Therapy Matters

Therapy Matters Therapy Matters is a private Speech Pathology clinic based on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW

LIVING OUR VALUES | APRILWE ARE PASSIONATEAt Therapy Matters, our work is driven by genuine passion for children, learni...
31/03/2026

LIVING OUR VALUES | APRIL
WE ARE PASSIONATE

At Therapy Matters, our work is driven by genuine passion for children, learning and making a real difference in people’s lives.

We are committed to advocating for the rights of people with communication differences to have a voice, using whatever communication methods work for them. We strive to create an inclusive society where everyone is valued for their contributions and supported to achieve their goals, free from stereotypes or prejudice.

Our passion also guides our approach to therapy. We embrace a Neurodiverse Affirming perspective, recognising that differences such as Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia are part of the rich spectrum of human diversity. This shapes how we connect, teach and empower children and families every day.

By staying purpose-led, energised and hopeful, we continually strive to improve, evolve and champion the communication and wellbeing of every child.

Driven by purpose. Inspired by possibility.

FUTURE VISION FEATURE: COLETTEAt Therapy Matters, this year we’re anchoring the theme of Future Vision. Despite the chan...
30/03/2026

FUTURE VISION FEATURE: COLETTE

At Therapy Matters, this year we’re anchoring the theme of Future Vision. Despite the changes in the world at present, our team is looking ahead with hope, innovation, and wonder.

In both life and work, the way we think about the future shapes our wellbeing. Approaching tomorrow with curiosity and optimism sparks possibility, creativity, and motivation: not only for ourselves, but for those around us. A future-vision mindset reminds us that growth is something we create together, one thoughtful step at a time.

Today we celebrate Colette, our Client Care Manager who works together with our client care team to make sure our clients and team members are supported, welcomed and kept in the loop about all our services.

When we asked Colette about her future-vision ideas, she wisely shared:

“The world is forever changing. You don’t always have to be moving forward. Sometimes you just need to float for a while to catch your breath and enjoy all of the beautiful things you miss when you’re rushing to get ahead"

Colette has been part of the Therapy Matters team for almost 10 years. She is recognised for her calm, grounded proactive diligence in supporting our clients and team as well as an infinite listening ear and masterful tetris juggling talents.

Colette shapes the future for our clients, team, and community through her strengths in care, diligence and resilience.

Curious to learn more about Colette (and her favourite therapy toy pictured)? Head to https://therapymatters.com.au/about-us/our-team/.

Remember, the future isn’t something we wait for — it’s something we make, together.

MORE KEY WORD SIGNERS FOR THE GOLD COAST!On the weekend, we welcomed another awesome group of diligent signers to kickst...
29/03/2026

MORE KEY WORD SIGNERS FOR THE GOLD COAST!

On the weekend, we welcomed another awesome group of diligent signers to kickstart their key word sign journey at a Key Word Sign Basic Workshop. The first official workshop in the Key Word Sign Australia Training Pathway.

A full day workshop learning the why, how and what of signing to make a difference in the lives of people with community difficulties. 80-100 signs all tailored to ensure key word signers can bring their skills into everyday routines with their clients, family and students seamlessly and fluently.

So what's next in the Key Word Sign training pathway?
Join us Saturday 18th April for an INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOP

We only offer this workshop once a year so register NOW to secure your place.

This workshops builds knowledge of key word sign and gesture in familiar, everyday activities, routines, games and songs. You will learn about how to create a sign environment using strategies and resources to encourage and support the use of sign.

The focus of this course is building your skills in signing accuracy and fluency through individual, small group, and whole group activities. You will revise the signs of the Interactive Vocabulary learnt in the basic workshoip and learn between 80 -100 NEW signs.

REGISTER NOW https://therapymatters.com.au/key-word-sign-intermediate/

BEST PRACTICE FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION Our Director, Tania was pleased to attend a PRECI workshop in B...
24/03/2026

BEST PRACTICE FRAMEWORK FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION

Our Director, Tania was pleased to attend a PRECI workshop in Brisbane helping early childhood intervention providers with the implementation of the Best Practice Framework.

So much is unknown right now about what the transition to Thriving Kids will actually look like on the ground, in each of the States around Australia, for children aged 0-8 with "low to moderate needs".

