Early Intervention Matters

Welcome to Speaking Therapy

Our Vision
“Deep inside, every individual with a communication disability has a voice in their heart, a voice that you may not be able to hear with your ears, but it’s a voice that’s valuable, that’s beautiful, that’s unique and full of personality. This voice and who they are is what the world needs to hear.” – Our Vision

Who We Are
At Speaking Therapy, we are a team of dedicated Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Special Educators with a shared passion for empowering children with communication and developmental challenges. We specialise in Early Intervention, supporting children aged 0–9 and their families during the critical early years of growth.

We work with children with a wide range of needs — including those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Autistic, or who have developmental delays, language delays, or behavioural and sensory differences.

Our Approach
We understand that children with communication challenges may feel overwhelmed, frustrated, or misunderstood — often leading to behaviours that are expressions of unmet needs. Our compassionate, play-based approach helps children build their ability to express themselves, connect with others, and participate more fully in everyday life.

Our Early Intervention services focus on:

  • Speech, language, and communication development

  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for children with little or no speech

  • Sensory integration and regulation through Occupational Therapy

  • Early literacy and school readiness

  • Behavioural and emotional support

  • Family-centred coaching to empower parents and caregivers

Who do we serve?
Speaking Therapy proudly supports families across Sydney, Australia, offering therapy at home, in preschools, childcare centres, and via telehealth. We believe that the best outcomes happen when therapy fits naturally into a child’s everyday environment.

Our Sevices Include:

Multidisciplinary Approach

At the heart of our organisation is a commitment to ensuring every client has a voice. That’s why we embrace a multidisciplinary approach...

Speech Pathology/Therapy

Our Speech Pathologists play an important part of our Intervention team. They specialise in communication, speech and swallowing and have a...

Occupational Therapy

We provide Occupational Therapy (OT) services that are grounded in a deep understanding of sensory regulation and functional development...

Visuals2Go training

Want to learn how you can make the most out of Visuals2Go app?  Visuals2Go has helped many individuals with communication...

VIsuals2Go App

Visuals2Go is an ALL-IN-ONE Educational app created to support individuals with communication and learning difficulties. Visuals2Go is designed to support you as an Educator, Therapist, Support Worker or Parent so that you can give the person in your care a voice. It is distinct from other Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC) in it’s versatility. Use it to encourage choice-making, sentence building or for visual prompts. Visuals2Go allows you to PRINT your visuals on a range of templates.

Our Team

Meet our dedicated team

Tony Bo

Operations Manager / Special Educator / Behaviour Therapist

Tony is the Operations Manager of ‘Speaking Therapy’ and is also a qualified Special Education Teacher. He also founded ‘Visuals2Go’ which is an iOS app designed to support individuals with communication difficulties and to support therapists, teachers, parents and carers to facilitate learning…. 

Cristina Jurado

Administrative Manager / Early Childhood Educator

Cristina had the privilege of working with children (from 6 months to 6 years old) for over five years in childcare centre settings. Working with children was one of Cristina ‘s amazing experiences where she gets to share so many precious moments with these little ones. One of the things that Cristina is passionate about…

Rachel Granter

Quality Manager / Senior Speech Pathologist

Rachel graduated from Sydney University Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) in 1992 and has completed training in autism, literacy, adult learning and counselling. Early career experience working in paediatrics with early childhood and school-aged children and brings a variety of professional experience…

Diyara Suranova

Speech Pathologist

Diyara received her bachelor’s degree in speech therapy in Russia and then her master’s degree in special education in Sydney. In addition, Diyara is qualified as a neuropsychologist. Diyara has extensive experience working with children with speech impairments, speech delays, dysarthria, as well as reading and writing disorders, dyslalia and dysgraphia. 

Ada Yip

Teacher of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Ada Yip is both a Teacher of the Deaf / Hard of Hearing children and the mother of a Deaf adult.  Ada earned her first Masters degree in Deafness and Communication Studies from Macquarie University and her second Masters degree in Special Education – Sensory Impairments from Renwick College, RIDBC…

Our Team

Tony Bo

Director / Special Educator / Behaviour Therapist
Tony is the Director of ‘Speaking Therapy’ and is also a qualified Special Education Teacher. He also founded ‘Visuals2Go’ which is an iOS app designed to support individuals with communication difficulties and to support therapists, teachers, parents and carers to facilitate learning.

Cristina Jurado

Co-Director & Early Childhood Educator

Cristina had the privilege of working with children (from 6 months to 6 years old) for over five years in childcare centre settings. Working with children was one of Cristina ‘s amazing experiences where she gets to share so many precious moments with these little ones. One of the things that...

Caren Matthews-Lane

Senior Speech and Language Pathologist

Caren Matthews-Lane was trained as a Speech and Language Pathologist at Glasgow University, Scotland. She left University saying that she never wanted to do speech therapy again but now has over 30 years’ experience in paediatrics...

Michelle Michael

Occupational Therapist

Michelle is an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years’ experience across allied health, including paediatrics, leadership, and aged care roles, with a more recent dedicated focus on supporting children and families. She enjoys getting to know each child within their family unit—what they love,

Tiane Caruso

Speech and Language Pathologist

Tiane is a passionate Speech Pathologist with a particular interest in AAC, Tiane is an advocate for creating accessible and supportive communication environments. She believes in the power of multidisciplinary practice and working collaboratively with families, educators and allied health professionals to achieve holistic, strengths-based and person-centred goals. 

Ai Bui

Speech and Language Pathologist

Ai is a speech pathologist who finds helping children grow and discover their own selves to be meaningful work! She is passionate about supporting children to use visual mediums to express themselves, learn and facilitate verbal communication. This can be through apps such as Speaking Therapy’s very own Visuals2go, printed pictures, or simply just drawing!

Michelle (Shelly) Lee

Occupational Therapist

Michelle (Shelly) is an Occupational Therapist who is passionate about supporting children to build confidence and independence in their everyday activities. She particularly enjoys collaborating with families to support children’s development and growth. Michelle loves encouraging children’s imagination and using play-based therapy to help them achieve their goals.

Melodie Thomas

Practice Manager

Melody is our dedicated practice manager who gives her all to meet the needs of every client. With firsthand understanding of disability, she is passionate about supporting families and advocates with empathy. She is deeply client-focused, upholding the ethical values of our company and encouraging both our team and the families we serve.