Maroondah Speech Pathologist

Speech Clinic supports children across their childhood and teenage years who live in the Maroondah area. We advocate 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.

Can I just wait and see?
Frequently, we’re asked, “when is the best age to start speech therapy?”. Early is always best. Speech Therapists can provide therapy and complete speech pathology assessments 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 gives our children the best chance to be ready for school. Sometimes speech, literacy, fluency, language and social interaction difficulties can become apparent throughout a child’s schooling years. We also love to support school-aged kids to reach their full academic and social potential.