Finding a paediatric speech pathologist who truly listens can make all the difference for your child’s communication journey. At Kids and Cubs Clinic, we welcome children from Balmain East into a warm, supportive environment where therapy feels like play and progress is celebrated every step of the way. Our experienced clinicians take the time to understand each child individually, crafting a therapy plan that fits their personality, goals, and family life. From first words to confident conversations, we are here to help your Balmain East child find their voice.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Difficult to understand, even for close family members or familiar carers
Struggling to find the right words or build full sentences for their age
Appears to hear normally but does not respond clearly to questions
Becomes visibly frustrated or upset when trying to communicate
Talks noticeably less than other children the same age or avoids speaking
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Balmain East assessments are thorough, child-friendly, and designed to uncover your child’s specific communication strengths and challenges. From this foundation, we build a clear and achievable therapy plan together with your family.
We support Balmain East families navigating the daily stress of fussy eating. Using gentle, sensory-aware strategies, we help children broaden their diet at a pace that feels safe and positive for everyone at the table.
Our Balmain East therapists have extensive experience supporting neurodivergent children. We use evidence-based strategies focused on functional communication, social connection, and building confidence in everyday interactions.
We help Balmain East children produce sounds clearly and confidently. Our sessions target specific speech sound errors and lisps using engaging, age-appropriate activities that children genuinely look forward to.
Whether your Balmain East child struggles to follow instructions or finds it hard to express their ideas, our language therapy sessions target vocabulary, grammar, and understanding in meaningful, practical ways.
Reading and spelling begin with strong spoken language foundations. Our Balmain East literacy support programmes target phonological awareness and sound-letter knowledge to give your child the best start at school.
Our Balmain East fluency therapy is compassionate and evidence-based. We equip children and families with practical tools that reduce the impact of stuttering and rebuild confidence in everyday communication.
When a child needs more than speech to communicate, we are here to help. We guide Balmain East families through selecting, setting up, and getting the most out of AAC tools so no child is left without a voice.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Balmain East assessments are thorough, child-friendly, and designed to uncover your child’s specific communication strengths and challenges. From this foundation, we build a clear and achievable therapy plan together with your family.
We help Balmain East children produce sounds clearly and confidently. Our sessions target specific speech sound errors and lisps using engaging, age-appropriate activities that children genuinely look forward to.
Whether your Balmain East child struggles to follow instructions or finds it hard to express their ideas, our language therapy sessions target vocabulary, grammar, and understanding in meaningful, practical ways.
Reading and spelling begin with strong spoken language foundations. Our Balmain East literacy support programmes target phonological awareness and sound-letter knowledge to give your child the best start at school.
Our Balmain East fluency therapy is compassionate and evidence-based. We equip children and families with practical tools that reduce the impact of stuttering and rebuild confidence in everyday communication.
When a child needs more than speech to communicate, we are here to help. We guide Balmain East families through selecting, setting up, and getting the most out of AAC tools so no child is left without a voice.
We support Balmain East families navigating the daily stress of fussy eating. Using gentle, sensory-aware strategies, we help children broaden their diet at a pace that feels safe and positive for everyone at the table.
Our Balmain East therapists have extensive experience supporting neurodivergent children. We use evidence-based strategies focused on functional communication, social connection, and building confidence in everyday interactions.
We accept NDIS (self-managed and plan-managed), Medicare Chronic Disease Management plans, and most private health funds, making quality speech therapy accessible for Balmain East families.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our paediatric speech pathologists bring years of specialist experience working with children across inner Sydney. Balmain East families trust us because we listen carefully and deliver care that truly works.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
Every therapy approach we use is grounded in current clinical research. Balmain East children receive treatment that is not only effective today but built on the best available evidence in paediatric speech pathology.
Specialist CAS Clinic
We run a specialist CAS Clinic for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. This intensive, structured programme is available to Balmain East families who need expert support for one of the most complex speech conditions.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
Your Balmain East child’s journey begins with a comprehensive assessment where we listen to your concerns, observe your child’s communication, and set meaningful goals that guide everything that follows.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Therapy sessions for Balmain East children are play-based, engaging, and always purposeful. We use your child’s interests to drive learning so every session feels like something to look forward to.
Tracking Progress and Success
We keep Balmain East families closely involved through regular progress check-ins, practical home activities, and open communication. When your child reaches a milestone, we celebrate it together.
Helping Children Grow Towards a Brighter Future
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Give Your Child the Right Start with Speech Therapy
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It is a pleasure to leave a review for Lucy.
Lucy has worked with our daughter over a period of around 12 months. We have seen huge improvements with our daughter's lisp, confidence, and pronounication of tricky speech clusters.
From my perspective as a parent, the warm, engaging, and nurturing clinic, and Lucy's bubbly and positive personality has meant the world to us. Even when our daughter has really struggled, Lucy always took a strength based approach and made us feel safe and that everything would be 'okay'. My daughter adores Lucy because she made all learning fun and playful.
We have worked with many allied health professionals over the years, and no one has come close to how caring, kind, and skilled Lucy is.
Thank you. <3
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Sarah Ndukwe
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We’ve had a wonderful experience with Samantha. She has been incredibly patient, kind, and professional throughout our sessions. Our daughter has made noticeable progress in her speech and confidence, and we couldn’t be more grateful!
The sessions are always well-structured, engaging, and tailored to suit my daughter’s needs. Samantha creates such a warm and supportive environment that my daughter looks forward to every visit.
Highly recommend to any families looking for a skilled and compassionate speech therapist!
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Priya Boumelhem
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Samantha is very knowledgeable, professional, kind, patient and very supportive. I’ve been seeing her for past 2 years for my son who’s been diagnosed with CAS (childhood apraxia of speech) and she’s outstanding speech therapist. She’s so dedicated and is able to get so much from my son as he loves her sessions so much.
You would not find a better and more supportive speech pathologist. Highly recommend her.
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wan joshua
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very thoughtful and extremely knowledgeable, one of the best speech pathologists I have seen in my career as a physiotherapist.
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Melissa Lupprian
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I am so thankful to have been told about it Sam when the clinic first opened. Sam is very passionate about what she does and takes her business seriously. She is always open to communication with parents about different approaches and has also been a support to me personally as a parent. Thank you, Sam, and happy first birthday!
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Alan Ayoub
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A friendly, welcoming, well put together clinic. Fantastic service and help provided. Highly recommend!
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Brittany Olsson
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Samantha has been incredibly supportive of both my girls who are 2 and 3 who had a speech delay and concerns around development. She is honest, helpful, kind, warm and has great skills particularly with kids that have behavioural concerns. I would highly recommend her services. She has a world of knowledge of multidisciplinary teams and is able to suggest best steps to access support and which support would benefit.
Funding
At Kids and Cubs Clinic we accept the following funding options:
NDIS
Self-managed funding
Plan-managed funding
Private Health Insurance
Please consult your private health provider to determine eligibility and rebate amounts.
Medicare
Chronic Disease Management plan (previously known as Enhanced Primary Care plan)
Please discuss Medicare funding options with your GP
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does child speech therapy cost in Balmain East?
Assessment fees in Balmain East typically range from $380 to $680 depending on your child’s age and the complexity of the assessment. Please contact us for current therapy session rates and available funding options.
What age should a child go to speech therapy?
Children can start therapy at any age between 0 and 16 years. Early support gives the best outcomes, but it is never too late to seek help. Whether your child is a toddler or a teenager, we have the expertise to assist them.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Our therapists are highly experienced at building trust with children who need extra time to feel comfortable. We use play-based activities and follow your child’s lead so sessions feel safe, enjoyable, and never forced.
