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Holistic & integrative speech pathology for children & adults. Mobile services for the Sunshine Coast

18/08/2025

AAC & language learning in the sunshine ☀️
Visiting the mandarin tree and jumping on the trampoline! Child-led therapy always bringing the fun!

08/07/2025

🌿 Language Grows in Nature – And So Do We! 🌱

We love taking our speech therapy outdoors—and our little learners do too!

When children are digging, scooping, splashing, or exploring, they’re not just playing—they’re developing communication skills in the most natural and joyful way. Nature inspires curiosity, creativity, and conversation. 💬

Why do we go outside?
🌞 Sensory-rich environments engage the body and brain
🗣️ Real-life experiences support meaningful language use
💡 Excitement and novelty boost motivation to speak
👫 Interactive play encourages social and communication growth

Outside, the possibilities are endless:
✨ The crunch of leaves under their feet
✨ The tickle of grass on their hands
✨ The surprise of spotting a butterfly or worm
✨ The sound of wind, water, or birdsong

Each of these moments is an opportunity for new language , speech sounds and shared conversation.

🍃At Holistic Speech Pathology, nature is one of our favorite therapy tools. Whether we’re going on a scavenger hunt, telling stories in the shade, or learning new words while gardening, outdoor sessions are some of the most powerful and productive.

☀️ Next time you’re outside with your child, pause and listen.
What gets them talking? What makes them curious?

We’d love to hear from you—what outdoor moments spark the most language with your children?

05/05/2025

💙 May is Apraxia Awareness Month 💙
This month is all about raising awareness of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).

CAS is a neurological motor-speech difficulty.
Have you heard of it?

Supporting the incredible children and families affected by CAS is part of the work we do here, and raising awareness is part of that.

Later in the month I’ll be sharing more about what CAS is, how it affects speech development for our kiddos and what our approach to speech therapy for CAS looks like.

06/01/2025

Hey 2025!
We’re back at it today after a beautiful break filled with lots of beach days and time spent with the kids. ☀️
I’ll be getting back to everyone in my emails and anyone who’s submitted a booking form over the next day or so. I’ve got some really exciting things happening here this year and I’ll be opening up an additional day for appointments soon! So, if you’ve been thinking about making a booking, now’s a good time to avoid the waitlist!

You can find our booking form on our website www.holisticspeechpathology.com.au or reach out at 📧hello@holisticspeechpathology.com.au or
📞0412358372

Looking forward to another year with our beautiful families and community here!

Marni ✨

16/12/2024

Embracing the wet weather and mud here on the coast today 💦☔️

So many speech and language skills we can embed in play - who needs to be confined to a clinic room and a desk?!

So much rich language in our interactions in wet / muddy play:
- splash, run, jump, kick, play, rain, falling, water, mud, squelch, cold, squishy, slimy, loud, windy, fast, boat, go, stop, stick, leaves, clouds, bubbles, rush …

The practice of executive function skills, speech sounds and learning through rich sensory experience.
The list could just go on!

Most importantly, this type of play really brings the kids JOY! Anyone else have the BEST memories of playing in the rain as a kid?!

And you know when kids brains learn best? When they’re engaged in joyful play!

Communication learning happens in real life!

You don’t need sit down structured activities to support kids to learn speech and language.

Go get muddy and Joyful with your kids!

03/12/2024

Some fun Christmas creations this week for the kiddos! These Christmas crackers from .wild.exchange_ have been a fave so far 🎄✨

14/11/2024

I love cooking and baking as a therapy activity for so many reasons. It’s a beautifully engaging sensory experience for both children and adults and has so so many opportunities to build language, speech and executive functioning skills.

👩‍🍳Here, we worked on:
- Lots of language including verbs - mixing, pouring, cracking, scooping, cutting, tasting, rolling
- Taking turns
- Following directions
- Sequencing
- Planning
- Prioritising
- Verbal working memory

It also provides a great opportunity for parents to learn how to implement speech and language strategies really easily and it’s often something parents do with their children in daily life.

Activities that are engaging and full of joy for us always provide the most opportunities for learning new skills! 🧁👩‍🍳

13/10/2024

Communication happens everywhere!

The beautiful thing about mobile therapy is the ability to provide support for our clients’ communication in functional, everyday environments ☀️

Communication doesn’t just happen in a clinic room - it mostly happens out in the real world!

Last week I provided support for our community:
☀️ on varandah’s in the sun
☀️ in people’s lounge rooms, play rooms & kitchens
☀️ at the playground
☀️ in backyards
☀️ on nature walks
☀️ in school classrooms
☀️ on school playgrounds
☀️ in supported living spaces

Functional. Engaging communication support in everyday environments ✨

If you’re looking for speech pathology that fits into your families everyday life - we’d love to support you!

You can find our booking forms at www.holisticspeechpathology.com.au

03/09/2024

When we take the time to be present and really watch what our kids are doing and what they’re interested in, we give ourselves more opportunities to provide language for them that may match their thoughts and experiences in the moment.

Today while we were playing with the water I heard -
“Water!”
“Water cold”
“Filling it up”
“Wash hands”
“Mum tap on”

I added little extras like
“Fast” and “slow” when turning on the tap
“Pouring it out”
“Oohhh big splash”
“Fun in the water” - she squealed at this and screamed “water fun!!!”

Getting on their level and interacting with them when they’re engaged in sensory experience and play builds language!

04/07/2024

I get to see some pretty beautiful parts of the coast when I work ✨

Did you know we are a mobile practice?

We visit clients all over the Sunshine Coast and Gympie. We visit people in their homes, workplaces, places in the community such as libraries and parks, and of course day cares and schools! It means our days are always different and we get epic views like this on the drive home.

If you’re looking for mobile speech pathology services, for children or adults, you can find our referral forms on our website - www.holisticspeechpathology.com.au

16/05/2024

Speech assessments in the sun ☀️

This week I’ve watched a few sunrises from my computer, visited some kiddos at kindy, taken my speech assessments outside in the sun, lots of home visits for therapy, lunch breaks on the beach and lotsss of driving!

Getting to know all of our new families these last few weeks has been so much fun! Working in the community is so different to the clinic environment, it allows me to provide support to people in their everyday environments which has so many benefits - getting outside on these beautiful Autumn days being one of them!

If you’re looking for mobile speech pathology on the Sunshine Coast or Gympie, you can find us at www.holisticspeechpathology.com.au ✨🗣️

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