When I started working many years ago at the Aphasia Centre in Stouffville, I knew that Communication Partner Training (CPT) was an integral part of working with people with aphasia and other acquired brain injuries. At the time, my role included training volunteers...
For years we have been hearing about the benefits of private one-on-one therapy and need for individual support, however recently there has been a lot of talk about group speech therapy. Why choose group therapy for your child? How will your child get the attention...
We’re pleased to announce that registration is open for our spring Speech-language Group Therapy. Our social communication groups are designed to help children, teens, and adults with ASD, ADD, ADHD, and acquired brain injury develop the skills necessary to...
When a child stutters, it can be a frustrating and concerning time for him or her, as well as for his or her family. In addition to helping your child manage the verbal difficulties of his or her stuttering, it’s important to help him or her ease the stress that comes...
The Speech Therapy Centres of Canada (www.SpeechTherapyCentres.com) is releasing a summer reading list of the best books for fostering language development. The book list is meant to encourage parents to use the summer season to help foster their child’s language...
Stuttering may seem like a serious impediment at first glance, but you’d be hard pressed to argue that people like Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, John Updike, and King George VI—who all stuttered—had their careers held back as a result. More recently,...
