Welcome to Janine White Speech Pathology
Located in Upwey, in the Dandenong Ranges, I provide a Speech Pathology Service to children aged 3-9 years old with a range of communication difficulties. I offer evidence-based communication therapy to suit the communication goals of your child. This therapy is delivered through fun and play based sessions to help your child grow to be the best communicator they can be, nurturing their own unique personality and communication style.
Services
Speech therapy can help your child with...
Articulation and speech sounds
Produce accurate speech sounds to express ideas clearly through words
Communicating and Connecting
Grow in understanding of their own unique communication style and in authentic connection and play with others
Expressive Language
Communicate your thoughts, feelings and needs through speech, pictures, gesture, sign and writing
Receptive Language
Understand the non-verbal, verbal or written communication of others
Fluency and Stuttering
Learn how to get words out smoothly and clearly
Literacy
Develop skills in reading, writing and spelling
Does your child need Speech therapy?
Does your child:
have a limited vocabulary, less words than expected, for their age?
have trouble producing speech sounds clearly and being understood by others?
Produce sentences that are short with words in the wrong order and doesn’t seem to remember or apply grammatical rules?
Sometimes talks in a way that is not smooth and fluent, e.g.; repeats sounds, words or phrases?
Get frustrated when other people don’t seem to understand them?
Have trouble following directions, understanding conversations and learning new words?
Have some difficulties making new friends and joining in conversation with others?
Have difficulties with reading, writing, or spelling tasks?
Fees and Funding
Janine White Speech Pathology fees are commensurate with the NDIS Pricing Arrangements. Please enquire regarding private fees.
I work with plan managed and self-managed NDIS participants
Plan Managed - I invoice your plan manager after each session.
Self- managed - Ill invoice you after the session, you pay me then you claim back the cost via the NDIS participant portal
Most extras-level private health policies that include speech therapy cover a portion of each session. The exact rebate depends on your fund, your level of cover, and how much of your annual limit you've already used.
Call your private health insurer to check if your policy includes Speech Pathology
Your GP will need to set these plans up for your child and send me the referral
M10 pathway
For under-25s from 1 March 2026, Medicare’s M10 allied health items now cover stuttering, a speech sound disorder, or cleft lip and/or palate. Eligible children can access up to 8 assessment + 20 treatment sessions in their lifetime, rebated at approximately $87.25 per session. This is a significant expansion on the older Chronic Disease Management pathway (which still exists and gives 5 rebated sessions per year for other chronic conditions).
Chronic Disease Management CDM rebates
Up to 5 allied health sessions per calendar year, shared across all allied health providers your child sees under the same plan. So if your child is also seeing an OT or psychologist on the same CDM, those count toward the 5. The count resets on 1 January each year.
Helping Children with Autism HCWA
Under The Helping Children with Autism program, a child can be referred by a consultant paediatrician or psychiatrist for up to 4 diagnostic/assessment services and up to 20 treatment services to allied health professionals including Speech Pathologists.
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Service Information
Speech Pathologist : Janine White MSPA CPSP
Clinic based sessions in Upwey 3158
Mobile service (school and home visiting available in some circumstances)
Telehealth available- for parent sessions and ,if suitable, for your child