Speech Pathology for Children
Fun, friendly and professional support for children with communication and feeding difficulties.
We provide welcoming, community-based speech pathology services for children experiencing communication and feeding difficulties.
Our team works with families to help children build communication skills, confidence and social connection in a warm and supportive environment.
Sessions are tailored to each child’s strengths and needs.
How we can help
Our Speech Pathologists can help your child with:
- Understanding and using spoken language
- Speech difficulties
- Stuttering
- Social communication
- Early reading skills
- Feeding and swallowing difficulties.
Our services are:
- free (for clients in the Priority Access Group). See our Fees page for more information.
- supportive
- tailored for children
- part of the holistic children’s health services offered at North Richmond Community Health, including Nutrition and Dietetics for children and Occupational Therapy for children.
Making a referral
1. Download our referral form: Referral Form – Child Health and Development
2. Email the form to intake@nrch.com.au or post it to:
North Richmond Community Health
23 Lennox St
Richmond, VIC 3121
Parents and carers can contact us directly to make a referral. Referrals are also accepted from health professionals, early childhood educators and schools. For example:
- Paediatrician
- Maternal and Child Health Nurse
- General Practitioner
- Audiologist
- Kindergarten Teacher
- Preschool Field Officer
- other professionals involved in the child’s care.
Once we receive the referral, you will be contacted by one of our team members to discuss any potential waiting times for supports.
Please note that wait times for an assessment can range between three to six months. Once your child has reached the top of the waiting list, our speech pathologist will contact you to make an appointment.
Eligibility
Community Health Speech Pathology (0-6 years)
This service is for children who:
- Are aged 0–6 years
- Are not yet attending school
- Live in or attend kindergarten/childcare in the City of Yarra
- Have speech and language concerns as their primary area of difficulty
This service supports young children to build early communication skills through play-based therapy and family-centred care.
NDIS Speech Pathology (0–12 years)
We also provide speech pathology services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
This service is for children who are:
- Are aged 0–12 years
- Live in and/or attend an education setting (ie. child care, kinder or school) in the City of Yarra or surrounding suburbs
- Have NDIS funding that includes speech pathology supports.
NDIS services are tailored to your child’s individual goals and may include therapy, parent coaching, school collaboration and functional communication support.
Contact information
Submit a referral form to start your therapy services.
If you would like to make an enquiry you can contact us using the following details:
Phone
(03) 9418 9965
Our team
Imogen
Senior Speech Pathologist
Imogen joined the Speech Pathology team at North Richmond Community Health in 2022. She has experience working across early childhood intervention, community health, and primary and secondary school settings, in both Australia and the United Kingdom. Imogen completed her Masters of Speech Pathology at La Trobe University.
Imogen is trained in a variety of evidence-based interventions, including the Hanen It Takes Two to Talk and Hanen More Than Words programs. Imogen is dedicated to a strengths-based, family-centred approach to therapy, ensuring a supportive and collaborative environment for all.
Imogen’s interest areas include Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), early language development, and paediatric feeding.
Jeanette
Speech Pathologist
Jeanette joined the team at North Richmond Community Health in January 2022. She has experience working with children and young adults in schools, public and private clinics. Jeanette’s biggest areas of interest are early language intervention, literacy, phonology, and social skill development.
Jeanette is passionate about collaborating with children and their families to achieve their goals. She values developing strong relationships with her clients and creating therapy sessions that are tailored to their interests and strengths. Her experience in behaviour analysis studies helped her understand how children learn and how to design learning environments to help children master core skills.
Jeanette is trained in Social Thinking® program, Hanen More Than Words program, Basic Key Word Sign, and Little Learners Love Literacy program. She has a Masters in Speech Pathology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. Jeanette is a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia and is proficient in Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Malay.
Erin
Speech Pathologist
Erin joined the North Richmond Community Health team in 2025. Erin has previously worked in schools, early childhood centres, and private practice settings across both Australia and New Zealand.
Erin is passionate about supporting children and their families to achieve their communication goals and having fun while doing it! While Erin enjoys all areas of speech pathology, she has interests in early language intervention, phonology, and stuttering. Erin completed her Bachelor of Speech Language Pathology at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) in 2017.
Dhanushi
Speech pathologist
Dhanushi joined the North Richmond Community Health team in July 2025. Dhanushi previously worked as a School Readiness Speech Pathologist supporting kindergarten teachers and children in being best prepared for school transition.
Dhanushi is passionate about supporting children and families from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to reach their goals. Dhanushi has interests in early language intervention, phonology, and literacy.
Dhanushi is a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia and is proficient in Sinhala and English. Dhanushi completed her Masters in Speech Pathology at the University of Melbourne in 2022.
Eilish
Speech pathologist
Eilish joined the team at North Richmond Community Health in November 2025. She has experience working as a speech pathologist with children and adolescents in childcare, schools and private practice as well as working as a primary school teacher.
Eilish values collaborating with families on their children’s communication goals and providing fun and individualised support. Eilish is trained in Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC), Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST), and the Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching reading and spelling. Eilish is interested in the areas of literacy, early language, and motor speech.
Eilish is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist with Speech Pathology Australia and completed her Master of Speech Pathology at La Trobe University in 2022.