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Ballarat Speech Therapist

Ballarat, Victoria

Ballarat Speech Pathology for Kids

Ballarat Speech Pathologist

Hello, we are Speech Clinic Ballarat. We're a Kids' Speech Pathologist that provides services in the Ballarat location. We support kids with their speech, fluency, language, literacy and social interaction. We provide online speech therapy appointments – This means that kids can experience speech pathology in their most comfortable environment, their home.

Our Clinician and Founder, Lauren, is a PhD Candidate and Research assistant at UQ.

Why Choose Speech Clinic Ballarat
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Why Choose

Speech Clinic?

We value family-centred, evidence-based practice.

We love to support your child’s uniqueness and individual profile in the familiarity of their own home. We offer a range of flexible appointment times for those who live in Ballarat. Families love accessing Therapy in their own house, saving you time and money travelling and providing therapy to your child in their most natural environment, their home.

We can offer before and after school appointments, weekend appointments, and traditional business hours appointments. Please contact us for availability.

Accredited + Certified

Accredited in Lidcombe, DIR Floortime, Hanen (It Takes Two To Talk) + more.

Gold Standard Treatment

We offer interventions such as Lidcombe Therapy that are the Gold Standard.

We’re an Online Speech Therapist

We provide speech therapy in the most natural environment for your child, their home in Ballarat.

Medicare, Private Health & NDIS

Claim back through Medicare or Private Health - we're compliant.

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist

Lauren Crumlish is a Certified Speech and Language Pathologist

Exclusively for Children

We treat and assess kids of all ages.



Our Clinician and Founder

Lauren Crumlish

  • Founder & Clinician
  • Ballarat Speech Pathologist
  • B.Biomed.Sc(Hons.1) MSpPathSt(Hons.1) CPSP
  • PhD candidate at The University of Queensland (UQ)
  • Research Assistant at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (UQ)
  • Casual Academic at The University of Queensland (UQ)

Before working as a speech therapist, I worked in the medical research field. I worked at the Queensland Brain Institute and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. I am currently undertaking a PhD project at The University of Queensland (UQ). This PhD project examines current clinical practices for children with traumatic brain injuries.

As a paediatric speech pathologist, I work with children exclusively. I have experience working with young toddlers through to late-stage teens in a variety of areas such as – speech clarity, language impairments, complex communication and disability, reading and writing, stuttering and social communication.

If you’re wanting a Speech and Language Pathologist in Ballarat, get in touch today.

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Kids’ Speech Therapy in Ballarat

Speech Clinic Ballarat supports children across their childhood and teenage years who live in the Ballarat area. We advocate for early intervention. Recognising signs of potential speech, language, social, or literacy difficulties is important, as this helps us to reduce future impacts on social and academic success.

Should we wait and see?
We are often asked, “when is the best age to start speech therapy?”. Earliest is always best. Speech and Language Therapists can provide therapy and complete speech pathology assessments to children 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 gives kids their best chance to be ready for school. 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 to reach their academic and social potential.

If you have concerns

Get in touch with us today to find out more about the services we have available in Ballarat. You can book an initial assessment or therapy session for your child. Please note, we are currently experiencing high demand and may have an extensive waiting list in Ballarat.

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Our Speech Pathologists servicing Ballarat are perfectly equipped to treat and assess in the most familiar environment for your child – within their own home. Together, we craft an individualised, evidence-based intervention plan that will suit you and your child’s needs.

Contact us for availability information and our services for the suburb of Ballarat.

Healthcare Compliant

Claim back on Medicare or through your Private Health provider – we’re fully compliant.

Telehealth Therapy

We are a fully equipped practice, providing therapy in the most natural environment for your child – their home.

Certified & Accredited

Lauren is a Certified Speech Language Pathologist and is accredited in Hanen (ITTTT), Lidcombe Therapy, DIR Floortime and PECS.

Exclusively Paediatric

We provide assessments and therapy to children of all ages.

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Speech Pathology Blog

If you're a parent, early years educator or health professional, arming yourself with the latest evidence-backed information is key. We strive to provide you with authoritative articles, backed by real evidence. Enjoy these articles below.

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EP2: Speech, spoken language and understanding (0-12 months)

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Q&A with Lauren

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EP1: The importance of early intervention

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We had such a wonderful time presenting our ‘Early Years Communication Development’ seminar to the Bowen Hills Early Learning community. We absolutely loved being able to discuss developmental milestones and red flags with parents and educators, along with having the opportunity to bust myths that can be misleading. Our early years communication development seminar slides will become available for download here, later today. If you attended this seminar and have…
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By understanding a child’s unique individual differences, appreciating their unique developmental stage and what sparks their joy and interest, we can follow their lead to support their language, cognitive and socio-emotional growth. We recently had the opportunity to engage in PD with DiR-experts travelling from the United States. As we are strong advocates for relationship-based intervention, especially for children presenting with complex communication profiles and social interaction challenges, we loved…
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What to expect if your child has lost their front teeth prematurely “If your child has lost their front teeth ahead of schedule, while some sounds may be impacted, the overall majority of their speech should be clear”.- Lauren Crumlish https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoMaPEiVQVk Dentition and Speech Sound Development The topic of dentition (teeth) and speech sound development is a complex one. Often in clinical practice, if a child is presenting with significant…
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EP4: Speech, spoken language and understanding (2-3 years)

Welcome to another episode from Speech Pathology The Animated Series. Parents have a lot of questions about their child’s speech, understanding and use of language when their child is 2. How many words should my child have when they are 2? Should they be putting words together? I’m not always confident that my baby understands what I’m saying In this video, we’ll discuss what you should generally expect of your…
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With April Fool’s Day just passing, it’s hard for speech pathologists to not think about the significance of humour. While many people do not necessarily realise, humour is actually a skill that draws upon many language areas. As a result, many children that present with language delays and disorders can have a significant difficulty both understanding and using humour with their peers - and this is essentially because many areas…
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