SpOT Children's Clinic

Developing skills for life

Learning to talk and play is one of life’s great achievements. Some children need extra support to develop these skills.

The SpOT Children’s Clinic can help your child on this wonderful journey of discovery. We provide speech pathology, occupational therapy, psychological services and social work services to children aged 0-6 years.

Speech therapist Alice Berry during a session with a child at The Infants' Home.

Speech pathology

Speech pathology helps children to develop their speech sounds, their understanding of words, and their use of language.

Our speech pathologists work with children who have autism spectrum disorder, developmental delays, speech and language delays and disorders, stuttering and auditory processing disorders.

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapy helps children participate in the activities of everyday life – at home, during play and at school.

Our therapists work with children – and their families or carers – to help strengthen their physical, cognitive, social and emotional development.

Occupational therapist Sally Brown conducts an outdoor session at The Infants' Home.

Psychological services

Our psychologist offers a broad range of services. We can assess your child's skills; create social or behavioural development plans; and provide counselling and family therapy.

Social work services

Our social worker offers social and emotional development and life skills development for individual children and their families.

Our speech, occupational therapy, psychological and social work services all include assessment, individual therapy, reports, home programs, and school or pre-school visits.

Referrals

You can access speech pathology, occupational therapy, psychological services or our social worker through:

• Self-referral
• GP
• Paediatrician
• Allied health providers

Costs

Fees vary depending on the service your child needs and according to our schedule of charges.

You can pay for these services yourself, or if your child is eligible, you can access our SpOT Clinic through funding from the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) for:

• Helping Children with Autism (HCWA)
• Better Start – for children with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Fragile X syndrome, and vision or hearing impairment, including deafness and blindness

We are also Medicare approved and work with private health insurers. We suggest you check with your health fund to be aware of your level of cover.

Operating days

Monday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday (alternate weeks)

How to get involved

For all SpOT Clinic enquiries and appointments, please contact:

The Infants' Home
9799-4844
mail@theinfantshome.org.au
Monday to Friday 9am-5pm