Kingsley Speech Pathologist

Speech Clinic supports children across their childhood and teenage years who live in the Kingsley location. We are strong advocates for early intervention. It’s critically important to recognise signs of potential speech, language, literacy or social difficulties, as this helps us to minimise future impacts on academic success and a child’s social life.

Should we wait and see?
Frequently, we’re asked, “when is the best age to start speech therapy?”. Straight away is always best. Speech Therapists can complete assessments and provide treatment to kids from 16 months to 18 years old. There is strong evidence supporting early intervention. When a speech therapist can support a child from birth until 4-5 years old, they can reduce the long-term impacts of a communication or language disorder. This provides children with the best chance to be school-ready. Sometimes speech, language, literacy, fluency and social interaction difficulties can become present throughout a child’s schooling years. We also love supporting school-aged children and adolescents to reach their full academic and social potential.