How Speech Language Pathologists Can Help with Communication
Think back to a recent cocktail party you attended with distant relatives or unfamiliar co-workers in a new job setting: Did you dread getting ready for the event? Imagine how young children and adolescents feel at school on the playground when they have difficulty making friends. We often see that people with a diagnosis of […]
Diagnosis: Speech and/or Language Delay Reinforcing Therapy Goals at Home
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 great first step, but you may wonder if, as a parent, there is even more […]
Speech Therapy Stories: Wumping in the Basement
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 of me standing […]
Why Speech Therapy is an Important Component for Autism Early Intervention
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 “…dearth of early intervention therapy and support…” for children (and adults) […]
What is a Speech Therapist? A Poem.
I’m a Speech Therapist. This is what I do “I’m a speech-language pathologist – SLP”, I said “Who? What do you do to earn your bread?” “Well, I talk, I speak…and that’s what I do… Looks like you have not the slightest clue!” I wake up each morning with a big smile Feeling awesomeness […]