Our Speech-Language Pathologists provide intervention services for:
- Articulation
- Correct speech sound production
- Phonological Intervention
- For severe sound production difficulties
- Receptive Language
- Support to understand language concepts and following directions
- Expressive Language
- Use of correct grammar and participation in conversation
- Fluency
- Support for children displaying stuttering
- Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC)
- Development of augmentative communication skills
- Evaluation and trial of voice output devices
- Social Thinking Skills
- Support for children with autism to learn the basic social interaction skills
- Pragmatic Language
- Use of language for a variety of purposes (reason, explain, answer questions, predict and inference)
Specialized Intervention:
Our therapists have achieved certification in a number of treatment approaches including:
- It Takes Two to Talk - Hanen
- Learning Language and Loving It - Hanen
- More Than Words - Hanen
- Talkability - Hanen
- Prompt - for apraxia
We offer support for families accessing specialized services through Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD). Both intervention and coordination services can be provided.
For children with complex needs we have therapists with clinical experience in intervention for:
- Autism
- Deaf/Cochlear implants
- Syndromes (Down, Fragile X, Smith-Magentis)
- Childhood apraxia of speech
- Cleft palate
- Global developmental delay
- Cerebral Palsy