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Search by real needs
Filter by location, age group, communication concern, funding type, telehealth availability, service format, practitioner focus and service areas.
Coming soon across Australia
A clearer way to find the right speech pathologist.
SpeechPathFinder will help families, adults, carers and professionals search by the details that actually matter — including age, communication concern, location, funding, telehealth, service format and practitioner focus — not just a name or suburb.
✓Find more relevant support faster.
✓Make more confident referrals.
✓Compare structured service information.
✓Help the right clients discover practices.
The problem
Finding appropriate support should not depend on guesswork.
Important information is often scattered across Google, clinic websites, generic directories, social media and word of mouth. That makes a significant decision slower and harder than it needs to be.
Search should reflect a person’s needs — not force them to fit a generic list.
SpeechPathFinder is being built around practical search and referral questions.Do they support the right age group?
Do they work with this concern?
Do they offer telehealth or mobile services?
Do they accept the relevant funding?
What are their qualifications and focus areas?
Are they currently accepting enquiries?
A better search experience
More useful information. Fewer unsuitable options.
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Compare information clearly
Review consistent practitioner and service information without rebuilding the search across clinic websites, provider lists, social media and informal recommendations.
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Discover more options
Find clinic-based, mobile, school-based, home-based, telehealth and specialised services that may not appear clearly in a general search.
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Make a better first enquiry
Understand who a practitioner supports, how they work and what professional information they have provided before asking about availability or suitability.
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Support stronger referrals
Help professionals identify options according to a person’s age, concern, location, funding and service needs — not just familiarity or proximity.
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Connect the right people
Help practitioners become visible for the services and areas of focus they actually provide, reducing unsuitable enquiries and reliance on suburb searches alone.
The goal is not to present the longest possible list. It is to help people reach a smaller, clearer and more relevant set of options — with enough information to take the next step with greater confidence.
How it will work
From a broad search to a more informed next step.
Search according to specific needs
Users can begin with the practical factors most relevant to the person seeking support.
- Location and service areas
- Age group
- Communication concern
- Funding type
- Telehealth availability
- Clinic, mobile, home or school-based services
- Practitioner focus
The benefit: fewer broad, unsuitable results and a faster path towards options that may genuinely fit.
Review structured practitioner profiles
Profiles will make useful service and professional information easier to understand in one place.
- Who the practitioner supports
- Age groups and focus areas
- Service delivery options
- Practice locations
- Funding information
- Qualifications and memberships
- Contact and referral information
The benefit: users can understand a practitioner before contacting them, while practitioners can present their services in a consistent format.
Contact the practitioner or practice directly
Once a potentially relevant option is identified, users can discuss availability, suitability, fees, assessment, referrals and next steps.
- Approach practices with better context
- Ask more relevant questions
- Confirm suitability and availability directly
- Reduce repetitive explanations before the first enquiry
The benefit: a clearer first connection for the person searching, the referrer and the practitioner receiving the enquiry.
SpeechPathFinder will not replace professional assessment or clinical advice. It will support a clearer and more informed first connection.
One resource, clearer pathways
Designed for everyone involved in finding or providing care.
For parents and carers
Spend less time searching and more time considering options that may suit a child’s age, communication needs and preferred way of receiving support.
- Search by age, concern and practitioner focus
- Compare funding and service delivery information
- Find local, mobile, school, home or telehealth options
- Understand practitioners before making contact
- Avoid spending time on clearly unsuitable options
What this means: an important and sometimes stressful search can feel clearer, more manageable and easier to act on.
For adults looking for support
Speech pathology is not only for children. Adults may seek support for communication, speech clarity, voice, fluency, swallowing or neurological and acquired communication difficulties.
- Find practitioners who work specifically with adults
- Search by concern and service preference
- Identify local and telehealth options
- Compare practitioner experience and focus
- Discover services that are difficult to find in general search
What this means: adult speech pathology services become more visible and easier to navigate.
For referrers and professionals
GPs, educators, occupational therapists, paediatricians, psychologists, support coordinators and other professionals often need a reliable way to identify potentially relevant services.
- Search by age, concern, location, funding and service needs
- Reduce time spent researching providers
- Discover practitioners beyond existing networks
- Give clients and families a clearer next step
- Build a broader, more useful referral network
What this means: referral conversations can become more specific, transparent and useful without rebuilding the search from scratch.
For speech pathologists and practices
Clearly communicate who you help, what you focus on, where you work and how people can access your services.
- Increase visibility for specific services and focus areas
- Attract better-aligned enquiries
- Strengthen local, niche and telehealth discovery
- Help referrers understand when your practice may be suitable
- Present qualifications and trust information consistently
What this means: the right clients and referrers can better understand your relevance before they make contact.
