At Kids and Cubs Clinic, we are committed to providing Petersham children and families with specialist paediatric speech pathology that is evidence-based, genuinely personalised, and delivered with real care. Our experienced clinicians take a thorough approach to assessment, an honest approach to communication with families, and a creative approach to therapy that keeps children engaged and motivated. Whatever communication challenge your Petersham child is facing, we have the expertise and the dedication to help them overcome it.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Speech that is frequently hard to understand, even for people who interact with them regularly
Vocabulary or sentence structure that appears underdeveloped for the child's age
Difficulty understanding what is said or following conversations and group instructions
Frustration, embarrassment, or withdrawn behaviour connected to communication difficulties
Noticeably reduced verbal participation compared with peers at school or in social settings
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Petersham speech assessments are thorough, relaxed, and designed to reflect each child’s true abilities. We use our findings to build a clear, targeted therapy plan that your family can feel genuinely confident about.
We help Petersham families address fussy eating and mealtime stress through a calm, structured feeding therapy programme that is evidence-based, sensory-aware, and focused on gradual, positive progress.
We deliver specialist communication therapy for Petersham children with autism and developmental delay, using individualised strategies that build functional language, social skills, and confidence in real-world settings.
We help Petersham children develop accurate, clear speech through targeted articulation and lisp therapy that uses engaging, age-appropriate activities to build correct sound production and generalise skills into daily life.
Our Petersham language sessions are tailored to each child’s needs, building vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and narrative skills through activities that are both relevant and engaging for the child.
We support Petersham children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language skills that underpin reading and spelling success, using evidence-based literacy programmes matched to each child’s profile.
Our Petersham fluency therapy is evidence-based, compassionate, and practical. We give children and families effective strategies for managing stuttering and building the confidence to communicate freely in all situations.
We help Petersham families explore and implement AAC solutions that give children a reliable, functional communication method that supports their participation in learning, play, and everyday social interaction.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
Our Petersham speech assessments are thorough, relaxed, and designed to reflect each child’s true abilities. We use our findings to build a clear, targeted therapy plan that your family can feel genuinely confident about.
We help Petersham children develop accurate, clear speech through targeted articulation and lisp therapy that uses engaging, age-appropriate activities to build correct sound production and generalise skills into daily life.
Our Petersham language sessions are tailored to each child’s needs, building vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, and narrative skills through activities that are both relevant and engaging for the child.
We support Petersham children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language skills that underpin reading and spelling success, using evidence-based literacy programmes matched to each child’s profile.
Our Petersham fluency therapy is evidence-based, compassionate, and practical. We give children and families effective strategies for managing stuttering and building the confidence to communicate freely in all situations.
We help Petersham families explore and implement AAC solutions that give children a reliable, functional communication method that supports their participation in learning, play, and everyday social interaction.
We help Petersham families address fussy eating and mealtime stress through a calm, structured feeding therapy programme that is evidence-based, sensory-aware, and focused on gradual, positive progress.
We deliver specialist communication therapy for Petersham children with autism and developmental delay, using individualised strategies that build functional language, social skills, and confidence in real-world settings.
We accept NDIS, Medicare, and private health insurance at our clinic, ensuring that Petersham families can access the quality paediatric speech pathology their child needs through manageable funding options.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our speech pathologists are experienced paediatric specialists who deliver clinically rigorous and genuinely caring therapy. Petersham families can trust our team to work tirelessly toward the best outcomes for their child.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
All therapy at Kids and Cubs Clinic is grounded in current research. Petersham children receive approaches that are evidence-based, individually adapted, and reviewed regularly to match their growing communication skills.
Specialist CAS Clinic
Our specialist CAS Clinic provides Petersham families with expert, intensive therapy for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, using motor-learning principles to build more consistent, reliable, and intelligible speech over time.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
Every Petersham child begins their therapy journey with a careful, comprehensive assessment that gives us a full understanding of their communication needs and the foundation to create a therapy plan that truly fits.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Petersham children is purposefully planned and warmly delivered. We use activities aligned with your child’s interests and goals so that every session is engaging, enjoyable, and leads to real progress.
Tracking Progress and Success
We communicate openly with Petersham families throughout the therapy process, providing regular updates, reviewing goals as children develop, and sharing practical home strategies to reinforce clinic progress.
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 Petersham?
Assessment fees for Petersham families typically range from $380 to $680 depending on the child’s age and the scope of the assessment. Please reach out to our clinic 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. While early intervention tends to deliver the strongest results, meaningful progress is achievable for children at every stage of development.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Our Petersham therapists are skilled at building warm, trusting relationships with children of all temperaments. We use a play-based, child-led approach to ensure every session feels positive, safe, and productive.
