Port Stephens, New South Wales
Port Stephens Speech Pathology for Kids
Port Stephens Speech Pathologist
Welcome, we are Speech Clinic Port Stephens. We're a Paediatric Speech Therapy service that provides services in the Port Stephens location. We support kids with their speech, language, fluency, literacy and social interaction. We provide online speech therapy appointments – This means kids can experience speech therapy in their most natural location, their home.
Lauren, our Founder, is a PhD Candidate, Research Assistant and Casual Academic at UQ University.
Why
Speech Clinic?
We believe in family-centred and evidence-based practice.
We love to support your child’s uniqueness and individual profile in the comfort of your home environment. We offer a range of suitable appointment times for those who live in Port Stephens. Children love accessing Speech Therapy in their own house, saving you a long trip and providing sessions 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.
Accredited + Certified
Accredited in Lidcombe, DIR Floortime, Hanen (It Takes Two To Talk) + more.
Gold Standard Treatment
We offer interventions such as Lidcombe Therapy that are the Gold Standard.
We’re an Online Speech Therapist
We provide sessions in the most comfortable environment for your child, their home in Port Stephens.
Medicare & Private Health
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 Clinician and Founder
Lauren Crumlish
- Founder & Clinician
- Port Stephens 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)
Before working as a speech pathologist, I worked in the medical research field. 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.
I work exclusively with children as a paediatric clinician. 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 Pathologist in Port Stephens, get in touch today.
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Kids’ Speech Therapy in Port Stephens
Speech Clinic supports children with speech therapy across their childhood and teenage years who live in the Port Stephens location. We strongly 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 social and academic success.
They’ll grow out of it, right?
We are often asked, “when is the best age to start speech therapy?”. Early is always best. Speech Pathologists can complete assessments and provide treatment to children 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, language, literacy, fluency and social interaction difficulties can become present throughout a child’s schooling years. We also love to support school-aged children to reach their academic and social potential.
If you have concerns
Get in touch with us today to find out more about the services we have available in Port Stephens. You can book an appointment for your child. Please note, we are currently experiencing high demand and may have an extensive waiting list in Port Stephens.
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Speech Therapy Price for Port Stephens
Our Speech Pathologists servicing Port Stephens are perfectly equipped to assess and provide therapy in the most familiar environment for your child – within their home. Together, we craft an individualised and evidence-based intervention plan that will suit your child’s needs.
Contact us for availability information and our services for the suburb of Port Stephens.
Healthcare Compliant
Claim back on Medicare or through your Private Health provider – we’re fully compliant.
Therapy in your Home
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 of all ages.
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Speech Pathology Blog
Whether you are an early years educator, health professional or a parent, 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.
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…
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…
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…
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…