Kids Chatter Fees

For each assessment done, the Speech Language Pathologist will write a report. Some of you may ask, “why do we need a written report?”. Not only is it regulation according to Speech Pathology Australia to have written documentation of all assessments and results completed, but we believe that it is also a vital process in the way that we help your child. Research shows that on average, people only retain about 5% of the verbal information provided by a health professional to a patient/client in a healthcare setting. So to avoid vital information being forgotten, especially when there can be multiple areas that we’ve explained to you, we write it in a detailed report for you. Also, many teachers, GPs, Paediatricians and other professionals that you may be seeing, will always ask for a report. If your child is starting school, they often request written information about your child’s results as well. And lastly, if you ever need to see another Speech Language Pathologist, they can use this written information to continue working with your child and/or avoid them redoing the exact same assessments that you’ve already paid for.

Please be mindful that the assessment report will be written up once ALL assessments have been completed and typically takes between 3 – 4 weeks to write. The time it takes to write the reports is based on how many assessments were completed, the complexity of assessments completed, as well as having to write these reports throughout the week in between other therapy appointments that we are tending to. Should you require a copy of your child’s report urgently (less than 3 weeks), please talk to us as we may be able to arrange this for you. This is subject to the clinician’s availability at the time because report writing time has to be scheduled into their diaries and is dependent on their available work hours and other appointments already booked into the workweek. An additional fee of $100 for urgent reports will apply if you require the report in less than 3 weeks.