The Speech Therapy Centres of Canada Releases Reading List for Child Language Growth
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 skills through reading. The list is divided by age, with selections for babies and toddlers […]
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 […]
Early Signs Your Child May Need Speech Therapy
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 described. As a parent or caregiver, the difficulty lies in telling whether […]
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 […]