Speech Pathology

Helping your child communicate with confidence.

When your child is having difficulty expressing themselves, struggling with pronunciation, or finding reading and writing difficult, it can cause a huge amount of anxiety. You might even find their lashing out in frustration because they can’t express their thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs.

Worrying whether your child will fall behind in school or be bullied by other kids for their lisp or stutter; it’s no walk in the park. Of course, when a speech issue is compounded with a disability or developmental delay, things get even tougher.

At Kids First, you will meet experienced speech therapists who have been working exclusively with children for many years.

With expertise in all kinds of communication difficulties (such as speech sound, comprehension, expressive language, stuttering and reading/spelling problems) we are highly trained and can help.

Our speech pathologists are sensitive to the very real emotions you’re facing. They have the experience and insight to help you navigate this uncertain territory and see the road ahead. We’ll help to improve your child’s speech, literacy, and language through engaging, friendly sessions.

Our speech therapists can improve:

Understanding

Helping your child to follow instructions, understand and answer questions, and comprehend others.

Literacy

Improving your child’s reading and writing capabilities to support them in school and life.

Pronunciation

Dealing with mispronunciation with practical, fun training with speech sounds.

Expression

Developing your child’s expressive language skills through ongoing, interactive sessions.

Vocabulary

Expanding your child’s vocabulary to help them express themselves and understand others better.

Lisps & Stutters

Using evidence-based methods to help your child improve their speech impediment and confidence.

Kids First speech therapy is

Play-based

Our therapists ensure that each session is kid-friendly, fun for your child, and incorporates elements that are unique to their interests and personality.

Tailored

Our multidisciplinary setting ensures that we have a clear picture of your child’s unique journey and can completely personalise their therapy to your family.

Adaptable

Speech therapy is most successful when it’s followed through at home and in school. Our solutions can be easily transferred and adapted.

See what our amazing community has to say...

We are welcomed like family at Kids First. Staff take the time to know my name, offer me a cup of tea and help me in any way they can. Every team member I have ever met at Kids First has been friendly and kind to me and my child.

Daniel

Natasha's Dad

Everyone is really lovely. We often go in for a session with one therapist then bump into another in the hallway. They always stop to chat and have a quick check in. That really helps to build the bond between them and my child. The reception team are also great and are super responsive to any request.

Courtney

Tristan's Mum

Welcomed, accepted, respected, so much so that we have come to feel that we are part of one big extended Kids First family and it’s beautiful to be a part of something that is so positive and supportive.

The multidisciplinary team in one place was the thing that made life a lot easier for our family. I think the most important thing though is that everyone cared about my children.

Kylie

Ben and Nathan's Mum

Very professionally and we were walked through the process of what was going to happen and followed up after the sessions. The staff at Kids first were kind and compassionate to our requirements and the care they showed were not unnoticed, we really appreciate the time that was taken to help us .

Aisling

Cormac's Mum

We are treated like family. The team genuinely care, check in and make us feel Important.

Rachel

Ella's Mum

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