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Mobile NDIS speech pathology for kids — we come to you.

Now supporting families in Eltham, Warrandyte, Diamond Creek and beyond.

Therapy that comes direct to you, where your child needs it — at home, school, kinder or daycare.

Meet Payel

Meet Payel

Paediatric Speech Pathologist | Neurodiversity-Affirming

Paediatric Speech Pathologist | Neurodiversity-Affirming

Payel is a strengths-based, child-led Speech Pathologist who is passionate about supporting children and young people to communicate in ways that feel authentic, safe, and empowering for them. She takes a neurodiversity-affirming approach and values connection, trust, and collaboration as the foundation for meaningful therapy.

Payel has experience working across private practice, telehealth, and the public health setting, supporting neurodivergent children and young people with a wide range of communication profiles. She is particularly passionate about honouring each client’s unique communication style — whether that’s through spoken language, AAC, gesture, or a combination — and supporting clients to better understand themselves and their strengths.

Payel strongly believes in connection over compliance, and prioritises creating therapy environments where children feel emotionally safe, respected, and genuinely understood. Her sessions are playful, affirming, and tailored to each child’s interests and needs.

Interested in learning more? Read their full bio below.

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Meet Meg

Meet Meg

Paediatric Speech Pathologist | Neurodiversity-Affirming

Paediatric Speech Pathologist | Neurodiversity-Affirming

Meg is an inclusive, strength-based and down-to-earth Speech and Language Therapist who uses a holistic approach when working with neurodivergent children, adolescents and adults.

After graduating in 2014, Meg has a decade of experience working in a transdisciplinary non-for-profit, private practice, telehealth, community centres and in daycares and schools. Meg finds joy in supporting people as their unique selves to develop their communication in a way that is authentic for them. Meg likes to honour and celebrate the diversity within us all.

Meg has a special interest in supporting late talkers, toddlers with language delays, and neurodivergent children, including those with autism, to build communication in a way that feels authentic and empowering.

Meg likes to create environments that facilitate relational trust and collaboration. With training and a strong interest in nervous system awareness and trauma-informed care, Meg has witnessed the power of creating relational trust when working with children and families as a foundation when targeting goals. Meg also strives to create a fun and joyful experience for children when engaging in therapy.

Interested in learning more? Read their full bio below.

What to Expect

We keep things simple and child-centred.

Free Phone Consult

Chat with us about your child’s needs, goals, and daily challenges.

Free Phone Consult

Chat with us about your child’s needs, goals, and daily challenges.

In-home, kinder or school

We meet your child where they feel safest — no clinics, no pressure.

In-home, kinder or school

We meet your child where they feel safest — no clinics, no pressure.

Custom therapy plan

Practical, neurodiversity-affirming strategies aligned with your NDIS goals.

Custom therapy plan

Practical, neurodiversity-affirming strategies aligned with your NDIS goals.

Regular support sessions

Consistent, real-world OT that builds connection and independence.

Regular support sessions

Consistent, real-world OT that builds connection and independence.

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Why We Are Different

Why We Are Different

Helping kids thrive, one connection at a time.

Helping kids thrive, one connection at a time.

At Hi Thrive, we deliver mobile paediatric speech pathology to children and families across Eltham, Warrandyte, Diamond Creek and surrounding suburbs.

We support children with:

  • Autism and sensory processing differences

  • Emotional regulation and meltdowns

  • Motor delays – fine and gross

  • Difficulty with daily routines or transitions

  • Developmental delays or “challenging behaviours”

  • NDIS-related support across home, school, kinder and daycare

  • Functional Capacity Assessments

We support children with:

  • Autism and sensory processing differences

  • Emotional regulation and meltdowns

  • Motor delays – fine and gross

  • Difficulty with daily routines or transitions

  • Developmental delays or “challenging behaviours”

  • NDIS-related support across home, school, kinder and daycare

  • Functional Capacity Assessments

Ready, Set, Grow!

Individualised support from experienced therapists, delivered in the environments where children feel most at home.

Ready, Set, Grow!

Individualised support from experienced therapists, delivered in the environments where children feel most at home.

Ready, Set, Grow!

Individualised support from experienced therapists, delivered in the environments where children feel most at home.