Julia Travis Speech Therapy

21/11/2025

Looking forward to sharing some information, insights and experiences with younger children with CAS on Monday evening at the SASLHA Apraxia Symposium EduSeries.

The Symposium covers the introduction, definitions and diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), with focus on differential diagnosis, especially from Inconsistent Phonological Disorder. Includes evidence-based interventions, Acquired Apraxia of Speech, DCD/Oral Apraxia vs CAS, CAS symptoms vi...

17/11/2025

Some great tips for parents of Autistic children to help make it through the festive season ♾️

The holiday season is a time for joy, family gatherings, and celebrations. However, for parents of autistic children, it can also be a period of heightened stress and anxiety. The disruption of routines, sensory overload, and social expectations can make holiday gatherings challenging. But with some...

15/11/2025

💬🗨️Today we honour the dedicated professionals who help unlock communication; one word, one gesture, one communication system and one breakthrough at a time.

In South Africa, speech therapy is more than a service, it's a lifeline. But too many communities still face barriers to accessing services.

💡 We can do better. By investing in early intervention, supporting team approaches, and expanding services, we can ensure that every voice is heard, regardless of language, location, or ability.

🌟 Speech therapists can lead the way by sharing tools and strategies across disciplines, advocating for inclusive systems in health and education, building partnerships with families and caregivers and building bridges between clinical expertise and everyday life.

🇿🇦 To every South African speech therapist: Thank you for your resilience, creativity and care.

🎓 If you are speech therapist interested in learning new and effective ways to deliver services, have a look at our study programmes: https://www.up.ac.za/caac-study-programmes or email saak@up.ac.za for more information.

11/11/2025

Definitely seen this with many of my kids 💗

Do you know what I see frequently when kids with CAS are getting sick or are sick? They experience “regression” in their speech and/or seem to struggle more with their speech. This can be worrisome for all involved but the good news is that’s it’s usually temperate and they bounce back to baseline when they are feeling better.

10/11/2025

Attending the first session of the SASLHA Apraxia Symposium 2025 this evening presented by Dr Jan Broomfield: Introduction, definitions & diagnosis, including differential diagnosis, especially from inconsistent phonological disorder.

10/11/2025

I am honoured to have been invited to present at the SASLHA Apraxia Symposium 2025. I will be presenting alongside Nasreen Allie for the session on 24 November. We are extremely fortunate to have such esteemed international speakers at the forefront of this field presenting this EduSeries and I look forward to absorbing all their knowledge and wisdom.

20/10/2025

Wishing all our Hindu families and colleagues celebrating Diwali a beautiful day 🕯️✨

18/08/2025

This 🙌🏻

17/06/2025

So true 🌈

Autistic individuals can often be extremely sensitive to certain things in the environment they are in. It could be sounds, lights, smells or simply the feel of clothes they are being asked to wear.

This is NOT something an autistic person can simply 'get used to', build resilience to or block out. Nor should that be expected of them, because they CAN'T.

So it is vitally important to look at what can be changed about that environment to make it accessible to the autistic person, rather than demanding they modify their uncontrollable reaction or effectively be excluded from that space or activity.

Our focus should be on inclusion, not exclusion, shame, punishment, or unrealistic expectations of an autistic person in any environment.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

16/06/2025

We appreciate you 💗

15/06/2025

Wishing all the Dads I am fortunate enough to work with every day, a very Happy Father's Day 💗 It is heart-warming to see how involved you are with your children's development and how proud you are of all their progress. Your involvement, patience, love and acceptance is so vital 💗