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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...

10 Study Tips for Teenagers with Learning Disabilities or Acquired Brain Injuries

by admin | Mar 16, 2012

With exam time around the corner, many students, especially those with learning disabilities and/or acquired brain injuries (ABI) are starting to feel the pressure and stress that comes along with preparing for finals. These times are stressful, but there are...

5 Signs You May be Having Age-Related Swallowing Problems

by admin | Mar 2, 2012

As we age our ability to do many things changes. There are very clear changes that happen to our body as we move into older age which may include obvious signs such as not being able to run that marathon race and no longer being able to wear 5” heels all day. Some...

Two Word Games to Enhance Language in Your Child

by admin | Feb 16, 2012

When you are told that child needs a boost with expressive language development it might seem overwhelming to add yet another task to your endless to do list for the day. Here are two games that you can play anywhere/anytime. They will help add language to any daily...

What is the difference between SPEECH AND LANGUAGE?

by admin | Feb 9, 2012

People often wonder why we are called SPEECH-LANGUAGE pathologists. Why is there speech AND language in the title? Is there a difference between the two? As ‘communication experts’ S-LP’s work on both speech AND language. Some children/adults will have difficulty with...

Why is that Word on the Tip of Your Tongue?

by admin | Jan 19, 2012

Since Joyce (name has been changed to maintain anonymity), a woman in her early 50’s, suffered a mild brain injury in a car accident a year ago, she often has trouble thinking of the right words in conversation. “It makes me feel stupid when I know what I mean but I...

Can I Reduce my Accent with Speech Therapy?

by admin | Jan 17, 2012

Canada is a wonderful place because of the many different cultures that live here. With many of those cultures, come different languages and accents. For people speaking English as a second language, their knowledge and understanding of English may be great, but their...

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

CHILDREN

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

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Our Clinics

Markham

Head Office and Main Clinic

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

Tel: 905.886.5941 | Fax: 905.886.2362

Ajax

Kids Clinic

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

Sudbury

In-home services at this location only

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