SPEECH and LANGUAGE THERAPY FOR REAL LIFE

Use the Contact Form on our website to tell us a little bit about yourself and what kind of services you are looking for. We will reach out to you by email to schedule a call and discuss what services we offer and see if we could be a good fit for you. We also discuss what assessment and therapy could look like and if our schedules match.

After our conversation, if you want to go ahead with services, we will start by booking an initial visit. Usually we start with an assessment and collaborative goal setting to see what the communication strengths and challenges are, and find out what is important to you so we can start on those skills.

Language Delays

• Late Talkers: Children who begin speaking later than their peers.

• Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): Persistent difficulties in language acquisition not related to other developmental issues.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Communication (Neurodiversity-affirming)

• Functional Communication: Developing ways to express needs and wants.

• Social Interaction: Enhancing reciprocal communication and joint attention.

Early Language Development

• Receptive Language: Understanding words, sentences, and instructions.

• Expressive Language: Using words, sentences, and gestures to communicate.

Speech Sound Disorders

• Articulation: Difficulty producing specific sounds correctly. We also specialize in using ultrasound for speech sound disorders.

• Phonological Disorders: Patterns of errors in sound production (e.g., substituting one sound for another).

5. Social Communication (Pragmatics)

• Conversational Skills: Turn-taking, topic maintenance, and initiating conversations.

• Nonverbal Communication: Understanding and using body language, facial expressions, and eye contact.

• Language of Emotion and Regulation: Providing vocabulary and strategies to express and regulate emotions.

Language Processing

• Auditory Processing: Difficulty understanding spoken language, especially in noisy environments.

• Comprehension: Challenges in understanding complex sentences or following multi-step directions.

Literacy Skills

• Phonological Awareness: Recognizing and manipulating sounds in words (e.g., rhyming, blending).

• Reading and Writing: Developing skills in decoding, comprehension, spelling, and writing, as well as integrating text with experiencing the world around us.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

• Low-Tech AAC: Picture boards, communication books.

• High-Tech AAC: Speech-generating devices, apps for communication.

Cognitive-Communication

• Attention and Memory: Skills related to focusing, remembering, and processing information.

• Executive Functioning: Planning, organizing, and problem-solving in communication.

Apraxia of Speech

• Motor Planning: Difficulty coordinating the movements needed for speech.

• Speech Consistency: Working on producing consistent speech sounds.

Aphasia Therapy: Focuses on helping individuals who have lost the ability to communicate effectively due to brain injury, stroke, or other neurological conditions.

Dysarthria Therapy: Targets speech disorders resulting from weakened or paralyzed muscles used for speaking, often due to neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease or multiple sclerosis.

Cognitive-Communication Therapy: Addresses deficits in cognitive functions such as memory, attention, problem-solving, and executive functioning that impact communication, often after a traumatic brain injury or stroke.

Swallowing Therapy (Dysphagia): Focuses on improving or restoring the ability to swallow safely and efficiently, often necessary after a stroke, brain injury, or in progressive neurological diseases.

Fluency Therapy: Aims to reduce stuttering or other fluency issues in adults, often involving techniques to improve speech flow and manage anxiety related to speaking.

Social Communication Therapy: Helps individuals with neurological conditions like autism or traumatic brain injury improve their pragmatic language skills, such as understanding social cues, turn-taking, and conversational skills.

AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) Therapy: Assists individuals who have significant difficulties with verbal communication by providing alternative methods such as communication boards, speech-generating devices, or apps.

Speech Therapy for Motor Speech Disorders: Addresses speech issues resulting from neurological damage affecting the muscles involved in speech production, distinct from apraxia and dysarthria.

Communication Partner Training: Involves educating and training family members or caregivers to support the communication needs of individuals with speech or language disorders.

If you've already completed an assessment somewhere else, you don't need to do another one (depending on how long ago it was). If you can send us the assessment report and it was done recently (within 18 months) we can waive the assessment.

We accept and bill the Autism Funding (BC) and At Home programs. For private insurance, we will send you an invoice that you can submit to your insurance company.

We accept referrals from healthcare providers and educators, but these are not required, and individuals and families can reach out to us directly to get started.

We will be able to send you an invoice for assessment and treatment within the limits and guidelines of your benefits so that you can be reimbursed by your benefits plan. We do not do direct billing for SLP services at this time.