Ainsley Poulos

Ainsley, the Practice Director and founder of Eastside Speech Solutions, is an experienced Speech Pathologist with more than 35 years in the field. She has worked across a wide range of settings, including large teaching hospitals, acute and rehabilitation settings, community health, and private practice, supporting both children and adults with communication needs.

As a parent of children who have experienced significant speech and language difficulties, Ainsley deeply understands the challenges and worries families face. This personal insight, combined with her extensive clinical experience, shapes her compassionate and practical approach to therapy. She is also a regular speaker at professional forums, where she shares her passion for effective communication and the importance of maintaining a strong, healthy voice.

Ainsley has a particular interest in helping children and adults with developmental and acquired communication difficulties, including:

•   Down Syndrome
•   Cerebral Palsy
•   Klinefelter Syndrome variants
•   Preschool speech and language delay
•   Intellectual disability
•   Acquired brain injury (head injury)
•   Stroke
•   Autism Spectrum Disorder

She has many years of experience working in adult rehabilitation, particularly with clients recovering from brain injury, stroke, voice disorders, and those seeking accent modification.

Ainsley also works extensively with preschoolers, school-aged children, and adults who stutter. She is highly experienced in evidence-based stuttering treatments, including the Lidcombe, Camperdown, and Syllable-Timed Speech/Oakville programs, and has helped many clients achieve lasting fluency.

She is Sydney’s only PROMPT® Instructor, training speech and mentoring pathologists across Australia and South East Asia in the PROMPT® technique. She regularly supports children and adults with severe speech movement difficulties such as apraxia of speech and motor speech delay. Ainsley has experience using ReST (Rapid Syllable Transition Training).

Ainsley is experienced in providing speech and language support for school-aged children, particularly with literacy challenges. She has completed Read 3 training.

Above all, Ainsley is passionate about helping people of all ages find their voice, improve their communication, and build confidence.