Cooee Speech Pathology Groups & Holiday Programs

Our Speech Stars group is designed for young children to support the development of clearer, more intelligible speech in a fun, engaging way. Through play-based activities and structured support, children will have opportunities to practise speech sounds, build awareness of how sounds are made, and use clearer speech when communicating with others.

• Who is it for?
  • Speech Stars is for children in kindy or prep who:
    • Are sometimes hard to understand
    • Who need support with speech sound development
    • Who benefit from play-based, structured learning
    • Who would benefit from building confidence when communicating with others

Supporting:

• Speech Clarity & Intelligibility – Children are supported to produce speech sounds more clearly so they can be better understood by others. Through play-based activities and repeated practice, children work towards clearer, more accurate speech in everyday communication.
• Speech Sound Awareness – Children develop awareness of different speech sounds, helping them recognise, practise, and produce sounds more accurately. This foundational skill supports both speech development and early literacy.
• Practising Sounds in Words & Play – Target sounds are practised within meaningful activities, helping children use their speech skills in real-life contexts. Repetition and structured support help build consistency and confidence.
• Social Communication & Participation – Group sessions provide opportunities to practise communicating with others, including taking turns, listening, and responding. Children build confidence using their speech with peers in a supportive environment.
• Confidence in Communication – As children become easier to understand, their confidence grows. The group supports children to feel more comfortable speaking, participating, and interacting with others across settings.

Details:

• Age range: 4-6 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 1 hour in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $453.48

Our Story Explorers group is designed as a fun and engaging group that uses stories and shared discussions to build comprehension, expressive language, and confidence in communicating ideas.

• Who is it for?
  • Story Explorers is for early primary school children who:
    • Who need support with understanding stories and language
    • Who find it tricky to know what to say or how to share their ideas
    • Who would benefit from structured support with conversation and questions
    • Who would benefit from building confidence in group discussions

Supporting:

• • Story Understanding (Comprehension) – Children learn to understand stories by identifying key details, main ideas, and important events. They practise listening, recalling information, and making sense of what they hear and read.
  • Making Connections – Children are supported to link stories to their own experiences, prior knowledge, and the world around them. This helps deepen understanding and supports more meaningful participation in discussions.
  • Conversation Skills – Through guided group discussions, children practise turn-taking, staying on topic, listening to others, and sharing their ideas clearly within a group setting.
  • Asking & Answering Questions – Children build confidence in both answering and asking questions about stories. They practise responding to different question types and generating their own questions to support understanding and interaction.

Details:

• Age range: 6-8 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 1 hour in length
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $363.65

Our Picture & Tell group is designed for middle-primary children and uses pictures and visual prompts to support the development of listening, reading comprehension, and idea generation skills, while building confidence in expressing ideas with others.

• Who is it for?
  • Picture & Tell group is for children in middle-late primary school:
    • Who need support with listening, comprehension, and expressing ideas
    • Who find it tricky to know what to say or write
    • Who benefit from visual supports and structured tasks
    • Who who would benefit from building confidence in sharing ideas with others

Supporting:

• Expressing Ideas (What to Say & Write) – This group focuses on helping children generate and organise ideas for speaking and writing. Children are supported to describe, explain, and share their thoughts clearly. The emphasis is on what to say, rather than handwriting or spelling, with supports such as typing available where needed.
• Organisation of Ideas – Using visual supports and structured frameworks, children learn how to organise their ideas into clear, logical sequences. This supports both verbal expression and written tasks, including describing events, explaining ideas, and retelling information.
• Social Communication & Peer Interaction – Group activities provide opportunities to share ideas, listen to others, and respond appropriately in a small group setting. Children build confidence participating in discussions, taking turns, and engaging with peers.
• Confidence & Participation – Through supported practice, children develop confidence in contributing their ideas and participating in learning tasks. The group environment encourages risk-taking, persistence, and positive engagement.

Details:

• Age range: 8-10 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 1 hour in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $550.40

Our Ready Bodies, Ready Words group is designed to provide opportunities for pre-prep children to experience a structured group setting, receive scaffolded support & skill development in classroom-relevant skills, and for parents to have the opportunity to understand the Speech Pathology & Occupational Therapy roles in supporting kids’ development and school readiness.

