Kids and Cubs Clinic brings high-quality, evidence-based paediatric speech pathology to families in Ashfield. Our experienced clinicians are committed to building genuine partnerships with the families they serve, taking the time to listen carefully, assess thoroughly, and design therapy that is meaningfully tailored to each child. Whether your Ashfield child needs early language support, help with speech sounds, school literacy assistance, or fluency therapy, we have the specialist skills and the dedication to help them succeed.
Are You Noticing These Signs In Your Child?
Speech that is unclear or consistently difficult for others to understand
Vocabulary or sentence complexity that is noticeably behind children of the same age
Difficulty following instructions, conversations, or processing what is said to them
Signs of frustration, reduced confidence, or avoidance related to communication
Speaks less than peers or avoids verbal participation at school and in social settings
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We provide Ashfield children with thorough, child-friendly speech assessments that accurately identify their communication profile and give families the clear, honest information they need to plan the best way forward.
Our Ashfield feeding therapy supports families with a calm, evidence-based programme that addresses the sensory and behavioural roots of fussy eating, helping children build a more positive relationship with food gradually.
We deliver specialist communication therapy for Ashfield children with autism and developmental delay, focusing on real-world interaction skills, social participation, and the language abilities that matter most in daily life.
We help Ashfield children produce speech sounds clearly and confidently through structured, engaging articulation and lisp therapy that teaches correct sound production and builds skills that transfer to everyday conversation.
Our Ashfield language sessions target comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and narrative skills, helping children express themselves more fully and follow conversations and instructions with greater ease.
We help Ashfield children develop the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that reading and spelling success depends on, using structured literacy programmes tailored to each child’s level.
Our Ashfield fluency therapy is supportive, evidence-based, and practical. We give children and families the tools to manage stuttering effectively and communicate with more ease and confidence in everyday situations.
We support Ashfield families in accessing and implementing AAC systems that provide children with a reliable, functional way to communicate their needs, ideas, and feelings in school and everyday life.
Supporting Your Child’s Speech & Language Development
Speech Assessment
We provide Ashfield children with thorough, child-friendly speech assessments that accurately identify their communication profile and give families the clear, honest information they need to plan the best way forward.
We help Ashfield children produce speech sounds clearly and confidently through structured, engaging articulation and lisp therapy that teaches correct sound production and builds skills that transfer to everyday conversation.
Our Ashfield language sessions target comprehension, vocabulary, sentence structure, and narrative skills, helping children express themselves more fully and follow conversations and instructions with greater ease.
We help Ashfield children develop the phonological awareness and spoken language foundations that reading and spelling success depends on, using structured literacy programmes tailored to each child’s level.
Our Ashfield fluency therapy is supportive, evidence-based, and practical. We give children and families the tools to manage stuttering effectively and communicate with more ease and confidence in everyday situations.
We support Ashfield families in accessing and implementing AAC systems that provide children with a reliable, functional way to communicate their needs, ideas, and feelings in school and everyday life.
Our Ashfield feeding therapy supports families with a calm, evidence-based programme that addresses the sensory and behavioural roots of fussy eating, helping children build a more positive relationship with food gradually.
We deliver specialist communication therapy for Ashfield children with autism and developmental delay, focusing on real-world interaction skills, social participation, and the language abilities that matter most in daily life.
We accept NDIS, Medicare, and private health insurance at our clinic, ensuring that Ashfield families can access quality paediatric speech pathology through the funding options that work best for their situation.
Experienced Paediatric Speech Pathologists
Our speech pathologists are paediatric specialists who bring extensive clinical experience and genuine care to every family they work with. Ashfield families can trust that their child is in skilled and committed hands.
Evidence-Based Speech Therapy
Every approach we use at Kids and Cubs Clinic is based on current clinical evidence. Ashfield children receive therapy that is proven to produce results, personally tailored, and reviewed regularly as their needs change.
Specialist CAS Clinic
Our specialist CAS Clinic is available to Ashfield families whose children have Childhood Apraxia of Speech, offering expert, intensive therapy that uses motor-learning principles to build consistent and reliable speech.
How Your Journey Will Be
Initial Assessment
Every Ashfield child’s therapy journey begins with a careful, thorough assessment that allows us to build a complete understanding of their communication profile and design a therapy plan that is well-targeted and achievable.
Personalised Therapy Sessions
Therapy for Ashfield children is planned around their individual goals and delivered with warmth and engagement. We use activities matched to your child’s interests so sessions are genuinely enjoyable and consistently productive.
Tracking Progress and Success
We stay closely connected with Ashfield families throughout therapy, providing regular progress updates, revising goals as children grow, and equipping parents with practical strategies to support learning at home.
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 Ashfield?
Assessment fees for Ashfield families typically range from $380 to $680 depending on your child’s age and the nature of the assessment required. Please contact us for current session 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 earlier support begins, the stronger the outcomes tend to be, though children at every stage of development can achieve meaningful progress with targeted therapy.
What happens if my child is shy during paediatric speech therapy?
Our Ashfield therapists are experienced at creating a calm, welcoming environment where children feel comfortable and eager to engage. We use play-based strategies and always follow your child’s lead in every session.
