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10 Ways Speech Therapy Helps Transgender Individuals Achieve Comfortable and Authentic Communication in Toronto

Every person deserves to communicate in a way that feels authentic, confident, and true to who they are. For many transgender and gender-diverse individuals, communication is an important part of gender expression. While appearance and personal style may align with...

9 Ways Speech Therapy Supports Memory, Thinking, and Communication After an Acquired Brain Injury in Toronto

An Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can have a significant impact on a person's daily life. Whether caused by a stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), infection, tumour, lack of oxygen, or another neurological condition, an acquired brain injury can affect much more than...

8 Ways Speech Therapy Helps Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Communicate More Confidently in Toronto

Every child deserves the opportunity to express their thoughts, needs, emotions, and ideas with confidence. For many children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Toronto, communication can be one of the most significant challenges they face. Some children may have...

10 Ways Speech Therapy Helps Stroke Survivors Regain Communication and Confidence in Toronto

A stroke can change a person's life in an instant. While many people recognise the physical effects of a stroke, fewer realise how significantly it can affect communication. Stroke survivors may experience difficulty speaking, understanding language, reading, writing,...

7 Ways Speech Therapy Can Improve Your Business Communication Skills in Toronto

Strong communication skills are one of the most valuable assets in today's professional world. Whether you're leading meetings, presenting ideas, negotiating with clients, interviewing for a new role, or networking with colleagues, the way you communicate can...

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...

The Benefits of Storytelling to Preschool Language Development

by admin | Apr 30, 2018

When children begin school, they need to extend their language skills to include reading and writing. Telling and listening to stories provides a bridge between the oral language skills of early childhood and the more formal language of print. With the ability to tell...

Practical Tips for Working on Speech and Language at Home

by admin | Apr 12, 2018

For many parents, juggling work, school, homework and extra-curriculars is an exhausting feat. Now on top of all that your child is seeing a speech-language pathologist and they are giving you more HOMEWORK! Below are some practical tips that I give to my client's...

Sibling Rivalry in Families of Children with Autism and ASD

by admin | Mar 29, 2018

Sibling rivalry and jealousy is common in all families. But when it comes to dealing with siblings of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), stresses can be far more complex. Many siblings, especially those of children with ASD, feel that the focus is always on...

The Importance of Playtime in the Development of Speech and Language Skills in Children

by admin | Mar 10, 2018

We all like to play – children, adolescents, and adults alike. But did you know that the development of play skills is integral to the development of a child’s speech and language skills? Who would have thought something so fun could be so beneficial! A play context,...

I Think My Child Has a Stutter…What Do I Do?

by admin | Feb 27, 2018

Many children go through a period of normal dysfluencys during the preschool years as they learn to put sounds, words and sentences together. Normal dysfluencys include word and phrase repetitions and hesitations. Some children, however, develop a speech that includes...

What Can I Do To Help My Child be More Aware of Different Sounds and Rhymes?

by admin | Feb 13, 2018

Children generally begin to show early phonological awareness when they demonstrate an appreciation of rhyme. For children as young as 4 years old, focusing on rhyme is a good starting place. Rhyming activities you can do at home: Sing fun rhyming songs together, such...

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Markham

Head Office and Main Clinic

8300 Woodbine Avenue, Suite 200, Markham, ON L3R 9Y7

Tel: 905.886.5941 | Fax: 905.886.2362

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Kids Clinic

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

Sudbury

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