Speppermint Journeys

09/12/2025

The holiday season can bring joy, but it can also make emotional and behavioural challenges more visible.
If you're noticing changes in your child, this is the right time to get clarity, Don't wait!

Book an Assessment at Speppermint Journeys today!
Give your child the support they need to thrive.

26/09/2025

Well done Printed3D 4U

19/09/2025

🔥 Celebrating 100 Years Together! 🔥

As we celebrate a century of service, strength, and community spirit, we’re incredibly grateful for the support of local businesses who share our values. A heartfelt thank you to Speppermint Journeys for sponsoring our centenary celebration! 💛🚒

Speppermint Journeys, a psychology service based in Hillside, is dedicated to supporting children, young people, and their families through creative, Neuroaffirming, trauma-informed care. Their focus on resilience, education, and emotional wellbeing makes them a powerful ally in building stronger, more connected communities.

Your generosity helps us honour the past, celebrate the present, and inspire a future built on care and collaboration. From all of us at the Toolern Vale Fire Brigade—thank you, Speppermint Journeys, for walking alongside us! 🙌

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✨ Want to be part of this historic milestone? ✨

2025 marks 100 years of the Toolern Vale Fire Brigade—and we’re gearing up for a celebration to remember! 🎉 If you or your business would like to join amazing supporters like Speppermint Journeys, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact jared.watson@members.cfa.vic.gov.au for further details.

11/09/2025

Part 3:

What actually happens during collaborative autistic identification? It is a collaborative and family-centred process. Together we will talk with you about your child’s history, strengths and challenges, do gentle play-based tasks, gather feedback from school or other carers, and then sit down for a final conversation about what we’ve learned together.

No matter the outcome, your child is still the same person. This process is about clarity, understanding, and building support that fits them. We walk beside you every step of the way.

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11/09/2025

Part 2:

Every brain is wired differently. Some are neurotypical, some are neurodivergent, including autistic neurology. This is not a defect. It is simply a different way of experiencing the world.

Autistic people often have unique strengths including creative thinking, deep focus, honest expression, and different problem-solving styles. Developmental timelines may look different, and that’s okay. Development is not a race.

Continue to part 3

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11/09/2025

Thinking about an autism assessment for your child? We prefer to call it collaborative autistic identification because this is a respectful, shared process we do with your child and family, not to them.

Families and schools often explore this when a child communicates differently from peers, shows intense interests or deep focus, struggles with change or transitions, experiences sensory input more intensely, or has big feelings that are hard to manage.

This isn’t about fixing anything. It’s about understanding how your child’s brain works so we can support them to thrive.

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09/09/2025

Today is the very first AuDHD Day!

AuDHD is a non-medical term for people who are both autistic and have ADHD. While each are distinct diagnoses, its believed about 50-70% of autistic people also have ADHD.

Each AuDHDer has a unique mix of autistic and ADHD traits that can complement or contradict each other.

AuDHD Day is a community-led initiative to raise awareness of AuDHD, which is often missed and misunderstood.

To learn more, visit: https://audhdday.com/

09/09/2025

https://youtu.be/-UhTcbD_pJg

Thinking about getting an autism assessment for your child? This video explains our approach to collaborative autistic identification, a respectful and share...

24/05/2025

We have availability for assessments;

- Autism
- Cognitive
- Learning

Contact us to find out more

Speppermint Journeys are child psychologists located in Hillside, Victoria. We offer specialised assessment, diagnostic and treatment services. We pledge to use only tools and strategies that have been researched and found to be effective.

28/04/2025

A huge shout out to Print3D 4U for the wonderful clinic pack of 3D printed fidgets that were dropped off today. What an incredibly thoughtful and unexpected gift.

Thanks Ben, your products are amazing and will be well used.

17/04/2025