The SpeechPathFinder Trust Layer
Clearer professional and service information to support more confident decisions before the first enquiry.
Built for confidence
Professional credibility should be easy to see.
Profiles will bring important trust and suitability information into a clearer, consistent format.
✓ Qualifications
✓ Professional membership
✓ Practice and ABN details
✓ Age groups supported
✓ Service and focus areas
✓ Funding and telehealth
✓ Service delivery formats
✓ Referral and contact details
For people searching: important information is easier to locate and compare. For referrers: recommendations can be supported by clearer practitioner information. For practitioners: professional standing and service relevance become visible before the first conversation.
A connected care ecosystem
A better discovery system can benefit the entire care ecosystem.
When practitioners are easier to find and their services are easier to understand:
- families can reach more relevant options sooner
- adults can discover services designed for their needs
- referrers can make more specific recommendations
- practitioners can attract enquiries that better match their work
- specialist and telehealth services can become more visible
- professional information can be communicated more consistently
- communities can become more aware of the breadth of speech pathology support available
SpeechPathFinder is intended to become more than a list of practitioners.It is being designed as a clearer connection point between people seeking support, professionals guiding them, and speech pathologists providing care.
For speech pathologists and practices
Be easier to find for the work you want to be known for.
A structured profile can help clients and referrers understand who you support, what you focus on, where you work and how your services can be accessed.
Register Practitioner Interest →Registering interest does not commit you to purchasing or publishing a profile.
✓Founding member opportunities and early profile access
✓Greater visibility for specific services and focus areas
✓Better-informed and potentially better-fit enquiries
✓Profile guidance and opportunities to shape features
✓Support for Google and AI-assisted discovery
✓Clear communication of age groups, concerns, funding, service formats and locations
✓Stronger visibility within professional referral networks
✓Potential founding member benefits, including exclusive lifetime pricing
Frequently asked questions
What to know before launch.
What is SpeechPathFinder?
SpeechPathFinder is a new Australian speech pathology directory and search resource.
It is being designed to help people identify speech pathologists according to specific needs, including location, age group, communication concern, funding type, telehealth availability, service format, and practitioner focus.
It will also help speech pathologists present their services more clearly and become easier for clients and referrers to discover.
What makes SpeechPathFinder different from a general directory?
General directories commonly rely on names, suburbs, and broad categories.
SpeechPathFinder is structured around the practical questions people and referrers ask when looking for speech pathology support.
This includes who the practitioner helps, the concerns they support, how services are delivered, where they work, what funding options may be available, and what professional information has been provided.
When will SpeechPathFinder launch?
SpeechPathFinder is currently being prepared for launch across Australia.
Join the early-access list to receive launch timing, platform updates, resources, and information relevant to your audience type.
Who will be able to use SpeechPathFinder?
SpeechPathFinder is being designed for parents and carers, adults seeking support, GPs and medical professionals, educators and childcare professionals, allied health practitioners, support coordinators, community organisations, speech pathologists and practices, and other professionals and individuals involved in speech pathology referrals.
Will SpeechPathFinder only be for children?
No.
SpeechPathFinder will support searches for children, teenagers, and adults.
The platform is intended to improve visibility for the wide range of communication, speech, language, literacy, fluency, voice, feeding, and swallowing services provided across the profession.
Will the directory include telehealth practitioners?
Yes.
Users will be able to identify practitioners who offer telehealth where that information has been included in the profile.
This may help people access suitable services beyond their immediate local area.
Can professionals use SpeechPathFinder for referrals?
Yes.
SpeechPathFinder is being designed as a practical resource for professionals who need to help clients, patients, families, and students identify potentially relevant speech pathology options.
Users will still need to contact the practitioner or practice directly to confirm suitability, availability, and referral requirements.
Will SpeechPathFinder recommend a particular practitioner?
SpeechPathFinder will help users search, filter, and understand practitioner information.
It will not provide clinical advice, guarantee suitability, or replace professional assessment.
The platform is designed to help users and referrers identify potentially relevant options and make a more informed first inquiry.
Why should speech pathologists register before launch?
Early registration allows practitioners to receive information about founding profile opportunities, profile requirements, onboarding, launch timing, and early participation benefits.
It may also provide opportunities to contribute feedback while practitioner features are being developed.
Is registering interest a commitment?
No.
Joining the update list or registering practitioner interest does not require you to purchase a profile or use the platform.
It simply allows you to receive relevant information as SpeechPathFinder develops.
Coming soon across Australia
Be part of a better way to find and refer to speech pathology support.
Join the early-access list for launch updates, practical resources and information tailored to the way you will use SpeechPathFinder.