Why Do Stroke Patients Lose Speech? Understanding Brain Damage and Language

One of the most frightening consequences of stroke is the sudden loss of the ability to speak, understand language, read, or write. A person who was articulate and communicative one moment may be unable to form words, find names for familiar objects, or understand...

Speech Therapy Goals for Children with Autism: What Parents Should Know

Receiving an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis for your child brings many questions — and for many families, one of the first is: what does speech therapy actually work on, and how does it help? Understanding the goals of ASD speech therapy can help parents...

Women’s Voice and Leadership Communication: Speech Therapy Across the GTA

Your voice is the primary tool through which you lead, influence, and communicate your expertise. For women in professional and leadership roles across Ontario, how the voice is used — its clarity, authority, pace, resonance, and presence — shapes how ideas are...

How Voice Can Impact Gender Expression in Social and Professional Settings

Voice is one of the most immediate and revealing aspects of human identity. Before a name is given, before a pronoun is confirmed, before any visual cue registers — a voice speaks. It conveys warmth or authority, familiarity or distance, and in many social and...

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD): The Hidden Diagnosis You Should Know About

What Is DLD—and Why Don’t More Parents Know About It? Imagine your child is bright, social, and curious—but struggles to follow instructions, tell a story, or understand classroom lessons. You might assume it’s a learning issue or attention problem. But for many...

Speech Therapy Activities for Kids: 5 Games That Boost Communication at Home

Make Speech Practice Fun: Therapist-Approved Games to Try at Home Speech therapy doesn’t end when the session is over—and the best progress often happens when kids are having fun. At Speech Therapy Centre of Canada, we encourage parents to keep practicing at home with...

Transgender Voice Therapy: Supporting Your Voice Journey with Confidence

Your Voice, Your Identity — Speech Therapy That Affirms Who You Are For many transgender and gender-diverse individuals, finding a voice that reflects their identity is a deeply personal and empowering journey. At Speech Therapy Centre of Canada, we offer affirming,...

Tongue Tie and Speech: When Does It Impact Communication?

What Is Tongue Tie—and Can It Affect My Child’s Speech? Many parents hear the term “tongue tie” during infancy—but are unsure if or how it may impact their child’s speech development. While not all tongue ties cause problems, in some cases they restrict tongue...

Stuttering in Children and Teens: What Parents Should Know

Understanding Stuttering: How to Support Your Child or Teen It can be worrying to hear your child get stuck on words or repeat sounds. But stuttering is more common than many parents realize—and it’s treatable with the right support. At Speech Therapy Centre of...

Speech Therapy for Autism: Tailored Strategies That Make a Difference

Helping Children with Autism Communicate with Confidence Children on the autism spectrum often face challenges with speech, language, and social communication. Whether it’s expressing wants and needs, making eye contact, or understanding conversation rules—speech...

Do Premature Babies Have Language or Speech Delays?

A baby in the hospital. According to the March of Dime, 8% of infants born each year in Canada are premature. The World Health Organization’s definition of premature is an infant born before 37 weeks gestation. Often infants who are born premature have delays in early...

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Help! What is a Motor Speech Disorder?

A child with a speech-language pathologist Understanding Motor Speech Disorder If your child has a motor speech disorder you may notice that he/she can produce specific sounds correctly one time, and differently the next, for example, they can say the word "Mom"...

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Do Children Recover Better From Acquired Brain Injuries?

Do Children Recover Better From Acquired Brain Injuries?

Acquired Brain Injury in Children and Their Rehabilitation For decades scientists believed that children with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) would do better than adults with ABI. The reasoning was based on the fact that because adult brains have already been developed...

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How Can I Help my Child Develop their Language Skills?

How Can I Help my Child Develop their Language Skills?

Help Child Develop Language. When fostering communication for young children whose language skills are just emerging, parents or caregivers are often trained by speech-language pathologists as the primary agents of intervention. Why is this? Many of the language...

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Autism and Motivation: Using Restricted Interests

Autism and Motivation: Using Restricted Interests

Autism Motivation Restricted Interests Many children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) have what the medical model calls “repetitive or restricted interests.” Although these interests, fascinations, or rituals may seem “strange” to us, they offer the child sensory...

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Services include assessment and therapy programs that address your communication concerns after 18 years of age.

Services include assessment and therapy programs for pre-school and school-aged children up to 18 years of age.

 

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Richmond Hill

Head Office and Main Clinic
120 West Beaver Creek Road. Unit 22 Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1L2
Tel: 905.886.5941 | Fax: 905.886.2362

Ajax

Kids Clinic
300 Rossland Rd. E.
Suite 301. Ajax, ON L1Z 0M1

Proudly serving the following locations through our Richmond Hill Ontario office:

Richmond Hill | Bradford | Vaughan | Maple | Aurora | Woodbridge | Oak Ridges | Stouffville | Markham | North York

Proudly serving the following locations through our Ajax Ontario office:

Stouffville | Uxbridge | Pickering | Whitby | Oshawa | Scarborough

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Toronto | Aurora | Newmarket | Markham | Thornhill | GTA | Mississauga | Brampton | Burlington | Ajax | Oshawa | Pickering | Ottawa

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