Our dream to open our own centre for speech pathology and educational assessment was created when we realised, as parents, how difficult it can be to access these services in Canberra.

Our first experience of seeking a speech assessment for our eldest child resulted in a 6 month wait. At the time, our son was 5 years old, and we felt so powerless because we didn’t know how to help his speech and language development while we languished on waiting lists around Canberra.

Over the months, we came to meet so many other families in a similar situation – they knew that something was wrong with their child’s communication but they too were on waitlists and unable to obtain a diagnosis or forward plan in a timely manner. We felt that something had to change, and there was no better way to achieve that change than for Michelle to return to university and become a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist. Our vision is simple – to provide quality, evidence-based speech pathology and educational assessments in a timely manner. Our clinic has been built using the guiding principles of being accessible, ethical, accurate, client-centred and family-focused. We adopted these principles because our own experiences as parents, caregivers and educators had taught us that clients and their families need access to a friendly, welcoming, professional and well-informed service.

We know, from our own lived experience of having children with disabilities and communication difficulties, that it takes a very special person to hear what a child cannot say.

We welcome you to our clinic, and look forward to meeting you soon.