Tai Balfour
Speech and Language Pathologist
Tai is an experienced Speech Pathologist with 20 years experience working in Paediatric Private Practice and across a range of settings such as kindergartens, home-based, mainstream and specialist schools and Telehealth.
Tai works with pre-school, primary and secondary school-aged children. She provides assessment and evidence-based, individually tailored therapy services for children experiencing difficulties with receptive (understanding language) and expressive language (using language), speech sound disorders, stuttering and fluency, literacy and social communication.
She values the importance of family-centred practice and collaborative teamwork. She believes the best outcomes are achieved when families, educators and allied health professionals work together, and this philosophy is central to her practice.
Tai believes that therapy needs to feel fun to nurture engagement. She strives to create sessions that are engaging, enjoyable and meaningful, incorporating each child’s interests and strengths to build motivation, participation and confidence while working towards their therapy goals.