Amongst this trepidation, PRECI and its National Best Practice Framework for Early Childhood Intervention stands out as common sense, comprehensive, respectful and impactful for children, families and the early childhood intervention professionals that support them. We are hopeful that the tenets of this framework are embraced by all States as they design early childhood intervention services.

At the individual service level, we too have our part to play in how we partner with families and deliver services to children through this transition and into the future. We look forward to bringing the learnings from this workshop back to our team and families.

Head to https://www.preci.org.au/ if you would like to find out more about the invaluable work of PRECI and explore the Best Practice Framework and its plethora of resources designed to support services to implement the framework in their community.

24/03/2026

Too many children, particularly neurodivergent children, experience loneliness and exclusion.

LEGO ® brick based therapy training using Play Included® Brick-by-Brick programme ® seeks to change this through inspiring health and education professionals to deliver Brick Clubs in their communities.

Therapy Matters is proud to be an International Training Partner with Play Included® supporting Australian therapists and teachers to join the community of over 5200 professionals in 30+ countries making a difference in the lives of children around the world through LEGO ® therapy.

If you’d like to bring a sense of belonging to the children in your care then register for on-line Certified Facilitator Training NOW with Advanced In-Person Training coming to Australia in 2027.

Learn from the talented Play Included® team who ground their work strongly in research, neurodiversity affirming practice and listening to the voices of children. The only worldwide organisation in LEGO ® brick based therapy endorsed by The LEGO Foundation .

Sign up here https://therapymatters.com.au/services/brick-based-therapy/

NEURODIVERSITY-AFFIRMING CAREThis week our speech pathologists, Georgia, Caitlyn, Lara and Lillie travelled to Brisbane ...
23/03/2026

NEURODIVERSITY-AFFIRMING CARE

This week our speech pathologists, Georgia, Caitlyn, Lara and Lillie travelled to Brisbane to hear from the talented Cari Ebert.

Cari Ebert is a paediatric speech-language pathologist from the United States with almost 30 years of experience who is world renown for her professional expertise in neurodiverse affirming care which she weaves together with her lived experience as the parent of an Autistic son.

Our therapists look forward to bringing their insights and learnings back to our clinic to continue to support our neurodivergent clients with care, compassion and respect.

TRIVIA QUIZ NIGHTWhat do you get when you put a group of local speech pathologists in a room for a trivia night?🤩Laughte...
22/03/2026

TRIVIA QUIZ NIGHT

What do you get when you put a group of local speech pathologists in a room for a trivia night?

🤩Laughter
🤩Networking
🤩A little competition
🤩Nerf gun shoot outs
🤩Talk idioms
🤩Collective Nouns
🤩Learning
🤩Fun

Our Director, Tania was proud to be the Quiz Master for a Speech Pathology Australia Member Engagement Event designed to foster comradery, networking and support within our local community.

Big congrats to the winners on the night from S.P.E.E.C.H! Our own Therapy Matters' team coming in second by only 0.25 points followed closely by the talented Charlie's Angel's team.

Speech Pathologists on mass are a chatty, kind, clever, resourceful, creative and playful bunch ... it was such a joy to host the night!

21/03/2026

Too many children, particularly neurodivergent children, experience loneliness and exclusion.

LEGO ® brick based therapy training using Play Included® Brick-by-Brick programme ® seeks to change this through inspiring health and education professionals to deliver Brick Clubs in their communities.

Brick clubs are places where children can communicate and make friends with confidence and without judgement while having fun! LEGO ® rich spaces that are safe, supportive and inclusive with a framework to help children feel accepted and valued.

Therapy Matters is proud to be an International Training Partner with Play Included® supporting Australian therapists and teachers to join the community of over 5200 professionals in 30+ countries making a difference in the lives of children around the world through LEGO ® therapy.

If you’d like to bring a sense of belonging to the children in your care then register for on-line Certified Facilitator Training NOW with Advanced In-Person Training coming to Australia in 2027.

Learn from the talented Play Included® team who ground their work strongly in research, neurodiversity affirming practice and listening to the voices of children. The only worldwide organisation in LEGO ® brick based therapy endorsed by The LEGO Foundation .

Sign up here https://therapymatters.com.au/services/brick-based-therapy/

WORLD DOWN SYNDOME DAYPeople with Down syndrome bring a wide range of talents, perspectives, and strengths to our commun...
20/03/2026

WORLD DOWN SYNDOME DAY

People with Down syndrome bring a wide range of talents, perspectives, and strengths to our communities. They are making meaningful contributions in classrooms, workplaces, and all areas of community life. No two people are the same. Their lives are shaped by their own interests, strengths, relationships, and dreams.

