, led by Dr Britta Biedermann.&nbsp;&nbsp;The group is mainly run as a community service but has also contributed to valuable research at Curtin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal for attendees of the group is to find calmness in stressful and overwhelming situations and to find a break in the midst of the daily everyday life and a break from the verbal communication people with aphasia sometimes find challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other aims of the group include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Learning to meditate as a new skill and finding out what meditation technique works best for each individual<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learning meditation techniques including body scan, breath count and awareness of sounds that present around us<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potential contributions to Aphasia and Speech Pathology research at Curtin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Meditation Group for People with Aphasia\/ Stroke meets for 1 hour weekly over the semester, with attendees joining both in-person and online. Times and days are subject to change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in finding out more about the group, including our current session times, please contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Britta Biedermann&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:b.biedermann@curtin.edu.au\">b.biedermann@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Britta welcomes enquiries from anyone interested in meditation, including speech pathology students and staff.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block \n        block-name=\"cards\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n    \n\n        <div class=\"card-grid\"\n         data-card-size=\"standard\"         data-card-count=\"2\"\n         data-card-background=\"gray\">\n                    <div  id=\"connect-with-us\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"connect-with-us\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Connect with us<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>Curtin Health and Wellness Centre<br \/>\nBuilding 404<br \/>\nBentley<\/p><p><strong>Tel: <\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"tel:9266 1717\">9266 1717<\/a><br \/><strong>Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:curtinclinics404@curtin.edu.au\">curtinclinics404@curtin.edu.au<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div  id=\"opening-hours-and-parking\" class=\"card\" data-type=\"\" aria-label=\"opening-hours-and-parking\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"card__title\"><h3>Opening hours and parking<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"card__content\"><p>We are open\u00a0 8 am \u2013 4 pm, Tuesday to Thursday.<\/p><p>Parking is available in areas <a href=\"https:\/\/link.mazemap.com\/R5A6lXIR\">PF2<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/link.mazemap.com\/CAq1JV9J\">PF3<\/a>. See reception on arrival for temporary parking permit.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>            <\/div>\n<\/mimas-block>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adult Speech and Language Clinic is a free service helping adults in the community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2821,"parent":3923,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3918","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"support_toggle":false,"support_content":{"customised":false,"content":false},"page_components":false,"controls":{"page_switch_toggle":false,"support_toggle":false,"breadcrumb_toggle":true,"navi_toggle":true,"section_nav_toggle":true,"alternate_font_toggle":false}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/DSC_9888_cropped_1000x500-1000x500.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Nik","last_name":"Malane","display_name":"Nik Malane"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3918"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28419,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3918\/revisions\/28419"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}