SALT Centre: Queenstown

At SALT Centre Queenstown, our mission is to provide quality service tailored to each individual, considering their unique set of strengths, needs and personal experiences.

Our commitment is to empower families and caregivers with the knowledge and skills to support their child’s speech, language and communication development.

We believe positive relationships are the key to therapy success.

  • We collaborate with you through each stage of the process to create goals that are functional and meaningful.

  • We partner with you to develop a language rich home and learning environment.

  • We liaise with other health and education professionals as part of a multidisciplinary approach to provide holistic care.

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Our Services

  • Evaluation

    We offer comprehensive evaluations to assess the following areas:

    ✧ Expressive/Receptive Language

    ✧ Articulation/Phonology

    ✧ Pragmatic Language/Social Communication

  • Therapy Services

    We offer direct one on one therapy services to target speech, language, and communication skills. Frequency of services depends on your child's individual needs. Sessions typically range from thirty minutes to one hour.

    We offer services in the following locations:

    ✧ Your child’s school or daycare facility

    ✧ Your home

    ✧ Online (teletherapy)

  • Caregiver Coaching

    Coaching aims to teach caregivers the necessary strategies and skills for language learning and communication development to be implemented with the child even when therapists are not there. Coaching can occur on the phone, virtual platform, and/or in person.

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Meet Jess

Kia ora,

My name is Jess, I am a specialist speech and language therapist from the United Kingdom. I graduated from The University of Manchester in 2020 and started my career supporting young autistic individuals in a specialist school and residential setting - one of my most formative experiences.

At the start of 2023 I moved to Auckland and found home at SALT Centre. Here I had the privilege of working both in the Parnell clinic and in schools across the city, supporting young people will all types of speech, language and communication disorders.

Eventually, my love of mountain biking and outdoor adventures took me down to Queenstown and here I remain. I am passionate about supporting neurodivergent children and their families to develop a robust language and communication system that works for them. I utilise a play approach to support emotional and sensory regulation, engagement and to create motivating language opportunities.

I am a member of the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists’ Association (NZSTA),  the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) and am regulated by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

  • BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy

    Additional Training:
    ✧ Attention Autism
    ✧ smiLE Therapy
    ✧ Talking Mats
    ✧ Gestalt Language Processing
    ✧ Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Contact us.

Live in or around Queenstown? Want to book a consultation? Or just ask a question?

Please get in touch. We are happy to answer any questions you might have.

Phone: (+64) 288-519-3335