Children in Birchgrove deserve speech therapy that is as individual as they are. At Kids and Cubs Clinic, our paediatric speech pathologists combine clinical precision with genuine warmth, helping children move from frustration to confidence at their own pace. We work collaboratively with Birchgrove families, carers, and schools to ensure therapy goals are meaningful and progress is felt not just in the clinic but in everyday life. Whatever communication challenge your child faces, we have the skills and the dedication to help.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Hard to understand for most people, including parents and close family
Uses very few words or short phrases compared with children of the same age
Becomes frustrated or shuts down when trying to get their message across
Not hitting expected speech, language, or communication milestones
Experiencing difficulty with reading, writing, or classroom learning tasks
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We conduct comprehensive and child-friendly speech assessments for Birchgrove children that give families a clear picture of their child’s strengths and the areas where targeted support will make the greatest difference.
Our Birchgrove feeding therapy team works patiently with children and families to address sensory sensitivities and expand food acceptance through a structured, positive, and entirely pressure-free approach.
We provide specialist communication therapy for Birchgrove children with autism and developmental delay, focusing on building real-world interaction skills, play, and the ability to connect meaningfully with others.
Our Birchgrove articulation therapy helps children produce speech sounds correctly and confidently. Using structured, enjoyable activities, we target the specific sounds affecting your child’s clarity and self-expression.
We help Birchgrove children build the vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, and comprehension skills they need to follow conversations, tell stories, and participate fully in school and social life.
Our Birchgrove literacy sessions target the underlying language skills that reading and spelling depend on, helping children build strong phonological awareness and sound-letter correspondence from the ground up.
We offer compassionate, research-backed fluency therapy for Birchgrove children and their families, providing practical strategies that build speaking confidence and reduce the daily impact of stuttering.
For Birchgrove children who need additional communication support, we provide assessment, training, and ongoing guidance for AAC systems including high-tech devices and symbol-based communication boards.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We conduct comprehensive and child-friendly speech assessments for Birchgrove children that give families a clear picture of their child’s strengths and the areas where targeted support will make the greatest difference.
Our Birchgrove articulation therapy helps children produce speech sounds correctly and confidently. Using structured, enjoyable activities, we target the specific sounds affecting your child’s clarity and self-expression.
We help Birchgrove children build the vocabulary, grammatical knowledge, and comprehension skills they need to follow conversations, tell stories, and participate fully in school and social life.
Our Birchgrove literacy sessions target the underlying language skills that reading and spelling depend on, helping children build strong phonological awareness and sound-letter correspondence from the ground up.
We offer compassionate, research-backed fluency therapy for Birchgrove children and their families, providing practical strategies that build speaking confidence and reduce the daily impact of stuttering.
For Birchgrove children who need additional communication support, we provide assessment, training, and ongoing guidance for AAC systems including high-tech devices and symbol-based communication boards.
Our Birchgrove feeding therapy team works patiently with children and families to address sensory sensitivities and expand food acceptance through a structured, positive, and entirely pressure-free approach.
We provide specialist communication therapy for Birchgrove children with autism and developmental delay, focusing on building real-world interaction skills, play, and the ability to connect meaningfully with others.
We welcome NDIS, Medicare, and private health insurance funding at our clinic, ensuring that Birchgrove families can access high-quality paediatric speech pathology without unnecessary financial stress.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our speech pathologists are specialists in working with children and bring both technical expertise and genuine compassion to every Birchgrove family we support. We pride ourselves on care that makes a real difference.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
Our Birchgrove therapy programmes are developed using the most current evidence in paediatric speech pathology. You can trust that every approach we use has a strong research base behind it.
Specialist CAS Clinic
Our specialist CAS Clinic supports Birchgrove children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech through intensive, motor-learning-based therapy designed to improve speech consistency, accuracy, and overall intelligibility.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
We begin every Birchgrove child’s journey with an in-depth assessment that allows us to understand the full picture, set realistic goals, and give families the clarity they need to move forward with confidence.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Birchgrove children receive therapy that is tailored, engaging, and purposeful in every session. We use play, games, and real-life scenarios to target goals in ways that feel fun and natural for each child.
Tracking Progress and Success
We review your Birchgrove child’s progress regularly, update goals as they develop, and equip parents and carers with strategies to support communication growth at home between sessions.
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 Birchgrove?
Assessment fees for Birchgrove children typically range from $380 to $680 depending on the child’s age and the scope of the assessment. We will provide a full breakdown of costs and funding options at your first appointment.
What age should a child go to speech therapy?
Children can start therapy at any age between 0 and 16 years. Whether your child is an infant, a toddler, or a school-age child, early and timely support makes a significant difference to their long-term communication outcomes.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Yes, we actively collaborate with local educators and school-based staff. Coordinating therapy goals across the clinic and classroom gives your Birchgrove child consistent, reinforced support in all of their environments.
