socialability is a private speech pathology service for preschool, school aged children and young teenagers who may be struggling with social relationships at home, childcare/kindergarten or school. By understanding the connections between your child’s language abilities, social abilities and the qualities of their relationships with others we can work together to:
- Understand what your child is trying to communicate through their behavior
- Develop your child’s understanding and expression of language
- Improve your child’s conversational skills
- Develop your child’s ability to interact with others
- Help your child to develop more useful ways to express and manage their feelings
- Improve your child’s ability to understand other’s thoughts, feelings and needs
- Develop your child’s capacity to understand social situations and solve the problems that arise
- Support the development of more positive, and mutually enjoyable social relationships
This will improve your child’s social and emotional wellbeing which can have a positive influence on friendships, self esteem, learning and family relationships.
Bernadette Feeney is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and private practitioner who graduated in 1986. She has worked in the area of disability and home based early intervention services and for the past 18 years she has worked with preschool and school aged children and young teenagers with social, emotional and behavioural problems. She has a special interest in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Infant Mental Health and the connection between communication difficulties and behaviour problems. She has a strong commitment to working together with families to help them recognise and respond to their child’s communication signals and to understand what the child is trying to communicate through their behaviour in order to enhance the parent child relationship and peer relationships.
Bernadette has further training at a Certificate level in Family Therapy and Developmental Psychiatry and is Certified for It takes Two to Talk®-The Hanen Program® for Parents of Children with Language Delays and she is a Registered Parent Educator for Circle of Security Parenting © A relationship based parenting program.