Summary of what to expect and how to prepare for your upcoming telehealth assessment with Hills District Speech Therapy.

Duration of Assessment: 60 minutes

Your clinician will conduct the following:

A case history discussion with you about your child’s strengths and weaknesses, their developmental and medical history, their social history and your current concerns.
A single word speech test, called the Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP). This will be shared over Zoom.
A Test of Polysyllables. This will be shared over Zoom.
A conversational sample
A test of phonological awareness (if your child is nearing school age)

A computer and camera with good internet connection
The intake questionnaire (sent via booking confirmation email)
Token games, such as a puzzle, where you can give your child a piece to keep them motivated and engaged throughout the assessment.
A reward chart (sent via booking confirmation email) to be ticked to keep your child motivated. Give them a reward once this is completed (place this so it will be completed at the end of the assessment)
Photographs or toys for your child to talk about in the conversational sample

The intake questionnaire. This can be emailed directly to bookings@hdspeechtherapy.com.au once completed (before the assessment if possible)
The Telehealth consent form (sent via booking confirmation email)
A video or audio sample of your child talking. This can be sent either to your clinician or to bookings@hdspeechtherapy.com.au and must be clearly labelled with your child’s name and date of birth.
Any previous Speech Pathology reports
The Credit Card Authority form (sent via booking confirmation email and can be accessed here) to allow payment to be taken. If you do not want to use this system, you can call the clinic directly to make payment. Payment must be received by HDST no later than two days before the assessment. If payment has not been received, the assessment will not go ahead and you will need to reschedule the assessment.

Your clinician will send you an email outlining the time and date of the appointment.

About 5-10 minutes before the appointment, please click on the link that was sent by your clinician.

Open Zoom and Click on ‘Join a meeting’

Enter the Meeting ID and password details.Your clinician will join the meeting at the time of the assessment