• Who is it for?
  • Ready Bodies, Ready Words group is for children planning to enter prep in 2027 and may need additional opportunity to practise any of the below:
    • Listening skills – following directions
    • Comprehending questions – answering questions from a picture
    • Telling personal narratives – this is how friendships and connections are made
    • Learning about letters, sounds, and syllables – this is known as pre-literacy skills
    • Practice speaking with peers – social communication
    • Drawing & early letter formation – to support early writing skills

Supporting:

• Each child will have specific, individual goals identified at the start of the program, these may include:
• Expressive and Receptive Language – Follow two-step oral directions during group and play activities and/or use complete, simple or compound sentences to share ideas or answer questions.
• Early Literacy Skills – Identify and produce syllables in familiar words and/or attempt to write or trace letters with correct starting points and directionality.
• Executive Functioning and Learning Readiness – Follow a simple group routine and transition between activities with minimal support and/or stop, listen, and respond when required during group activities.
• Fine and Gross Motor Skills – Maintain upright posture during seated and floor activities for increasing periods and/or demonstrate an age-appropriate pencil or crayon grasp to complete fine motor tasks.

Details:

• Age range: 4-6 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 1 hour in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $706.90

Our Word Wizards group is designed for children aged 4-5 to support the development of early literacy skills in a fun, engaging, and structured way. Through a combination of explicit teaching, movement-based activities, and story time, children learn to listen to sounds, break words into parts, and build important foundations for reading and writing.

• Who is it for?
  • Word Wizards group is for children in kindy or pre-school:
    • With emerging or delayed early literacy skills, or are at risk of challenges (e.g. speech sound errors)
    • Who enjoy hands-on, active learning
    • Who would benefit from support with listening to and working with sounds in words

Supporting:

• Phonological Awareness (Sound Skills) – Children learn to hear and work with sounds in words, including rhyming, breaking words into syllables, and identifying the first sound in words. These skills are essential building blocks for reading and spelling (before learning their letters and sight words), helping children become more confident and successful when learning to read.
• Early Literacy Concepts – The group introduces key concepts about books and print, such as understanding the difference between sounds, words, and sentences, and identifying parts of a book like the title and author. These early skills help children make sense of how reading works and support their transition into school learning and reading for pleasure and knowledge.
• Listening and Attention Skills – Structured activities support children to listen carefully, follow instructions, and stay engaged in group tasks. These skills are important for classroom readiness and participating in learning activities.
• Confidence and Participation – The small group setting provides a safe and supportive space for children to learn from their peers and practise new skills. With clear routines and guided support, children build confidence to participate, share ideas, and have a go.

Details:

• Age range: 4-6 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 50 minutes in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $467.06

This group targeted at children in Prep and Grade 1 is a creative, hands-on group that helps children develop their foundational writing skills and confidence in handwriting tasks through activities targeting letter formation, spacing, and pencil control.

• Who is it for?
  • Letter Legends group is for children in early primary:
    • Who avoiding writing tasks
    • Who fatigue during writing tasks
    • Who struggle with writing letters

Supporting:

• Fine motor skills, including pencil control and hand strength required for writing tasks.
• Correct letter formation, including start points and direction.
• Letter sizing to support consistent and legible writing.
• Letter placement and line awareness when writing on the page.

Details:

• Age range: 5-7 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $363.65
  

The Early Readers group is a fun, engaging group designed to build early reading skills through explicit teaching and hands-on practice with sounds and simple words.

• Who is it for?
  • Early Readers group is for children in early primary:
    • Who are still learning letter–sound correspondence
    • Who find sounding out or reading simple words challenging
    • Who would benefit from structured, explicit teaching and extra practice

Supporting:

• Letter–Sound Knowledge & Foundations for Reading – Children learn to recognise letters and connect them to their sounds — a critical first step in learning to read. They practise both seeing a letter and saying its sound, and hearing a sound and identifying the matching letter. These skills form the foundation for accurate and confident reading.
• Phonemic Awareness (Blending & Segmenting) – Children develop the ability to hear and work with individual sounds in words. They practise blending sounds together to read words (e.g., /c/-/a/-/t/ → cat) and segmenting words into sounds for spelling. These skills are essential for decoding and are strong predictors of reading success.
• Decoding & Early Word Reading – Using their growing sound knowledge, children practise reading simple 3-letter (CVC) words. This helps them move from guessing to confidently sounding out words, supporting independence and accuracy in early reading tasks.
• Confidence & Engagement in Learning – The small, supportive group setting allows children to practise skills at their level, experience success, and build confidence. Structured, predictable sessions help reduce frustration and support positive engagement with early literacy learning.

