Speech Therapy: Empowering Tiny Talkers is a group-based speech pathology program that builds educator and parent capability to support children’s communication through practical, in-room delivery. Clinicians work alongside educators within everyday routines, play, and learning experiences to embed strategies that develop speech, language, listening, and social communication skills.

The program combines modelling, coaching, and training to support educators to recognise communication milestones, respond to individual needs, and confidently support all children, including those with emerging or identified communication difficulties. Parents are supported through targeted training and practical strategies to extend communication at home, ensuring consistency across environments.

Embedded within your service, strategies are immediately usable and sustainable. Educators are supported to adapt environments, interactions, and group experiences to maximise participation, engagement, and learning outcomes.

Key components include:

• Group-based support within routines and play
• In-room coaching for educators
• Educator and parent training
• Communication milestone support
• Strategies for diverse learners

Our service reduces developmental vulnerability by strengthening children’s communication, listening, social-emotional, and early learning skills while building educator and family capability. Children show improved communication, participation, confidence, and social interaction. Educators build confidence using evidence-based strategies and identifying needs. Families gain understanding and practical skills, supporting consistency across home and preschool and improving school readiness.

Our service is delivered through three integrated streams: child group delivery, educator capacity-building, and parent education. This model ensures consistent practice across preschool, home, and community environments.

Child Group Delivery: Small-group sessions are delivered onsite within ECEC settings, embedded into daily routines. Facilitated by a speech pathologist with educators actively involved, sessions run weekly or fortnightly (30–40 minutes) over a 5–10 session cycle. Groups target communication, early language, listening, social interaction, and regulation through play-based learning. Educators support generalisation into everyday practice.

Parent Education: Twice per term, 45-minute sessions build parent understanding of communication development, milestones, and when to seek support. Sessions include practical strategies, demonstrations, resources, and discussion to support home implementation.

Educator Capacity-Building: Coaching aligns with group sessions, using brief pre/post discussions for reflection and planning. Twice per term, structured learning sessions focus on embedding strategies, using resources, monitoring development, and collaborative problem-solving. Educators are supported with practical tools and simple frameworks to sustain practice.

Sessions are scheduled collaboratively, embedded within routines, and delivered flexibly onsite or via hybrid formats where appropriate.

10-week: Group $4,400 + Parent $1,100 + Educator $1,100 = $6,600. 5-week: Group $2,200 + Parent $1100 + Educator $1100 = $4,400. Includes group, educator and parent components. Additional sessions $220/hour. Travel: no charge within 5km beyond 5km metro $110/hour regional by negotiation.