Experienced support. Shaped around you.
Based at The Therapy Garden Allied Health in Ormeau, Speech Sense Speech Pathology provides experienced, individualised assessment and therapy for children, adolescents and adults across all stages of communication and development.
Therapy should make a meaningful difference beyond the clinic room. It should help people communicate with greater confidence, participate more fully, build connections and use their skills where they matter most - in everyday life.
Every person brings their own strengths, needs and priorities. Assessment and therapy are therefore shaped around the individual, with practical support designed for their life rather than determined by a diagnosis.
Speech Pathology Support
Every communication journey is different. Discover support designed around you.
Speech
Assessment and evidence-informed therapy for speech sound difficulties that affect how clearly a person is understood. This may include articulation, phonological patterns and motor speech, with support selected according to the nature of the difficulty, its functional impact and the person’s individual communication goals.
Language
Assessment and therapy for understanding and using spoken language. Support may address vocabulary, word finding, grammar, sentence formulation, following and giving information, storytelling and conversation, building the language skills needed for learning, relationships and everyday participation.
Literacy
Assessment and intervention for reading, spelling and written language, recognising the close relationship between oral language and literacy development. Support may include phonological awareness, sound-letter knowledge, decoding, reading fluency and comprehension, spelling, sentence construction and organising ideas for writing.
Fluency
Individualised assessment and support for stuttering and other differences in the flow of speech. Therapy considers both the characteristics of a person’s speech and their lived experience of communicating, with goals developed collaboratively around communication confidence, participation and what matters to the individual.
Social Communication & Connection
Support for communication, connection and self-advocacy across everyday relationships and situations, while respecting each person’s natural communication style. Therapy may explore conversation, expressing needs and boundaries, understanding different perspectives, navigating misunderstandings and helping communication partners create more accessible and inclusive interactions.
AAC & Functional Communication
Assessment and support for people who use, or may benefit from, augmentative and alternative communication. AAC can be used with speech or instead of speech and may include body movements, gestures, signs, pictures, communication boards, written language or speech-generating devices.
Support considers the person’s individual needs and preferences, the environments in which they communicate and the people who communicate with them. The aim is to establish practical and reliable ways to express needs, choices, thoughts and ideas and participate more fully in everyday life.
Mealtimes & Picky Eating
When your child eats a small range of foods, struggles with textures or finds mealtimes upsetting, knowing how to help can be difficult. Speech Sense Speech Pathology works with you to understand your child’s feeding skills, sensory preferences and mealtime experiences, with practical support tailored to your child and family.
Our approach is grounded in responsive feeding principles and informed by research, clinical expertise and your family’s priorities. Our speech pathologist is also trained in the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding, drawing on strategies that support gentle, pressure-free food exploration. We help you create predictable routines, respond to your child’s hunger and fullness cues, and support feeding skills while respecting their choices and pace. Where needed, we work with other health professionals to address nutrition, growth or medical concerns.
Groups at the Garden
Small, thoughtfully matched speech pathology groups may be offered for preschoolers, school-aged children, teenagers and young adults during school terms or as holiday programs. Programs may include Ready, Set, Grow; Seeds for Stories; Thriving Readers; Book Bees; and Speech Sound Groups, according to need and availability.
Schools & Early Learning
Speech Sense partners with kindergartens, ECECs and schools to support speech, language, literacy, communication and participation within children's everyday learning environments. Support may include visits, screenings, individual and small-group therapy, classroom observation, practical educator strategies, parent and educator consultation, input into PLPs and IEPs, professional development and Prep-readiness support.
NDIS Speech Pathology
For people with an NDIS plan, speech pathology may be funded when the support relates to the participant's disability, individual goals and available plan funding. Support may include assessment, therapy, communication-partner coaching, AAC, reports and collaboration with the participant's support team where appropriate.
The path from a first phone call to a plan.
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Getting in touch
Tell us briefly what you or your child would like help with.
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Getting to know you
We explore relevant history, strengths, concerns, priorities and everyday communication.
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Making sense of the findings
We explain findings clearly and discuss strengths, support needs and options.
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Creating a plan
If therapy is recommended, goals and frequency are developed collaboratively.
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Reviewing and growing
Progress and priorities are reviewed over time; therapy changes as needs change.
Wondering whether speech pathology could help? Talk to us.
Tell us briefly what you have noticed and we can let you know whether Speech Sense appears to be an appropriate fit.
Please keep initial emails brief and do not send detailed medical histories, clinical reports, identity documents or urgent information unless requested through an appropriate secure process.