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Stuttering Therapy Cost: Fees and Medicare

Sessions are $193. The first step is an initial assessment, from $590. Medicare rebates are available with a doctor's referral. The practice is not NDIS registered: self-managed and plan-managed participants are welcome; NDIA-managed funding cannot be used.

Dr Lauren Crumlish (PhD) is the Certified Practising Speech Pathologist at every assessment and session, by video.

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The Fees

Session And Assessment Fees

A session is one hour of service: 45 minutes of therapy and 15 minutes of preparation and notes. Every family starts with an initial assessment, and there are three lengths.

Therapy

Treatment Session

One hour of service: 45 minutes of therapy and 15 minutes of preparation and notes

$193

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Initial assessments

  • $590

    Short Assessment

    The shortest of the three initial assessments

  • $890

    Mid-Length Assessment

    A longer initial assessment

  • $1,290

    Long Assessment

    The most comprehensive initial assessment

Fees are the same for every family and are charged per appointment. Read what a stuttering assessment covers before you apply.

What It Adds Up To

How Often Sessions Happen, Stage By Stage

There is no package and no set number of sessions. What a family pays over time depends on how often sessions happen, and that changes by stage.

  1. The initial assessment

    One appointment by video, before any therapy starts. There are three lengths, at $590, $890 and $1,290, and the fee depends on the length.

  2. Stage 1 of the Lidcombe Program

    The program's treatment guide sets weekly sessions in Stage 1, each at the session fee. Stage 1 continues until stuttering has been absent or extremely mild every day for several weeks.

  3. Stage 2 of the Lidcombe Program

    Sessions become less frequent while the program is withdrawn gradually, so there are fewer session fees in a month than in Stage 1.

  4. School-aged children and teenagers

    How often sessions happen is set in the plan that follows the assessment. Every session is charged at the same session fee.

What You Can Claim

Medicare, Private Health And The NDIS

  • Medicare

    Medicare rebates are available with a doctor's referral. You do not need a referral to apply.

  • Private health

    Private health rebates may apply, depending on your fund and your level of cover. Your fund can tell you what it pays for speech pathology.

  • The NDIS

    The practice is not NDIS registered. Self-managed and plan-managed participants are welcome; NDIA-managed funding cannot be used.

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Fee Questions

Questions About The Cost Of Stuttering Therapy

How much does stuttering therapy cost?

Sessions are $193. The first step is an initial assessment, from $590. Medicare rebates are available with a doctor's referral. The practice is not NDIS registered: self-managed and plan-managed participants are welcome; NDIA-managed funding cannot be used.

Why is a session one hour of service when therapy is 45 minutes?

Each session is 45 minutes of therapy with Dr Lauren and 15 minutes of preparation and notes for your child. The $193 session fee covers both.

Is there a package or a set number of sessions?

No. Sessions are charged one at a time, and nobody can say in advance how many one child will need. For the Lidcombe Program, the Australian Stuttering Research Centre says it is common for children to take several months to reach no stuttering or almost no stuttering.

Do I pay for the daily practice at home?

No. In the Lidcombe Program the short daily practice that Dr Lauren shows you is done at home, and there is no fee for it. Fees are for the assessment and for sessions with Dr Lauren.

Which assessment will my child need?

There are three initial assessments: Short ($590), Mid-Length ($890) and Long ($1,290). The length depends on your child, which is why the cost of the first step is given as from $590.

Can I use NDIS funding for stuttering therapy?

Only if your plan is self-managed or plan-managed. The practice is not NDIS registered, so NDIA-managed funding cannot be used.

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Dr Lauren works with a small number of families and has limited availability. A parent or guardian applies.

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  • Stuttering Therapy By Video
  • Children And Teenagers
  • The Lidcombe Program
  • Australia Wide
Stuttering Therapy

Your child Who would Dr Lauren be working with?

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