Natalia HF Speech & Language Therapy

Speech & Language Therapy

A speech therapist and young child using alphabet flash cards.

Background

Kia ora! I'm Natalia, a speech language therapist based in Ōtautahi, Christchurch. I work with children and young people along with their whānau to help support communication development from preschool to high school. My areas of interest are developmental language disorder (DLD), literacy and autism. I strive to be neurodiversity affirming in my practice, and recognise that this is a long journey of learning! I can provide one-to-one therapy sessions at your child's home or school, or online using Zoom.

My qualifications
Bachelor of Applied Science in Speech Pathology (Honours Class I), University of Sydney
Masters of Science (Speech & Language Sciences), University of Canterbury

Services

Language And Literacy Assessments

A speech therapist and young child reading a book together.

Therapy For Language And Literacy

Workshops

Reading Comprehension Supports For Children With Literacy Difficulties

Publications And Talks

2022
McAllister, L., Atherton, M., Winkworth, A., Wells, S., Le, D., Sandweg, K., Nguyen, T., Henderson-Faranda, N., & Broadmore, S. (2022). A descriptive case report of telesupervision and online case-based learning for speech and language therapy students in Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 69(2). DOI: 10.4102/sajcd.v69i2.897

Henderson-Faranda, N.R., Newbury, J., & Sutherland, D. (2022). Using Computer Assisted Instruction to Improve Reading Comprehension of Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Pilot Study, Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 27:1, 135-167, DOI: 10.1080/19404158.2021.2021962

2021
Henderson-Faranda, N.R., Newbury, J., & Sutherland, D. (2021, November 4). Intervention for reading comprehension for children with autism and developmental language disorder: What SLTs need to know. [Conference presentation]. 2021 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association (NZSTA) Conference, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Henderson-Faranda, N.R., Newbury, J., & Sutherland, D. (2021, April 8-9). The efficacy of a computer based reading program for increasing the reading comprehension skills of children with autism. [Poster presentation]. 2021 Child Well-being Research Symposium, Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.

2020
Henderson-Faranda, N.R., Newbury, J., & Sutherland, D. (2020, December 10-11). The efficacy of a computer based reading program for increasing the reading comprehension skills of children with autism. [Conference presentation]. 2020 Australasian Society for Autism Research (ASfAR) Conference, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Henderson-Faranda, N.R., & Arciuli, J. (2020). Shared book reading between parents and child siblings with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology. 22(2), 79-84.