Mandurah Speech Pathology Clear Speech Pathology Clinic

04/05/2026

Monday morning| First client hasn't even arrived and I have managed to spill coffee on myself ☕️ It's going to be a great day 😁

30/04/2026

HOLIDAY PROGRESS| There’s something really special about the first sessions back after the holidays 🤍

You never quite know what you’re going to get… (although everyone seems to grow a few centremetes).

Mr W has been working so hard on his /K/ sound, he responds really well to visual prompts (Cued articulation) and seeing his confidence having a go, even when I made things tricky was awseome to see.😊

Progress isn’t always immediate. Sometimes it’s built slowly over weeks… and then it all comes together :)

21/04/2026

EARLY INTERVENTION IS MY ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE ⭐️|

20/04/2026

A GUIDE TO EARLY SPEECH SOUND DEVELOPMENT (Remember, this is a guide NOT gospel 😊) |

19/04/2026

08/04/2026

✨ Did you know that Mandurah Speech Pathology also offers Autism Assessments? ✨

At Mandurah Autism Assessments, Michelle Rhyder from Michelle Rhyder Psychology and I come together to provide comprehensive, collaborative autism assessments.

Long waitlists and navigating the assessment process can be overwhelming for families and our goal is to make the process supportive, thorough and timely, while ensuring families feel heard and understood.

As mothers to autistic daughters ourselves, we bring both professional expertise and lived experience to our assessments and we have a strong interest and extensive experience working with high-masking autistic females, who are often missed or identified later.

✔️ Multidisciplinary team approach
✔️ Comprehensive same-day assessment
✔️ Experienced in high-masking presentations
✔️ Clinical psychologist available to sign off reports if you do not currently have a paediatrician.

We are passionate about helping families access answers, understanding, and support sooner.
If you'd like to learn more or make an enquiry, feel free to reach out.
www.mandurahautismassessments.com.au

Michelle Rhyder Psychology Services
Mandurah Speech Pathology Clear Speech Pathology Clinic

MSP/CSPC is a private paediatric speech pathology clinic offering speech, language, literacy, stuttering, early intervention, and autism assessment services in Mandurah and Perth.

01/04/2026

So apparently even speech pathologists can’t escape doing therapy at home… 🤣

All of my children have had a little bit of "mum speechie" intervention at some stage or another. I recently came across these gems from my youngest (who is now nearly 10!) and couldn’t help but laugh.

At the time, we were doing lots of incidental practice as she had a few speech sound errors-particularly missing softer sounds and substituting them with louder ones. For example:
• F → B
• P → B
So instead of “Farbie (the pony she can see) she said "Barbie"

Real-life practice, real-life moments, and plenty of laughs along the way.

This is also the same child who would happily practise half the sounds… then suddenly scream "BUM!" and run away mid-session.
Definitely one of my more challenging clients 🤣
It’s a nice reminder that speech therapy doesn’t always need to be sitting at a table, some of the best learning happens in everyday moments, with a bit of humour and flexibility along the way.
And yes… even speech pathologists’ kids need speech therapy sometimes 😄

21/03/2026

🌍💛💙 World Down Syndrome Day 💙💛🌍
Mandurah Speech Pathology is proudly celebrating World Down Syndrome Day today, a day to recognise, celebrate, and advocate for people with Down syndrome in our community and around the world.

At MSP, we have the absolute privilege of working alongside incredible children with Down Syndrome and families. Every child brings their own strengths, personality, humour, and way of communicating, and that’s something truly worth celebrating.

We are passionate about supporting communication in ways that are meaningful, inclusive, and neuroaffirming; whether that’s through speech, gesture, AAC, play, or connection-every voice matters and every child deserves to be heard.

18/12/2025

AND THATS A WRAP ON 2025 🎄🎄🎄|

It’s officially Christmas holidays time, and what an incredibly busy and rewarding year 2025 has been for Mandurah Speech Pathology!

As we head into 2026, MSP will look a little different.

✨ Bec, who originally started with us as an Allied Health Assistant while studying and has worked as a qualified Speech Pathologist with MSP for the past three years, is taking the exciting step of starting her own practice. I am so grateful for all of Bec’s hard work and dedication. She has been an absolute joy to work with and we’ve built a friendship that will continue well beyond MSP. Families have been so lucky to work with Bec and I’m incredibly excited to see where this next chapter takes her.

✨ Karen celebrates 10 years with MSP/CSPC this year. She continues her work up in Perth and remains an outstanding therapist whose experience and commitment make a huge difference for the families she supports.

✨ Nicole continues in her role as Practice Manager, keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes (and we truly couldn’t do it without her).

✨ We are also excited to welcome Rachael in 2026 as an Allied Health Assistant. Rachael is a mum of three and brings valuable lived experience working with autistic children.

Thank you to all of our families for your trust and support throughout the year.
Wishing everyone a happy, safe Christmas and New Year, and we’re so looking forward to all that 2026 will bring 🎉✨

16/12/2025

SPEECH PATHOLOGIST OP SHOP HOLY GRAIL MOMENT|
I have been on the hunt for this game FOR YEARS!!! This is a game I read about on the SP pages, the one older SPs talk about with misty eyes and excitement.

Cariboo Island.

I have been op-shopping for YEARS hoping to stumble across it after hearing so many Speech Pathologists call it the holy grail of therapy games. I genuinely never thought I’d actually find one in the wild.
Well… guess what I found in the op shop today.
I did a full double take- Then stood there staring because I honestly didn’t believe it at first.
And yes- it’s complete. 🥹💛

This game is absolute magic for
✔️ language development
✔️ turn-taking & joint attention
✔️ following directions
✔️ categories, vocabulary & concepts
✔️ problem-solving

It’s cooperative, playful, motivating, and somehow manages to work for so many kids across ages and profiles (well that's what everone says... I have never seen it in the flesh before 😅) which is why it’s been legendary in SP circles for decades.

Safe to say this one is coming straight into the therapy room and will be loved HARD.
Sometimes the op shop gods really do deliver 🙌
If you know… you know 💙

18/11/2025

16/11/2025

On Saturday the MSP team attended the Peel Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, where we were honoured to be finalists in both the Small Business and Business Woman of Excellence categories.
While we didn’t take home an award this year, we had an absolutely wonderful evening celebrating together outside of work and connecting with so many inspiring business owners from across the Peel region.

A huge congratulations to Kelly Doohan from Iconic Wealth for winning the Small Business category, and to Monique from RippleAbility for taking out Business Woman of Excellence. RippleAbility is an incredible organisation providing vital support to families of children with complex disabilities and medical needs. I was lucky enough to be a very small part of their Respite Pilot program recently and the work they do in the disability space is next level ✨️ ✨️

We truly love being Speech Pathologists, it's such a rewarding profession, and we are grateful every day for the families and community we get to serve. Peel Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.