Lexico Speech Pathology

30/07/2026

17th of August 2026, The Perfect Storm Workshop. Open to the public.

Autism. ADHD. Sensory Processing. Seizures. Anxiety. Why are diagnoses skyrocketing, and what could be the root cause of it all?! 🚨

Come find all the hope, answers, and help you’ve been searching for with dinner on us! 🎉
Comment “perfect storm” and we’ll send the registration link to you 🌪️

27/07/2026

If you’re eager to build your clinical and therapy delivery skills in a practice that’s genuinely passionate about supporting graduates, we’d love to hear from you.
https://www.lexicospeechpathology.com/join-our-team

17/06/2026

14/06/2026

School holidays are coming — and Lexico is excited to introduce our CONNECT programs!

These school holidays we are introducing small-group social skills programs designed specifically for kids who find connection with peers a little trickier than most.

KIDS → Connect (Ages 5–8)
A 5-day school holiday program designed to grow skills over an intensive week of learning, practice and meaningful application. Each day your child learns and practises a real social skill — from reading emotions to joining in play and keeping friendships going.

Groups of 4–6. Facilitated by a Speech Pathologist & Therapy Assistant.

6th – 10th July | 10am-11:30am Daily

TWEENS → Connect (Ages 9–12)
A small-group program for tweens navigating the more complex social world of the middle years — perspective-taking, empathy, group dynamics, and how to keep friendships going when things get hard.

Groups of 4–6. Facilitated by a Speech Pathologist & Therapy Assistant.

6th – 10th July | 12:30pm-2pm Daily

Both programs are structured around evidence-based, explicit skill instruction. This is not play time with a therapist nearby. Actual skill-building, step by step, immediate feedback.

👉 Visit www.lexicospeechpathology.com to enrol or find out more about our new social skills programs.

30/04/2026

We've spent the past three weeks sharing the why behind home practice. Today, we're handing you the how.

Swipe through for quick hit practice moments — one for every area of speech pathology we work in at Lexico. Each one is designed to slot into a routine your family already has.

No extra time needed. No worksheets. Just small, intentional moments that compound into real, lasting change.

Here's what we've covered together in this series:
🧠 Your family is the therapy. The real progress happens at home.

⚡ Practice rewires the brain. Every time your child retrieves and applies a skill, their neural pathways get stronger, faster, and more automatic.

📅 Consistency beats intensity. Quick hits across the week is worth far more than one long session. The brain learns through repetition over time — not repetition in one sitting.

🔗 Stack the habit. You don't need to find extra time — you need to attach practice to time you already have. After the buckle clicks. Before the toothbrush. At the dinner table. During the bath. It's already there.

⏱️ Two minutes is enough. Done with focus, using the strategy your speech pathologist has taught, two minutes of retrieval practice, twice a day, five days a week moves skills from short-term effort into long-term memory.

Save this post. Share it with someone who needs it. And remember — every family finds their own rhythm. Trust the process. Trust your child. Trust yourself. 💛

The difference happens at home — and you are the difference.

26/04/2026

What if we told you that two minutes of focused home practice — done consistently — is more valuable than a 20-minute session once in a while?

Science backs this up, and it changes everything about how we think about home practice.

Here's the key: the brain learns through frequent retrieval, not marathon study sessions. Every time your child is asked to recall and produce a skill — say, to say their "s" sound correctly, or to use their resting tongue position, or to retrieve a word — the brain has to work to pull that skill up. That effortful pulling is the learning. Each time they do it, the memory trace gets stronger.

This is called retrieval practice, and it's one of the most powerful tools in the Science of Learning. Research from the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research shows it significantly improves skill retention in children with language differences — helping them hold onto skills not just in the session, but days and weeks later.

So two minutes —twice a day — five days a week — gives the brain ten retrieval opportunities. Versus one 10-minute session that gives just one. The maths is simple. The impact is enormous.

Here's what two minutes of home practice can look like:
⌛ Practising three target words or sounds, three times each, while waiting for toast
⌛ Asking your child to "where is your tongue" (to promote correct oral rest position) during tech time
⌛ Playing "I Spy" with target sounds in the car

Your speech pathologist will tailor exactly what your child's two minutes should look like. Your job is just to show up — consistently, warmly, and and celebrate their effort.

And on the days it doesn't happen? James Clear says it best: Never miss twice. One missed day is fine. Just come back tomorrow.

Every family finds their rhythm. Trust the process. Trust your child. Trust yourself. 💛
You've got this.

24/04/2026

Taking a moment this ANZAC Day to remember and say thank you to those who served.

🌿Lest We Forget🌿

We will be closed Monday 27th.

23/04/2026

We hear it all the time: "We know we should practise, but we just forget."

We get it. Life is busy!

You are not alone. And it's not about motivation — it's about systems.

James Clear, author of the bestselling Atomic Habits, explains it beautifully: we don't rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our systems. If we're waiting to feel like doing practice, or trying to remember it in an already-busy day, it's going to keep slipping.

The solution? Habit stacking.

The idea is simple: instead of trying to add a brand new behaviour to your day from scratch, you attach it to something you already always do. Your existing routines act as a natural trigger — a reminder built right into the rhythm of your day.

It looks like this:
🦷 "After I start the kids' bath, I will do two minutes of speech practice while they're getting undressed."
☕ "After I pour my morning coffee, I will run through [child's name]'s practice cards while they eat breakfast."

Notice the formula: After [thing I already do], I will [practice activity]. This removes the need to remember, decide, or find motivation in the moment. The cue is already built in.

The research on this is compelling — people who plan specifically when and where they'll perform a behaviour are significantly more likely to follow through than those who rely on good intentions alone. Implementation intentions, as they're called in the science, bridge the gap between wanting to practise and actually doing it.

For neurodiverse children especially, predictable routines are a superpower. When practice happens at the same time, in the same place, attached to the same existing routine, it becomes expected — and often something your child starts to anticipate and engage with naturally.

Start with just ONE habit stack this week. One practice moment, attached to one existing routine. Then build from there. 💪

19/04/2026

We're going to be honest with you, because we think you deserve that:

One session of speech therapy per week, without practice at home, is rarely enough to create lasting change. 💬

That's not a criticism — it's just science. And it's one of the most important things we can share with you.

Here's why: learning a new speech or language skill is a motor process. Think about learning to ride a bike, or play the piano. You wouldn't expect to have one lesson a week and nail it without picking up the bike or sitting at the keys in between. Speech and oral muscle skills work exactly the same way.

When a skill is new, your child has to consciously think about it — where does the tongue go? How hard do I push? What does this word sound like? With enough spaced repetition, that conscious effort gradually shifts. The skill becomes automatic. It moves from "I have to think about this" to "I just do it." That transition — from effortful to automatic — is the goal of therapy. And it cannot happen without practice between sessions.

An Australian survey of speech pathologists found that home practice is most commonly recommended five times per week, for around 10 minutes. That might sound like a lot — but broken into two-minute moments throughout the day, it's very achievable for most families.

The goal isn't a formal sit-down practice session (though that works beautifully for some families!). It's small, intentional moments woven into what you're already doing:
🚗 In the car on the school run
🧼 During bath time
🥣 While making breakfast
📺 During the ad break
🌙 As part of the bedtime routine

Short. Frequent. Consistent. That's the formula.

Your child's speech pathologist will always tell you exactly what to practise and how. Your job is simply to create the moments. 💛