Kids and Cubs Clinic is committed to providing Abbotsford children with high-quality, personalised paediatric speech pathology in a space where they feel comfortable, respected, and genuinely supported. Our experienced clinicians take time to understand each child’s unique communication profile before designing a therapy programme that is both evidence-based and truly practical for your family. From early intervention for toddlers to literacy and fluency support for older children, we are here to help your Abbotsford child thrive.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Difficult to understand, even for people who spend a lot of time with your child
Uses fewer words, shorter phrases, or simpler language than expected for their age
Appears to struggle following conversations, instructions, or everyday questions
Gets visibly upset or frustrated when communication attempts are not understood
Speaks less than peers, avoids social interaction, or disengages in group settings
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Abbotsford speech assessments are thorough, child-friendly, and designed to be as comfortable as possible. We use a combination of formal tools and natural observation to build a complete, accurate picture of your child’s communication.
We work with Abbotsford families to address feeding difficulties using a calm, positive, evidence-based approach that respects your child’s sensory experience and helps build a healthier relationship with food over time.
Our Abbotsford therapy team specialises in communication support for neurodivergent children, using evidence-based, respectful strategies to build functional language, social skills, and confidence in everyday interaction.
We help Abbotsford children produce speech sounds accurately and confidently through structured, engaging articulation and lisp therapy that builds lasting skills and carries over naturally into real-life conversation.
We design Abbotsford language therapy sessions to close the gap between where your child is and where they need to be, targeting comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and the ability to tell stories and express ideas.
We support Abbotsford children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that strong reading and writing depend on, using structured literacy approaches tailored to each child’s learning needs.
Our Abbotsford fluency therapy is evidence-based, compassionate, and practical. We support children and families with strategies that reduce stuttering impact and build the confidence to communicate openly in any situation.
We guide Abbotsford families through selecting, setting up, and learning to use AAC systems effectively so that every child has a reliable, functional way to communicate regardless of their current verbal abilities.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Abbotsford speech assessments are thorough, child-friendly, and designed to be as comfortable as possible. We use a combination of formal tools and natural observation to build a complete, accurate picture of your child’s communication.
We help Abbotsford children produce speech sounds accurately and confidently through structured, engaging articulation and lisp therapy that builds lasting skills and carries over naturally into real-life conversation.
We design Abbotsford language therapy sessions to close the gap between where your child is and where they need to be, targeting comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and the ability to tell stories and express ideas.
We support Abbotsford children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that strong reading and writing depend on, using structured literacy approaches tailored to each child’s learning needs.
Our Abbotsford fluency therapy is evidence-based, compassionate, and practical. We support children and families with strategies that reduce stuttering impact and build the confidence to communicate openly in any situation.
We guide Abbotsford families through selecting, setting up, and learning to use AAC systems effectively so that every child has a reliable, functional way to communicate regardless of their current verbal abilities.
We work with Abbotsford families to address feeding difficulties using a calm, positive, evidence-based approach that respects your child’s sensory experience and helps build a healthier relationship with food over time.
Our Abbotsford therapy team specialises in communication support for neurodivergent children, using evidence-based, respectful strategies to build functional language, social skills, and confidence in everyday interaction.
We accept NDIS, Medicare, and private health insurance funding, ensuring that Abbotsford families can access the quality paediatric speech pathology their child deserves without unnecessary financial barriers.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our clinicians are paediatric speech pathology specialists who bring years of experience and genuine care to every Abbotsford child and family they work with. We are committed to delivering therapy that produces real results.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
Every approach used at Kids and Cubs Clinic is grounded in current clinical research. Abbotsford children receive therapy that is proven, personalised, and regularly reviewed to match their evolving communication goals.
Specialist CAS Clinic
Our specialist CAS Clinic provides Abbotsford families with expert assessment and intensive therapy for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, using motor-learning principles to build more consistent and reliable speech production.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
Every Abbotsford child’s therapy journey starts with a careful, comprehensive assessment that gives us the insight we need to build a therapy plan that is individually tailored and clearly focused on what matters most to your family.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Abbotsford children is delivered with warmth, purpose, and consistent engagement. We use play-based activities matched to your child’s interests so that every session is both enjoyable and genuinely productive.
Tracking Progress and Success
We maintain open communication with Abbotsford families throughout therapy, offering honest progress reviews, updated goals, and practical home strategies that help support continued progress 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 Abbotsford?
Assessment fees for Abbotsford families typically range from $380 to $680 depending on your child’s age and the complexity of the assessment. Please reach out to our team for current therapy pricing and funding information.
What age should a child go to speech therapy?
Children can start therapy at any age between 0 and 16 years. The sooner support begins, the stronger the outcomes tend to be, though children at any age can make meaningful progress with the right therapeutic approach.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Our Abbotsford therapists are experienced at helping children feel relaxed and confident from the very start. We use a gentle, play-based approach and always work at your child’s own pace, making sessions feel safe and enjoyable.
