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No referral required  

No se necesita remisión

Does this sound like your child?

  • Hard to understand or has unclear speech

  • Not talking as expected or a late talker

  • Needs instructions repeated

  • Struggles to express ideas

  • Finds interacting with others, making friends or conversing difficult

How we can help your child

We support babies, children and adolescents with speech, language, feeding and communication needs through personalised, evidence-based therapy.

 

Early Intervention (0–3 Years)

Supporting toddlers who are not yet talking or using few words.
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Speech Sound Therapy

 

Helping children with unclear speech speak more clearly.
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Language Therapy

 

Supporting understanding, talking, and everyday communication skills.
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Social Communication

 

Helping children navigate conversations, friendships, and social situations.
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Bilingual & Multilingual Support

 

Supporting communication across languages, including Spanish–English families.
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Executive Function & Learning Support

 

​Helping children and adolescents with organisation, planning, flexible thinking, language for learning, and independence.

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Feeding Therapy

Supporting picky eating, limited food variety, weak oral motor skills, and mealtime participation.
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Not sure where to start? We can help you decide which support is right for your child.

Our approach

 

We provide play-based, practical speech therapy tailored to your child’s strengths, needs, and everyday environment.

We work closely with families to build communication skills that carry over into real life—at home, in childcare, and at school.

Sessions are engaging, supportive, and designed to help your child feel confident communicating, not just during therapy, but in everyday situations.

We support families in Noosa, Tewantin, Noosaville, Cooroy, Peregian Springs and across the Sunshine Coast, with online therapy available across Australia.

Speech Therapy FAQs for Children

Answers to common questions about speech delay, autism, feeding, and communication.

What age do you see?
We support babies, children and adolescents.

Do I need a referral?
 

No referral is required for private speech pathology.

How do I know if my child needs a speech pathologist?

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Your child may benefit from speech therapy if they:

  • Are hard to understand

  • Have difficulty following instructions

  • Struggle socially

  • Find it hard to express their ideas

An early assessment can help you understand what support may help.

Will my toddler outgrow speech and language difficulties?

Some children do catch up naturally, but many benefit from early support.

If your child is not talking, difficult to understand, or is falling behind, early speech therapy can help reduce frustration and support communication development at home and in everyday situations.

Can speech therapy help with feeding or picky eating?

Yes. Speech pathologists can support feeding difficulties in children, including limited food variety (picky eating), sensory sensitivities, and difficulty chewing or swallowing.

Feeding difficulties can impact nutrition, growth, and family routines, which is why early support can be helpful.

 

Feeding therapy focuses on helping children eat safely, expand the range of foods they accept, and make mealtimes more positive and manageable.

Do you help teenagers?


Yes. We support teenagers with literacy, reading comprehension, language, executive functioning, learning, and social communication challenges.

 

Therapy is tailored to each young person’s strengths and goals, supporting success at school, friendships and everyday life.

Support can help build strategies for greater confidence and independence.

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What families say

Handwritten thank-you note from a 12-year-old speech therapy client

"Thank you for our sessions. I will really miss you when I leave...."

Specialised support for Spanish–English bilingual and monolingual children — in person on the Sunshine Coast and online across Australia.

Laugh Aloud Speech Co.

Tewantin Therapy Studio

(Consulting)

Suite 22, Tewantin Plaza

113 Poinciana Ave, Tewantin

QLD, Australia

 

📞 +61 437 854 834

Online sessions available across Australia

Supporting speech delay, language difficulties, social communication, literacy, executive functioning, feeding difficulties and bilingual development.

Evidence-based, play-based therapy tailored to each child.

Speech Therapy for Children Sunshine Coast | Bilingual Speech Therapy (English & Spanish)

Office Hours

Mon:      9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tues:      9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Wed:      9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thurs:    9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Fri:         9:00 am – 3:00 pm

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