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Early Start Australia Toowong
At Early Start Australia Toowong, we provide supportive, family-centred therapy services to help children, adolescents, parents, carers, and families thrive.
Our Toowong clinic, in Brisbane’s inner west, offers expert speech therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology, tailored to individual needs.
Whether you’re seeking early intervention, developmental support, or specialised care, our dedicated team is here to help.
If you’d like to book an appointment or have any questions, call us at 1300 372 439 or make an enquiry today.
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Clinic contact details
Level 11, 39 Sherwood Rd
Toowong QLD 4066
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Open Today: 9am - 5pmTherapy services to help you thrive
At Early Start Australia Toowong, we offer a multidisciplinary therapy team that includes occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and psychologists.
Our experienced team works to understand your child’s strengths and areas for development through targeted screeners and assessments that help us create therapy goals and plans with your child’s unique circumstances at the core.
Beginning therapy with your child can seem like heading into the unknown, but with the right people at your side, it can be a highly effective and positive experience.
We tailor each child’s therapy journey to best suit their circumstances and approach every session with optimism and the willingness to listen and share.
Sharing information and getting to know you and your family is key to making you feel comfortable about the process.
We’ll work with you at every stage to explain why we’re doing what we’re doing and to check that it’s in line with your expectations.
We offer collaborative support across your child’s support network, including family, educators, and other health professionals.
We work to a neurodiversity affirming and trauma-informed model of therapy.
We’re easy to find
Early Start Australia Toowong has been operating since 2013.
We moved to the heart of Toowong with a brand new, purpose-built clinic in late 2023.
Based near the Toowong Village Shopping Mall, we are close to train and bus travel stations, and there are ample parking options.
The clinic can be accessed via a lift for families with wheelchairs and prams.
Get directionsSupport from 0 to 17 years, for all needs and abilities
At Early Start Australia Toowong, we provide occupational therapy, psychology, speech and language pathology screeners, assessments and support services for children and young adults up to 18 years to help them reach their daily living goals and help support their development.
We deliver our therapies where you need them, including in our clinic, via telehealth, and mobile services at early learning centres, pre-school, school and home settings.
Our team have experience with a range of conditions including language disorders, autism, ADHD, global developmental delay, cerebral palsy, feeding difficulties and picky eaters, language delays, speech and communication difficulties, vision impairment, sensory processing disorders, learning disorders, and more.
We work with a family-centred and neurodiversity affirming approach to understand your child and family’s unique situation.
Then we tailor therapy plans to deliver meaningful support that helps you reach your goals.
This can be done in individual therapies, group programs, and school holiday intensives.
Our psychology service supports mental health challenges and provides proactive support for mental wellbeing.
Mental health challenges include anxiety, depression, behaviours of concern, trauma, and attachment issues.
Mental wellbeing can be proactively prepared for through developing resilience and preparing for times of change and transitions in life.
How we can help your child
From early intervention support to therapy services, we offer tailored plans that support your child’s development.
What you can expect at Early Start Australia Toowong
- Early intervention: We offer a strong early intervention program for children up to nine years old.
- Strength-based approach: We take a strength-based approach to foster independence and resilience in school-aged children.
- Flexible service delivery: Our services can be delivered in our clinic at Toowong via telehealth, and we offer mobile services around Brisbane’s inner west and surrounding areas, such as the home, day care, school, and community settings, based on your personalised therapy plan.
- Allied health assistants: AHA therapy programs offer a valuable opportunity to access support, either as a standalone service or as a complement to the therapy your child is already receiving through Early Start Australia.
- Multidisciplinary team: Get the support you need in one location with our multidisciplinary team of occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and psychologists working together to help you reach your goals.
- Supporting early learning: We can support early learning centres and schools on how to best support their students.
- Funding models: We work with a range of funding/rebate models. As NDIS registered provider, we work with agency-managed, self-managed, and plan-managed participants. We can also accept Better Access to Mental Health Care Plans for psychology services. Private health insurance policyholders may be eligible for a rebate depending on the policy. We also work with Enhanced Primary Care plans for occupational therapy and speech pathology.
Programs
As part of your therapy journey, your therapist may recommend specific therapy programs or groups.
All our programs are facilitated by occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists, therapy assistants, or a combination.
In some cases, NDIS funding can be used to fund group program participation. You can discuss this option when making a booking.
- ALERT program
- DIR Floortime
- Group programs
- Hanen Programs
- Mealtimes & feeding service
- School holiday intensives
- School readiness
- Sounds Write
- Zones of Regulation
Serving families across Brisbane’s inner west
We proudly welcome families from a wide range of surrounding suburbs, including:
- Ashgrove
- Bardon
- Chapel Hill
- Corinda
- Darra
- Dorrington Park
- Durack
- Indooroopilly
- Kelvin Grove
- Kenmore
- Milton
- Mt Coot-tha
- Enoggera
- Graceville
- Newmarket
- Nundah
- Oxley
- Paddington
- Rainworth
- Red Hill
- Redbank Plains
- Rocklea
- Rosalie
- Saint Lucia
- Stafford
- Taringa
- The Gap
- Wavell Heights
Frequently asked questions
Here are some frequently asked questions about therapy services at Early Start Australia Toowong.
Meet our principal at Toowong
Liselle Sidhu
Practice Principal
Liselle is a Certified Practising Speech Pathologist and the Practice Principal at Toowong.
She enjoys working with children and families and supporting them to identify their strengths and empower them to reach their goals.
She has a strong understanding of disability, education, and health systems, enabling children and families to connect to the right supports for them.
Liselle has experience working with children with autism, vision impairment, speech, language and literacy delays and disorders.
She has completed specialist training in child safety, DIR Floortime, SOS Approach to Feeding and Occupational Performance Coaching.
She adopts a strengths-based approach in her management style with her team across the Toowong clinic.
We’re hiring!
Early Start Australia is part of the APM Group, a global human services provider now enabling better lives for more than 1 million people each year. To view all current opportunities to join our team visit the APM Careers website by clicking the button below.
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Level 11, 39 Sherwood Rd
Toowong QLD 4066
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Opening hours
Monday : 9am - 5pm
Tuesday : 9am - 5pm
Wednesday : 9am - 5pm
Thursday : 9am - 5pm
Friday : 9am - 5pm
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