by admin | Jun 4, 2015 | Adolescents, Adult issues, News, Speech and Language Therapy
The Speech Therapy Centres of Canada (www.SpeechTherapyCentres.com), in light of the recent 20/20 interview on April 24 and upcoming Vanity Fair feature with Olympic gold medalist and celebrity Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, is releasing a statement...
by admin | May 29, 2015 | Children, Group Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Delay
The period after your child’s speech/language delay diagnosis can be an unsettling time for the whole family. What does it mean? What happens now? Having a speech and/or language assessment for your child with a professional speech-language pathologist is a...
by admin | May 21, 2015 | Children, Group Therapy, Language Delay, Pre-school, Reading, School-Age, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Delay, Toddlers
Trying to determine if a child needs treatment for speech and language delay can be difficult and stressful for parents. Each child expresses him or herself differently and it may be natural for children not to follow the expected milestones exactly as they’re...
by admin | May 14, 2015 | Children, Language Delay, Pre-school, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Delay, Toddlers
To become an effective communicator, your child must first develop the necessary pre-linguistic skills. The key to developing these skills lies in giving your child opportunities to communicate and making it fun. 1. Let your child show you what he or she wants If your...
by Mara Shapiro | May 29, 2014 | Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Therapy Stories
Meet Nikki. She’s all grown up now, but when she was a child, she visited a speech therapist. This is her story. Although I was only four years old I have clear, vivid memory of the moment I realized I was going to be in more trouble than normal. It’s an image...
by admin | Jan 17, 2014 | Autism and Speech Therapy, Children, Pre-school, Speech and Language Therapy, Toddlers
Recently there was an editorial in the Toronto Star (Dec. 11th 2013) about the importance of early intervention therapy and support for families whose children have autism. As a speech- language pathologist (S-LP) I totally agree with the fact that that there is a...
