As of 12 June 2026, our regular in-person services will cease. We have closed our waitling list and are in the process of informing all currently clients and those who have been on our waitlist.
If you are a former client and would like to request a one-off consultation, we will have limited availability from time to time to provide advice and guidence, typically over zoom. This availability will likely be during university term breaks and the exact availability won't be known until later this year.
Communication occurs everywhere and anywhere! Given this, we at Inclusive Communication strongly believe in the value of working on communication skills in the settings where they are most frequently used.
Communication success definitely can occur in the therapy room, however we have seen so much success when we met clients in their own space and on their own terms.
We have previously provided privately funded assessments for AAC (Augmentative and Alternative communication). We may have capacity for this again in the future during university term breaks, however this service is currently on hold.
If an appropriate low or high tech solution is found, we can submit CAT-1 level funding applications to Enable (Ministry of Health). The equipment will be publicly funded if you qualify.
Alternatively, you can self-refer to TalkLink for a publicly funded assessment for a publicly funded assessment (waits are 1-2 years currently) and/or talk to your Ministry of Education team. School are allowed to contact MOE's learning support teams to request a CAT assessment for a student as well.
We have provided support to day programmes, disability providers, and others striving to fully support the communication needs of their family members or clients. In the future, we may have the capacity for professional development and training.
Here is an example of this work:
We also are committed to helping improve communication accessibility in all sectors of society and deliver training to employers, disability organisations, and customer-facing services wanting to improve how they engage people with communication disorders.
We may be avaiable for supervision via zoom again in the future. Shannon Hennig is particularly interested in supporting established clinicians in the areas of literacy, AAC, and Autism. She also has a special interest in supporting communication and language development in young people wiht Down Syndrome.