As speech pathologists, we have the privilege of supporting people with Down syndrome to have a say in their lives through communication in all its forms. We honour the creativity, determination, warmth, and wit of the children with Down syndrome whom we work with each and every week.

Read more about the life stories of people with Down syndrome here:
👉 https://www.downsyndrome.org.au/about-down-syndrome/our-stories/

And don’t forget: World Down Syndrome Day is today. So show your support by celebrating with the colourful Lots of Socks Campaign. We look forward to sharing some of the coloured in socks from our waiting rooms. Feel free to post your sock pictures in comments!

19/03/2026

AUTUMN SCHOOL HOLIDAY EXPERIENCES

Look out for the email in your inbox. BOOKINGS OPEN NOW!

These school holidays we have a range of group experiences available.
Our popular full day, FUN! experiences run by our therapy assistants AND
some NEW shorter 2.5 hour POP! sessions run by our speech pathologists.

🤩Bounce Fun!
🤩Zoo Fun!
🤩Minecraft & Bounce Fun!
🤩Bowling Fun!
🤩Story POP! NEW
🤩Just the Girls POP! NEW
🤩Brick POP! in Murwillumbah NEW

There are some skills that just can't be taught in the therapy room 1:1 and they need to be practiced and experienced in the real world in ways that are safe, supportive and fun.

That's where our holiday COINS group programs come in. Exclusively offered for our Therapy Matters clients and designed to bring communication goals into the community and in everyday experiences with like-minded peers.

They integrate your child's individual therapy goals into everyday settings, in collaboration with your child's speech pathologist. Every group is additionally anchored to achieve the following broad goals:
✅To communicate independently
✅To build friendships, teamwork, problem solving and negotiation skills
✅To develop self-advocacy skills to be in tune with and support your needs
✅To embrace your strengths

Because every child has unique strengths and support needs, there is always a matching process our team completes before confirming your child’s place, particularly if they haven’t attended one of our groups before or they have experienced challenges in group environments. Speaking with your child’s therapist is an important step to ensure the group is the right fit and to determine whether any additional supports may be helpful prior to or during the group program.

Contact our clinic for more information 55207860 or info@therapymatters.com.au

HELP CHILDREN TELL THEIR STORY WITH MINDWING TOOLS!Telling stories isn’t always easy ... but it matters.Many children fi...
18/03/2026

HELP CHILDREN TELL THEIR STORY WITH MINDWING TOOLS!
Telling stories isn’t always easy ... but it matters.

Many children find storytelling challenging yet this skill underpins social connection, friendship building, reading, writing and learning.
That’s why today we’re spotlighting the Teacher Story Grammar Marker from our Therapy Matters MindWing Concepts range. A practical, engaging tool for teachers and speech to use whenever they need to help children remember each of the critical parts of a story.

Back in 2009, our speech pathologists were searching for evidence-based, practical ways to support children with language difficulties to tell clear, organised stories. That search led us to MindWing Concepts and 18 years later we are proud to still be their trusted Australian distributor.

The Teacher Story Grammar Marker uses colourful, child-friendly, patented icons to make the structure of a story visible and tangible. Instead of holding the whole story in their head, children can see and mark each part (character, setting, complication, feelings, plan, actions and conclusion) This reduces the load on working memory and frees them to focus on ideas, language and meaning.
✨ Hands-on
✨ Easy to use
✨ Linked to literacy
✨ Child-friendly
✨ Anchored in evidence

By expanding storytelling beyond beginning–middle–end, MindWing’s icon system helps children organise their thinking in ways that make sense ... whether they’re telling a story, writing, or talking about their life to build a friendship. When children can tell their story, they can better connect with the world around them.

🛒 Explore the Teacher Story Grammar Marker and our full MindWing Concepts range via our shop page on our website https://therapymatters.com.au/shop/

"We dream, remember, anticipate, hope, despair, love, hate, believe, doubt, plan, construct, gossip, and learn in narrative.”
Carol Westby, PhD, CCC-SLP

Read more about the research evidence behind MindWing concepts tools here:
https://www.mindwingconcepts.com/pages/research

Address

Suite 6, 43 Tallebudgera Creek Road
Burleigh, QLD
4220

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 3am

Telephone

+61755207860

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