Details:

• Age range: 4-6 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $534.40

The Play & Language group helps children build communication, play skills, and confidence with peers—supporting friendships and real-life interactions.

• Who is it for?
  • Play & Language group is for pre-primary school children:
    • Who have difficulty listening, answering questions or following directions
    • Who struggle with social communication, play, making friends or maintaining relationships
    • Who would benefit from support to connect, play, or express themselves

Supporting:

• Richer sentences – Using longer, more varied sentences and a wider vocabulary to share ideas clearly with others.
• Cooperative play – Working towards a shared play goal, negotiating ideas and solving problems together.
• Extending play – Building longer play sequences and adding to a friend’s play to keep the story going.
• Learning from peers – Watching, imitating and joining in with peers for shared joy and connection.

Details:

• Age range: 4-5 years old
• Days and times: Weeks 1 and 10 are 30 minutes in length, all other sessions are 50 minutes in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
• Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $1216.60
  

The Building Connections group uses Lego bricks and builds to develop social communication, problem- solving and collaboration skills.

• Who is it for?
  • Building Connections group is for early to middle primary school children:
    • Who enjoy LEGO and hands-on building
    • Who need support with social skills like turn-taking, teamwork, and conversation
    • Who find social interactions tricky but engage more easily through shared interests

Supporting:

• Communication & Collaboration – Children learn to express ideas clearly, ask questions, and listen to others as they work together to build a shared creation. Using roles like Builder, Supplier, and Engineer encourages turn-taking, clear instructions, and teamwork. These skills support confident speaking, active listening, and problem-solving in social settings.
• Emotional regulation and resilience – When challenges arise — like a tower falling or a plan changing — children practice managing frustration, coping with disappointment, and bouncing back. The structured, supportive group setting helps them learn to identify emotions, stay calm, and try again, building emotional flexibility and confidence.
• Social Understanding and Perspective Taking – Group work naturally builds awareness of others’ thoughts, feelings, and intentions. As children negotiate ideas or respond to mistakes, they practice empathy and flexible thinking — key parts of understanding another person’s perspective and maintaining positive relationships.
• Problem solving and flexible thinking – Group building projects often require adapting plans, sharing ideas, and thinking creatively to make things work. Children learn that there’s more than one right answer and that teamwork can lead to even better results. These experiences support flexible thinking, reasoning, and adaptability — skills that transfer to both social and classroom situations.

Details:

• Age range: 6-9 years old
• Days and times: All sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • Term based group – this group runs weekly during the school term for the duration of the term
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Term based Estimated cost for 10 sessions = $863.00
• School Holiday Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $447.50

Feelings Detectives is an Interoception group program that supports children to build awareness of their body signals, emotions, and regulation strategies through engaging, play-based and discussion-based activities.

• Who is it for?
  • Feelings Detectives group is for children in middle primary:
    • Who struggle to recognise or explain how they’re feeling
    • Who need help to recognise body signals; like hunger or body temperature
    • Who would like additional support in developing emotional awareness and regulation

Supporting:

• Identifying body clues – noticing how their body feels in different emotional states.
• Recognising and naming emotions – expanding emotional vocabulary and linking feelings to body sensations.
• Understanding energy levels – exploring “how alert am I?” and strategies to find a “just right” state.
• Using self-regulation strategies – practising calming, focusing, or energising tools.
• Building social communication – sharing feelings, listening to others, and developing empathy.
• Problem-solving and flexible thinking – learning to make expected choices in social situations.

Details:

• Age range: 7-10 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $369.45

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The Connect and Play group brings teens together to play strategy, party, and co‑op board games that spark conversation, teamwork, and problem‑solving. It’s a relaxed space where young people can practise real‑world social skills while doing something fun and familiar.

