Receptive and expressive language

Your language skills enables you to process incoming information that is given to you and being able to give an appropriate response to the person you are talking too. The process of doing this enables you to effectively communicate with others.
  • Responding to questions
  • Following instructions
  • Understanding meaning of gestures
  • Understanding basic concepts (e.g. colours, shapes, size etc.)
  • Identifying objects and pictures
  • Reading comprehension
  • Understanding a story
Receptive language refers to your child’s ability to understand language and words that are spoken or read. For example, a child’s ability to listen to and follow directions (e.g. “Put your socks on”) relies on their receptive language skills. Children are typically able to understand language before they can produce it.

The ability for your child to convey their wants and needs through verbal or nonverbal communication is known as expressive language. It is the capacity to put one’s thoughts into words and sentences in a logical and grammatically correct manner.

  • Difficulty conveying their wants and needs
  • Asking questions
  • Labelling objects
  • Using gestures and facial expressions
  • Making comments
  • Vocabulary development
  • Syntax (sentence structure)
  • Semantics (word/sentence meaning)
  • Morphology (forms of words)

Speech pathology intervention can significantly improve your child’s receptive and expressive language skills. Your therapist will start by assessing your child’s language skills by using various informal and formal assessment tools. At Blacktown Speech Pathology we tailor therapy to suit your child’s individual needs. Therapy may focus on your child’s play skills, joint attention, understanding and use of vocabulary, grammar, following directions and overall ability to express their wants and needs. After each therapy session your child will receive homework tasks to allow for further practice and repetition. Completion of these tasks, along with the implementation of acquired strategies are imperative to ensure that the highest results and progress are attained.

Our approach

We welcome our clients (big and small!) with open arms. We take the time to get to know them and their family. We understand that we are all different. Our treatment will be perfectly crafted for your little one. Guaranteed.

Meet our expert team

Khushali Hirani

Khushali Hirani

Speech Pathologist
Shivangi Amin

Shivangi Amin

Speech Pathologist
Isabella Matsias

Isabella Matsias

Speech Pathologist
Sadaf Ghoriani

Sadaf Ghoriani

Speech Therapy Aid
Mashal Barez

Mashal Barez

Speech Therapy Aid
Afifa Batool Blacktownspeech

Afifa Batool

Speech Therapy Aid
Tiana Lardieri

Tiana Lardieri

Speech Pathologist
Sarah Prestipino

Sarah Prestipino

Speech Pathologist
Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson

Accounts and client support co-ordinator
Jodie Lam

Jodie Lam

Speech Pathologist
Janice Radis

Janice Radis

Administration and client support co-ordinator
Chelsea Chen

Chelsea Chen

Speech Pathologist
Dikea

Dikea Tziogas

Senior Speech Pathologist

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