Our Services

Therapy at Grasshoppers focuses on what is particularly important to the child and the family.

Communication

Therapy at Grasshoppers focuses on what is particularly important to the child and the family. Whether it be at home, kindergarten or daycare, Grasshoppers therapists provide therapy, assessment and advocacy services to help your child to:

Speak clearly (articulation, phonological processing)
Tell others their needs and wants without becoming upset (language)
Understand (receptive language)
Reduce frustrations
Make friends (social skills)
Develop stronger relationships (social skills)
Reduce fights and meltdowns (social skills, receptive and expressive language)
Play
Share emotional experiences with family and friends (social skills, language development, narrative language)
Tell stories - “what did you do today?” (language, narrative language)

Feeding

Grasshoppers therapists also provide support for children who experience difficulty with eating, drinking or swallowing (dysphagia).

Our experienced therapists work with many different feeding challenges including:

Introducing first foods
Texture progression (developing from foods that are easier to eat through to those that are more challenging)
Picky eaters (expand their diets)
Children who are having trouble physically chewing and swallowing their food and drink (dysphagia).

We are experienced in supporting children's feeding development by working together with other professionals, such as, GP's, Dieticians, Occupational Therapists, Physio Therapists and Gastroenterologists.

Grasshoppers can also support you and your child following being discharged from hospital - helping you to feel confident in implementing any changes into your daily life and knowing that we can support you should further challenges arise.