• Who is it for?
  • Connect and Play group is for teens in high school:
    • Who have difficulty with social communication
    • Who find social situations challenging
    • Who find it difficult to listen to others ideas or have their ideas listened too

Supporting:

• Social Communication – explaining ideas, negotiating rules, sharing strategies, and communicating clearly with peers.
• Group Participation – taking turns, staying engaged, managing frustration, and navigating competitive or cooperative moments.
• Flexible Thinking – adapting when plans change, repairing misunderstandings, and finding new ways to work toward a goal.
• Peer Interaction – understanding different perspectives and building positive connections.

Details:

• Age range: 12-16 years old
• Days and times: all sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $363.65

The Little Voices, Big Steps group support parents and carers to use language strategies at home to develop their toddler’s language skills.

• Who is it for?
  • Little Voices, Big Steps group is for parents and carers of toddlers:
    • Who are wanting to support their toddlers who are using a few words or gestures
    • Who have toddlers with delays in talking
    • Who have toddlers who struggle to understand language

Supporting:

• Play‑Based Strategies You Can Use Every Day – You learn practical, easy-to-use language‑building strategies that slot easily into your daily routines, so your child gets meaningful communication opportunities across mealtimes, bath time, book sharing, and play. These small, doable changes help your child understand more, connect more, and begin using more words with confidence.
• Becoming Your Child’s Most Powerful Communication Partner – Coaching helps you recognise your child’s early communication attempts, respond in ways that build connection, and model language at the right level for their stage of development.
• Understanding What Helps Your Child Learn – Through guided instruction and personalised feedback, you’ll learn which strategies work best for your child’s language development. You’ll also feel confident putting these strategies into action in your everyday routines.

Details:

• Age range: 18 months – 3 years old
• Days and times: Sessions are 45 minutes in length
  • Drop in group – this group runs throughout the year, attend 5 sessions at your convenience
• Estimated cost for 5 sessions = $235.25
  

The AAC Parents & Carers group helps children build communication, play skills, and confidence with peers—supporting friendships and real-life interactions.

• Who is it for?
  • AAC Parents & Carers group is for families:
    • Who are new to AAC or wanting more support
    • Using any form of AAC – low-tech or high-tech
    • Want to learn how to model AAC in everyday moments
    • Who have low confidence with using their AAC

Supporting:

• Communication & Language Development – Parents learn how to model AAC naturally during play, routines, and daily interactions. Strategies focus on building vocabulary, combining words, and supporting children to express needs, ideas, and feelings.
• Emotional Regulation & Reduced Frustration – AAC helps children communicate when things are hard. Parents learn how to use AAC to support regulation, reduce communication breakdowns, and respond to all communication attempts.
• Social Interaction & Connection – Families learn how to use AAC to support turn‑taking, shared attention, and back‑and‑forth interaction — helping children connect with others in meaningful ways.
• Generalisation Across Environments – The program helps families embed AAC into real‑life settings, ensuring communication skills carry over into home, school, and community.

Details:

• Age range: All ages
• Days and times: All sessions are 60 minutes in length
  • This group runs fortnightly supported practice/parent & carer coaching sessions, with intensive blocks of 3 sessions practising AAC strategies with their child in the school holidays
• Estimated cost for 9 sessions = $773.85
  

The Next Step Skills group will plan, prepare and host a real lunch — and along the way they’ll practise talking with others, working as a team, organising tasks and speaking up for what they need. It’s a fun, supportive way to build confidence and independence.

• Who is it for?
  • Next Step Skills group is for teens in high school:
    • Who are in the transition years who want to build communication, confidence and independence
    • Who find it tricky to listen, follow directions, or keep up with language, attention or comprehension at school
    • Who find social communication, making friends or keeping relationships challenging

Supporting:

• Real-world communication – making calls, writing messages and enquiries, and speaking confidently with others.
• Teamwork & collaboration – sharing ideas, listening, negotiating and working together to get things done.
• Planning & organising – organising tasks, managing time, following steps and meeting a real deadline.
• Independence & self-advocacy – asking for help, expressing needs and making choices with growing independence.

Details:

• Age range: 14-16 years old
• Days and times: Planning sessions are 60 minutes in length, with the event session scheduled for 120 minutes
  • School Holiday Group – this group runs during school holidays multiple times per week over a short period
• Estimated cost for 6 sessions = $283.60