Little Ones Speech Therapy

07/12/2025

05/12/2025

We know many members were concerned by today’s Financial Review story about NDIS therapies. Please be assured that SPA is responding on your behalf, including through our work with Allied Health Professions Australia.

Speech pathology is an evidence-based profession. There is strong research showing that early communication support helps children learn, connect and take part in everyday life. The suggestion that our work lacks evidence does not reflect the research or the progress you see in your work every day.

We also want to clarify claims about NDIS therapy costs.
🔹Therapy spending has remained stable at between 9 and 11 per cent of scheme expenditure for the past 5 years.
🔹NDIS payment data also shows that participants received only 2 to 4 hours of speech pathology in 2024, which is far below what many children need to make meaningful progress. In addition, many providers offer supports that go unfunded by the NDIS.
🔹These services are capacity building and reduce long-term public costs across education, health, mental health and social services.

Families also deserve confidence that their provider is properly qualified. SPA continues to advocate for title protection, including through Ahpra registration, so only qualified professionals can call themselves speech pathologists.

Read the full statement from SPA CEO Lyn Brodie 👇
https://bit.ly/4iFhajq

05/12/2025

Now Free In Australia

04/12/2025

Thank you Kid Link OT and SPA for your support 💛

“No evidence that NDIS therapies help kids thrive”

A ‘financial review’ conducted by persons without the appropriate education who won’t take the time to read the reports they demand from therapists.

Therapy only accounts for 11% of the total NDIS budget and is the only portion of the NDIS supports that is delivered through persons with medical and scientific qualifications.

Sending support to therapists out there who continue to turn up and support clients despite being villainised as a scape goat for NDIS cuts.

Australia is pumping infinite money into supply-constrained markets such as disability and childcare, while the government also mandates and helps fund hefty wage increases in these sectors.

26/11/2025

Key moments from recent narrative sessions 🧚‍♂️ 🦄 🤴

19/11/2025

Join our team for two free online sessions designed to support you as you navigate your child’s school journey.

Session one: Starting School with Confidence – 19 November from 6:30pm - 7:15pm

Session two: Working with Your Child’s School – 26 November from 6:30pm - 7:15pm

These sessions are proudly delivered by our Early Childhood Approach program team.

Both sessions will be held online, and registration is essential to receive the session links.

Register for session one happening tonight - https://events.humanitix.com/working-with-your-child-s-school

Register for session two - https://events.humanitix.com/starting-school-with-confidence-quys6mmm

We look forward to seeing you!

18/11/2025

Loving the 3d printed critters lately !

15/11/2025

The Child Development Service in Perth has launched a brand-new suite of online resources to support children and young people with attention, regulation and concentration challenges - including ADHD.

The collection includes:
📘 A series of written guides
🎥 Short videos featuring clinicians and lived-experience voices
🌏 Key resources translated into 10 languages

Topics include:

Parent education - Ways to support attention, regulation and concentration
School resources - Helping your child focus in the classroom
Home resources - Developing healthy screen time habits
ADHD resource - Talking about ADHD with your child

A fantastic step toward clearer, more accessible, evidence-based information for families.

Explore the resources on the CAHS website.

https://cahs.health.wa.gov.au/Our-services/Community-Health/Child-Development-Service/Neurodiversity/Attention-regulation-concentration

28/10/2025

🌟 Building Stories, Building Language 🌟

Using drawings, Lego builds, and WH-question cards, children learned to:
🧩 sequence ideas (beginning, middle, end)
🎨 describe characters and feelings
💬 use joining words like “and then” or “but”
🐉 act out stories to bring language to life

Every “once upon a time” helps kids become confident, connected communicators ❤️

17/10/2025

🧚 a little snippet from this week 👑

26/08/2025

25/08/2025

Confidence through Communication

When we find our own way of communicating, we find our confidence. Speech pathologists support people to express themselves clearly and proudly, at school, at work, and in everyday life.

Communication builds confidence.

https://bit.ly/47aIgLK