Fact and information sheets

A range of fact and information sheets on a number of important topics have been created about communication difficulties. 
You can find many of the fact sheets on the Association's Communication Hub website. There is also Easy English versions of some of the fact sheets on the Communication Hub website.

Information sheets 

Communication Milestones

The Communication Milestones Kit is a series of A4-sized downloadable information sheets and an A3-sized poster. These outline the talking and understanding milestones for children aged 1-5 years Communication Milestones Kit.

What is a speech pathologist?
What is a Speech Pathologist? (read an Easy English version of this fact sheet). This fact sheet is also available in Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese. 
Speech pathologists study, diagnose and treat communication disorders, including difficulties with speech, language, fluency and voice.

Swallowing This graphic is associated with the hyperlink that precedes it and indicates the document is in PDF.

Like breathing, swallowing is a reflex and essential to everyday life. Humans swallow at least 900 times a day: around three times an hour during sleep, once per minute while awake and even more often during meals. We swallow food, liquids, medicine and saliva. People who have trouble swallowing are at risk of poor nutrition and dehydration, while babies and children may not take in enough nutrients to support growth and brain development.

Helping Your Baby to Talk This graphic is associated with the hyperlink that precedes it and indicates the document is in PDF.
Helping your baby to talk (read an Easy English version of this fact sheet). This fact sheet is also available in Dari (کمک کردن به طفل خود که گپ بزند).
Language is fundamental to a baby’s development.
See also the Information Sheets in the Communication Milestones Kit.

The Sound of Speech: 0 – 3 years This graphic is associated with the hyperlink that precedes it and indicates the document is in PDF.
(The ages and stages of children’s speech development)
The Sound of Speech: 0 – 3 years (read an Easy English version of this fact sheet)
Learning to speak is a crucial part of a child’s development and the most intensive period of speech and language development happens in the first three years of life.
See also the Information Sheets in the Communication Milestones Kit.

The Sound of Speech: Preschool and School Aged Children This graphic is associated with the hyperlink that precedes it and indicates the document is in PDF.
(The ages and stages of children’s speech development)
The Sound of Speech: preschool and school aged children (read an Easy English version of this fact sheet)
Learning to speak is a crucial part of a child’s development and progress made in the preschool and early school years is crucial to mastering the rules of language.
See also the Information Sheets in the Communication Milestones Kit.

Speech Pathology and Indigenous Children This graphic is associated with the hyperlink that precedes it and indicates the document is in PDF.
Speech pathology and Indigenous children (read an Easy English version of this fact sheet)
Speech pathologists working with Indigenous communities play a role in assisting with access to other specialist medical, allied health or educational services.