The Cora Barclay Centre is a not for profit organisation that teaches children who are deaf or hearing impaired to listen, speak and have no limits in life. Started in Adelaide in 1945 the centre is the oldest and most comprehensive dedicated listening and spoken langauge program in Australia, providing intensive, evidenced-based intervention through Auditory-Verbal Therapy (AVT), student support services, social participation programs, and ongoing monitoring and assessment to children from birth to 18 years and their families.
The aim of the Centre is to help children who are deaf or hearing impaired achieve life-long social and emotional wellbeing and economic independence. The vast majority of children who attend the Cora Barclay Centre , who have no additional disabilities, achieve age-appropriate speech, language and comprehension by the time they go to school. The centre supports families throughout South Australia through sessions that can be face to face in the Centre, or the family home or, for those in regional ares we provide video conferencing support.
