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Cairns Speech-Language Pathologist

Cairns, Queensland

Cairns Speech-Language Pathology for Children

Cairns Speech Pathologist

Welcome, we are Speech Clinic Cairns. We are an exclusively Paediatric Speech Pathologist that provides services in the Cairns location. We help children with their speech, fluency, language, literacy and social interaction. We provide telehealth appointments online – This means kids can experience speech pathology in their most comfortable location, their home.

Lauren, our Founder, is a PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Casual Academic at UQ University.

Why You Should Choose Speech Clinic Cairns
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Why Choose

Speech Clinic?

We value evidence-based practice and family-centred approaches.

We will support your child’s uniqueness and individual profile in the comfort of their own home environment. We provide a range of flexible appointment times for those who live in Cairns. Families love accessing Speech Pathology in their home, saving you from waitlists, wait rooms and getting the kids into the car, and providing speech 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.

Certified + Accredited

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

Gold Standard Treatment

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

We provide Speech Therapy Online

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

Medicare, Private Health & NDIS

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

Certified Practising Speech Pathologist

Lauren is a Certified Speech Therapist

Exclusively Paediatric

We assess and work with children of all ages up to 18y.



Our Founder and Clinician

Lauren Crumlish

  • Founder & Clinician
  • Cairns 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)

Prior to working as a speech therapist, I worked as a biomedical researcher. 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 clinician, I work exclusively with children. I have experience working with young toddlers through to late-stage teens in a wide-variety of areas including – speech clarity, complex communication and disability, reading and writing, stuttering, language impairments and social communication.

If you’re needing a Speech and Language Therapist in Cairns, get in touch today.

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Kids’ Speech Therapy in Cairns

Speech Clinic supports children across their childhood and teenage years who live in the Cairns location. We are strong advocates 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.

Can I just wait and see?
We’re always asked, “when is the best age to start speech therapy?”. Straight away is always best. Speech Pathologists 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, literacy, fluency, language and social interaction difficulties can become present throughout a child’s schooling years. We love to support school-aged kids to reach their academic and social potential.

Have concerns for your child?

Get in touch with us today to find out more about the services we have available in Cairns. You can chat about booking an appointment for your child or children. Please note, we are currently experiencing high demand and may have an extensive waiting list in Cairns.

We believe in

Speech Therapy Price for Cairns

Our Speech Pathologists servicing Cairns are perfectly equipped to assess and provide therapy in the most comfortable location for your child – within their home. Together, we craft an individualised and evidence-based intervention plan that will suit you, your family and your child’s needs.

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

Healthcare Compliant

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

Online 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 who are 16 months to 18 years old.

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Speech Pathology Blog

As 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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Bowen Hills Early Learning Seminar

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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An Introduction to DiRFloortime®

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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April 25, 2019

The importance of teeth in speech

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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April 10, 2019

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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Higher Level Language Development

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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