Over the past 10 years, the interest in Hills District Speech Therapy’s group services has grown significantly. With a large majority of children already attending one on one therapy, groups are tailored to the needs of the children and groupings made accordingly to maximise outcomes for all. We offer a range of group services in our specific disciplines, but also offer multidisciplinary groups where our speech pathologists, occupational therapists, music therapists, and allied health assistants work together to meet a range of therapy goals. Lead by at least two therapists and running for up to 2.5 hours, the groups are well coordinated and planned, highly motivating for all participants, educational for parents, and a fantastic way to generalise skills beyond one to one sessions. The social focus is also beneficial to all involved.

Benefits of Group-Based Therapy

HDST continues to offer group-based therapy sessions given the growing body of evidence supporting this mode of service delivery and positive outcomes at the end of our intensives and therapy blocks. These benefits include:

• Acquisition of specific communication skills
• Frequent practice of skills learnt in 1:1 therapy sessions
• Improved social communication
• Generalisation of skills to conversational levels (including carry-over of newly learnt speech sounds, sentence structures and conversation skills)

What group programmes are offered at HDST?

What’s the difference between individual and group therapy?

How much does it cost to attend a group?

Please contact our bookings team directly for more information on costs of each group by calling us on (02) 9054 1996 or emailing enquiries@hdspeechtherapy.com.au.

Group Therapy Cancellation Policy

Due to the ongoing nature of these services, the full fee for each session will be charged and can  not be refunded, waived, or transferred. For more information on our group therapy cancellation policy, visit: Cancellation Policy.

When is the next group running?

Our groups are offered during school term and holidays, both face-to-face and online. To find out more about when each group is running, click here, and also be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates!