Speechcare

17/06/2026

🍰 Cake & Comfort ☕

What if support for your family started with a piece of cake?

Join us for Cake & Comfort—a free community event where families can connect, enjoy some sweet treats, and discover how counselling support can help when school-related challenges, family stress, emotional wellbeing concerns, or sibling dynamics become difficult to navigate.

Meet Lauren, our counsellor, and learn how counselling can support not just one child, but the whole family. From helping siblings better understand and express their feelings, to building resilience, confidence and stronger family relationships, support is available.

Sometimes the first step isn’t having all the answers. It’s simply having a conversation. ☕💙

📅 Tuesday 7 July
⏰ 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 SpeechCare Carina Clinic
(More events to be held at our other clinics later!)

🎟️ Register here:
Cake & Comfort Registration Form⁠

Because every family deserves support, and nobody should have to navigate the tough stuff alone. 💙



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17/06/2026

🍰 Cake & Comfort ☕

What if support for your family started with a piece of cake?

Join us for Cake & Comfort—a free community event where families can connect, enjoy some sweet treats, and discover how counselling support can help when school-related challenges, family stress, emotional wellbeing concerns, or sibling dynamics become difficult to navigate.

Meet Lauren, our family counsellor, and learn how counselling can support not just one child, but the whole family. From helping siblings better understand and express their feelings, to building resilience, confidence and stronger family relationships, support is available.

Sometimes the first step isn’t having all the answers. It’s simply having a conversation. ☕💙

📅 Tuesday 7 July
⏰ 9:30am – 11:00am
📍 SpeechCare Carina Clinic

🎟️ Register here:
Cake & Comfort Registration Form⁠

https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=GBqlgdBhhku0OpzclIKGHEGHnIIBt2BDpXHLRB-dve1UNFY0REZaV081UkozV0lWMlNQUURPMUVENi4u&utm_source=chatgpt.com

Because every family deserves support, and nobody should have to navigate the tough stuff alone. 💙

16/06/2026

Ever wanted to take part in the Amazing Race? Well now you can.

Sun 2nd Aug 2026, 3:00 pm AEST

There is a $25 charge for this event. All proceeds will go to the Forgotten Women Charity to help women over 55 in Brisbane who are homeless get back into safe and suitable housing.

You can enjoy:
-A fun afternoon bonding with new local ladies
-Prizes and giveaways
-Exercise & challenge (you can walk or run - wheelchair friendly too)
-All in your local area
-Children in prams can join us OR older children can run/walk with their group - we will put you in a team with other mums and children as some ladies like to go FAST.

Sun 2nd Aug 2026, 3:00 pm AEST, Wynnum/Manly Esplanade

In conjunction with our incredible sponsors:
The Manly Hotel,
ABE Roofing Pty Ltd,
Your Wealth Consultants
TLG Lawns and Landscape Solutions
Raine & Horne Wynnum Manly
Australian Family Lawyers - Bayside
Downtown Toyota
Speechcare

I hope you'll join us to have fun and raise money for this wonderful cause.

You don't need to come with friends (unless you want to). Feel free to come by yourself and we'll pop you into a team with other awesome ladies.

REGISTER BELOW - can't wait to see you there!
https://events.humanitix.com/mum-azing-race-2026

13/06/2026

Counselling is a vital support system for the entire family. If your child is struggling with school or navigating the ups and downs of everyday life, family counselling provides parents with practical strategies to manage stress and support their child's well-being.

As parents, it can be difficult to prioritize ourselves. However, caring for others becomes nearly impossible if we ourselves are struggling.

Remember you never have to navigate these challenges alone ❤️

12/06/2026

Sometimes as parents and carers we just need time to stop and reflect.

11/06/2026

Kim Hollander and Kate recently had the opportunity to meet with Ali France to discuss The Connected Child Project and the future of early intervention in Australia.

We explored a hub-and-spoke model of care that combines centralised expertise, training, mentoring, and quality assurance with locally embedded speech pathologists working directly within early learning centres and communities.

What struck me most was our shared understanding that meaningful change requires collaboration across all levels of the system. Government, NGOs, community organisations, educators, and private providers all have a role to play in ensuring children and families can access the support they need.

The early intervention landscape is changing. Funding models are changing. Expectations are changing. Community needs are changing.

But one thing remains constant: communication is fundamental to participation, learning, wellbeing, and inclusion.

There is still—and always will be—a need for speech pathologists and allied health professionals. Our challenge is to evolve alongside our communities and find new ways to deliver expertise where it can have the greatest impact.

The Connected Child Project was born from a simple but ambitious question:

What if we stopped waiting for children to access support and instead built communication-friendly, inclusive environments from the start?

What if best-practice communication supports were already embedded within early learning settings?

What if educators, families, and communities had greater access to training, coaching, and practical tools that supported all children—not just those with a diagnosis?

What if waitlists became less critical because inclusive practice was already part of everyday life?

I’m aiming high.

Because too many children are still being missed.

And because I believe every child deserves to grow up in a community that understands communication, values neurodiversity, and is equipped to support them to thrive.

The future of early intervention is not just about increasing access to services. It’s about building capacity, creating connected systems, and ensuring support reaches children before they fall through the cracks.

That’s the future we’re working towards.

10/06/2026

Wondering about how counselling could support your child? Has your child been having any challenges at School? There are many ways a counsellor can support both you and your child to reduce stress and anxiety around School and other life challenges.

Remember, your child doesn't need a diagnosis to receive support ❤️

10/06/2026

Amazing to meet and discuss how we are working with to connect people. Parenting a child with a disability, particularly an invisible one, can be exhausting, isolating and scary. People with invisible disabilities experience greater social isolation and mental health challenges than others. Children and families must be supported through local providers who understand them and their needs. The Connected Child Project is supporting early learning centres to develop inclusive spaces. For more information, email [email protected]

08/06/2026