Families in Marrickville can access expert, personalised paediatric speech pathology at Kids and Cubs Clinic, where every child is seen as an individual and every therapy plan is built to reflect their specific goals and circumstances. Our experienced clinicians bring clinical skill and genuine care to every session, working in close partnership with Marrickville families to help children build the communication confidence they need to thrive at school, at home, and in their community.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Speech that is unclear or hard for others to understand, even in familiar settings
Vocabulary or language complexity that falls noticeably behind peers of the same age
Difficulty following what is said, processing instructions, or keeping up in conversation
Reduced confidence, frustration, or withdrawal linked to communication difficulties
Less verbal participation than peers or avoidance of situations that require speaking
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We provide Marrickville children with thorough, evidence-based speech assessments conducted in a relaxed and child-friendly way. Our assessment findings give families a complete picture and a clear plan for moving forward.
Our Marrickville feeding therapy is calm, structured, and evidence-based. We work with families to understand what is driving feeding difficulties and help children build a more positive relationship with food over time.
We provide specialist therapy for Marrickville children with autism and developmental delay, delivering individualised, respectful support that builds functional communication, social skills, and real-world confidence.
We help Marrickville children develop accurate, confident speech through targeted articulation and lisp therapy that uses structured, engaging activities to build sound production skills that carry over into everyday conversation.
Our Marrickville language sessions address comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and expressive language skills through activities that are purposeful, engaging, and relevant to the child’s everyday life.
We support Marrickville children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that are critical to reading and spelling, using evidence-based literacy programmes tailored to each child.
Our Marrickville fluency therapy is supportive, evidence-based, and practical. We equip children and families with tools that reduce the daily impact of stuttering and help children communicate with more ease and confidence.
We help Marrickville families access and implement AAC systems that give children a functional, reliable way to communicate and participate in learning, social interaction, and all areas of everyday life.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We provide Marrickville children with thorough, evidence-based speech assessments conducted in a relaxed and child-friendly way. Our assessment findings give families a complete picture and a clear plan for moving forward.
We help Marrickville children develop accurate, confident speech through targeted articulation and lisp therapy that uses structured, engaging activities to build sound production skills that carry over into everyday conversation.
Our Marrickville language sessions address comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and expressive language skills through activities that are purposeful, engaging, and relevant to the child’s everyday life.
We support Marrickville children in developing the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that are critical to reading and spelling, using evidence-based literacy programmes tailored to each child.
Our Marrickville fluency therapy is supportive, evidence-based, and practical. We equip children and families with tools that reduce the daily impact of stuttering and help children communicate with more ease and confidence.
We help Marrickville families access and implement AAC systems that give children a functional, reliable way to communicate and participate in learning, social interaction, and all areas of everyday life.
Our Marrickville feeding therapy is calm, structured, and evidence-based. We work with families to understand what is driving feeding difficulties and help children build a more positive relationship with food over time.
We provide specialist therapy for Marrickville children with autism and developmental delay, delivering individualised, respectful support that builds functional communication, social skills, and real-world confidence.
We accept NDIS, Medicare, and private health insurance at Kids and Cubs Clinic, making quality paediatric speech pathology accessible for Marrickville families across a range of funding situations and needs.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our clinicians are experienced paediatric speech pathologists who bring broad clinical expertise and genuine passion to every child they work with. Marrickville families can rely on care that is both skilled and deeply caring.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
All therapy at Kids and Cubs Clinic is grounded in current research. Marrickville children receive approaches that are proven to be effective, individually tailored, and reviewed regularly as their needs evolve.
Specialist CAS Clinic
Our specialist CAS Clinic provides Marrickville families with intensive, expert therapy for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, using established motor-learning approaches to build more consistent and reliable speech production.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
Every Marrickville child’s therapy journey begins with a careful, comprehensive assessment that gives us the insight to build a therapy plan that is truly matched to their individual communication needs and family goals.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Marrickville children is purposefully designed and playfully delivered. We use your child’s interests to drive engagement and ensure that every session is both enjoyable and leads to measurable progress.
Tracking Progress and Success
We communicate openly with Marrickville families throughout therapy, providing honest progress updates, reviewing and adjusting goals, and sharing home strategies that reinforce the skills built in clinic.
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 Marrickville?
Assessment fees for Marrickville families typically range from $380 to $680 depending on the child’s age and the complexity of assessment required. Please contact our team for current session pricing and funding options.
What age should a child go to speech therapy?
Children can start therapy at any age between 0 and 16 years. Early intervention consistently delivers the strongest outcomes, though meaningful progress is possible for children at any stage of their development.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Our Marrickville therapists are experienced at making children feel safe, welcome, and engaged from the very beginning. We use play-based approaches and follow each child’s lead, ensuring every session is positive and productive.
