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Articulation & sounds
When the letter "r" or "th" or "s" is missed or swapped. Sound-by-sound work, in twenty-minute play-led sessions, with weekly home cards.
Ages 3 – 8
— The play room
A small bright room, painted oat-and-peach.
A solo paediatric speech-pathology practice on Erskineville Road. We help children from eighteen months to twelve years with the sounds they cannot yet make, the words they cannot yet find, and the stories they want to tell.
When the letter "r" or "th" or "s" is missed or swapped. Sound-by-sound work, in twenty-minute play-led sessions, with weekly home cards.
For little ones not yet stringing two words together by their second birthday. We assess, we listen, we play, and we coach parents to listen too.
Putting sentences together, following two-step directions, holding a conversation. Often for children who are perfectly capable, just not yet confident.
Lidcombe Program-trained for under-sixes. Older children and tweens supported with confidence-led approaches alongside fluency work.
Sound-letter mapping, decoding, phonological awareness — for the children who can speak well but who are finding reading slow.
For autistic and neurodiverse children, alongside parents and teachers. Affirming, strengths-based, never aimed at masking or fixing who a child is.
Twenty minutes with parents in the room next door (with a one-way view of the play room). We learn about your child's words, history and the bit that has been worrying you.
Twenty-five to thirty minutes of play-led assessment in the room. Toys, books, a small drum, and quiet observation. Most children settle within five minutes.
Fifteen minutes at the end — what we noticed, what we'd want to work on, and whether we recommend coming back. Always given verbally first, then in writing within five days.
Every family leaves with one tiny thing to try at home this week. Never a workbook. Often a song, a picture book recommendation, or a sentence to listen for.
BSpPath (Sydney, 2013), Master of Speech Pathology Clinical Practice (Sydney, 2018). Eight years at Royal Prince Alfred paediatric outpatient and Inner West Health Service before opening Little Drum on Erskineville Road in 2024.
Hattie sees every family personally. She is mum to two small humans who are also her toughest reviewers. The play room has a small drum, a windowed reading nook, and approximately forty very-well-loved picture books.
Plan-managed and self-managed. Sessions invoiced directly. Reports prepared for plan reviews at no extra charge.
Up to five visits per calendar year under a GP-coordinated Chronic Disease Management plan. Rebate $58.30.
Helping Children with Autism & Better Start packages where eligible. Up to twenty sessions before the seventh birthday.
Major funds. Rebate varies $40–$95 per session. HICAPS in the room. Email reports to your fund on request.
New families are welcome to ring for a free fifteen-minute phone chat before booking. We will help you figure out whether speech pathology is the right next step, or whether a different door is.
12 Erskineville Road
Erskineville NSW 2043
Tue · Wed · Thu — 08:30–17:30
Sat — 09:00–13:00
+61 2 9557 8830
hello@littledrumspeech.com.au