Who we are

We are professionals with training at the Masters Degree level in prevention, assessment, identification, counselling, and intervention of human communication disorders, and are registered by the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).

What we do

Assessments and consultations services for children of all ages (these services focus on working with children with significant oral language difficulties from junior kindergarten to grade 3, because this is the optimum developmental time to provide intervention. Programming suggestions are provided collaboratively with teachers and parents).

How we assist students

• By assessing students’ speech, language and communication skills and by providing consultation with regular and special education teachers to develop classroom-based programming for students with significant oral language learning needs.
• By participating on School Support Teams to provide early programming support for specific children to facilitate appropriate referrals to Speech-Language Pathology Services.
• By providing speech therapy referrals to agencies, such as, the Community Care Access Centre, for students who have moderate-to-severe articulation, stuttering or voice problems.
• By providing information and consultation services for parents to assist them in enhancing their children’s communication skills at home.
• By developing the Kindergarten Early Language Intervention Program (KELI), which is led by a speech-language pathologist and a special education kindergarten teacher. This program provides oral language intervention for senior kindergarten students who have delayed language development and attend one of the selected 10 host high needs schools across the school board.
• By consulting with school staff about children in specific academic programs, such as, programs for children with learning disabilities, developmental handicaps, physical handicaps, and children in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program and Primary Transition Program for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
• By supporting teachers’ requests by developing language and communication programming strategies for Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students with special communication needs.
• By developing and providing a variety of in-services for teachers, support staff and/or parents on a wide range of topics, such as, communication development, strategies to enhance language and communication in the classroom and at home, and other topics as requested by the school staff.