Speech & Language Support Services

26/07/2025

🇦🇺💙 Goodbye Tali – Auf Wiedersehen! 💙🇩🇪

We said farewell to our wonderful Tali as she heads back to Germany! 🎉✈️ While we’re going to miss her smile, laughter, and beautiful presence in our team, we’re sending her off in true Aussie style—with a slice of cake 🍰 and a care package full of the essentials: TimTams, Milo, Vegemite (in a squeezy tube – so it doesn’t explode in her bag), and Bluey and Bingo to keep her company on the flight. 🐶🌏

Tali, thank you for being such a gem. Your time with us made a real difference, and we’ll miss you dearly. Wishing you all the very best for your next adventure.

No matter how far you travel—you’ll always have a second home here.

22/07/2025

🐾💔 Farewell, Murphy 💔🐾

We’re sending all our love and thanks to Murphy, our gentle therapy dog, who crossed the rainbow bridge.

Murphy wasn’t just a dog—he was a listener, a reading buddy, a source of calm, and a big-hearted licker of little hands and faces. He helped kids feel safe, seen, and celebrated. He made nervous moments softer, hard days lighter, and therapy sessions something to look forward to.

Whether lying patiently beside a child reading their first book out loud or leaning in for a cuddle when someone needed comfort, Murphy gave so much—just by being himself.

Hamish, his brother, is missing him deeply. He’s been seeking extra cuddles and pats lately, so if you see him around, feel free to share a little love.

Thank you, Murphy, for every paw print you left on our hearts. 🐶🌈💕

22/07/2025

🎓 Are you an allied health student ready to kickstart your career?
We’re on the lookout for Allied Health Assistants & admin support team members who want to:
✔️ Build real skills in a speech therapy clinic
✔️ Be mentored by experienced, passionate speechies
✔️ Get their uni questions answered while gaining hands-on experience
Whether you're studying speech pathology or another allied health degree, this is a chance to learn, grow, and make a difference — from day one. 💬
📧 Interested? Reach out to melinda@speechie.com.au
✨ We can’t wait to meet you!

19/06/2025

We are closed today. The team are at an amazing training all about how to handle those tricky speech cases. Days like this enable us to provide the best and latest in speech therapy.

20/05/2025

Medicare has released new funding options for speech difficulties… but they’ve left out one of the most common conditions: Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Don't let the Developmental part fool you DLD is a life long condition and kids don't grow out of it.

Children with speech delays like stuttering and speech sound disorders were included — and that’s great news. But children with DLD, who make up at least 1 in 14, have been completely left out.

These kids struggle to understand and use language, which affects their learning, friendships, and future independence. DLD is more common than autism and just as life-changing — yet still not recognised in key funding decisions like this.

Families are fighting for access to early support, but too many are being told to wait, to "watch and see", or are falling through the cracks because DLD isn’t acknowledged where it matters most — in Medicare.

💥 This isn’t fair. And it’s not good enough.

Let’s change it. Sign and share this petition to ask the Minister for Health to include DLD in Medicare’s speech support pathways:
🔗 https://www.change.org/p/help-sadie-demand-inclusion-of-developmental-language-disorder-dld-under-medicare

Every signature helps push for recognition, funding, and support these children desperately need. 💜

Help Sadie demand inclusion of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) under Medicare

10/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day 💐

Today, we’re celebrating all the incredible women who love, support, guide, and nurture in big and small ways.

This year, our Speechie family has had a special reason to smile, with two beautiful new babies safely welcomed into the world. What a joy it is to see our families grow 💛

But we also know today can be complex.
To those missing their mums,
To those who are estranged,
To those navigating grief, longing, or loss
We see you. We hold space for your heart today.

And to the step-mums, aunties, cousins, best friends, and fierce supporters who step up in motherly roles your love matters deeply, and we celebrate you too.

Here’s to the many forms motherhood can take.
With love, from all of us your Speechie Team. 🌷

25/04/2025

ANZAC Day hits differently when you've grown up with empty chairs at the table.

My grandmother was one of 13 siblings, yet I grew up without grandfathers or great-uncles. War took them—some on the battlefield, others through disease or injuries they carried long after the guns went silent.

I never heard their laughter or their stories firsthand. But their absence shaped our family in quiet, profound ways. It’s a silence that echoes through generations—one filled with both pride and sorrow.

Today, I honour them. Not just for the sacrifice they made, but for the love they never got to give, the birthdays they missed, the wisdom they never passed down.

To all who serve, and to those who carry the weight of their legacy—we remember you. We thank you.

Lest we forget.

17/04/2025

We're egg-cited to let you know our team will be taking a short break over Easter to rest, recharge, and maybe sneak in a choccy or two! 😉

We'll be closed from 18th April and back on deck 22nd April.
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And yes — in the middle of the Great Egg Shortage of 2025 — we managed to score some from the IGA so we have some eggs for Easter! 🥚✨

Wishing all our wonderful clients and families a joyful Easter filled with connection, laughter, and just the right amount of chocolate. 💛
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Stay safe and see you soon!

13/04/2025

💛 Today is Auslan Day 💛

Auslan has been part of my life for 40 years.

It’s the language I fell in love with. The one that taught me that communication is so much more than words. The one that showed me that connection can happen with a glance, a gesture, or a perfectly timed eyebrow raise.

These days, I use Auslan in therapy, in conversations, and—much to their apparent confusion—with my boys. (They swear they don’t know what I’m signing… yet somehow always manage to respond with suspicious accuracy. 😏)

Auslan isn't just for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing—it's for anyone who wants to see language in action, feel it through movement, and experience connection in a whole new way.

Here’s to the language that speaks volumes, even in silence.
Happy Auslan Day! 🤟

10/03/2025

Do you need access to power The office has power so if you need to charge phones, devices or torches feel free to pop in. Just text me and I’ll make sure I’m here.

05/02/2025

‼️‼️Tomorrow on Thursday 6th can you ensure your children are wearing shoes. ‼️‼️

We have a broken glass panel right next to the door and we have also placed things on the chair so you don’t sit next to the panel. We will attempt to get it repaired as soon as possible. Oh and if you saw me vacuum cleaning outside the front of the office you were not seeing things. There were thousands of little shards of glass and although I did a thorough job I doubt I got every fleck. 🧹

28/01/2025

🌟 Not all popcorn kernels pop at the same time. 🌟

As we step into a new year, it's a season of transitions—new grades, new schools, or perhaps leaving kindy behind or setting off into the world. It's easy to feel the pressure for our little ones to "keep up" or hit milestones according to timelines set by others.

But here's the truth: every child is unique. Just like popcorn kernels in the same pot, with the same heat, they "pop" at their own time. That doesn’t make one kernel better than another; it just makes them different.

This reminder has been close to my heart as I’ve made the decision to give my little one an extra year at kindy. The pressure to send him to school has been overwhelming at times—especially after the incredible leap he made at Christmas! But I know that for him, an extra year of play and growth is what’s right.

So, if you’re navigating tricky decisions for your child right now, remember: you know your child best. Trust the journey, even if it looks a little different. They’ll pop in their own time—and it will be beautiful. 🌈💛

How has your week supporting your child through transitions gone? ✨