Speech and Language Camps We are now accepting registrations for March Break Speech and Language Camp to be held at our London site, 1828 Blue Heron Drive, unit 13. To register, please call: 519-680-3770 When is the camp? Monday, March 11 to Friday, March 15, 2019 Start time: 9 am. Finish time: 4:00 pm What does each
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By Kendra Breedveld, MClSc, SLP (C), Reg. CASLPO As the parent or caregiver of a child who requires speech and language therapy, you play a key role in your child’s success in therapy. It is important that you, your child, and the speech-language pathologist (SLP) work as a team to create a successful therapy experience
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From early on after my son’s birth last summer, we received a variety of gifts, including sippy cups. A blue one with cute dogs on it, even a sippy cup made to look like a baby’s version of a Starbucks coffee cup with the words ‘Baby Ducks’ printed on it. ‘Cute’, I thought. But something
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If you are reading this, you probably have some questions about speech therapy. Well, then, read on! An assessment is a necessary first step. A Speech-Language Pathologist needs to spend time with you and your child to get a good idea of what’s going on and how he or she can help. It doesn’t have to
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Comics are a very popular literary medium for all ages, and have a deep history in pop culture. From Charlie Brown to Batman, comics offer a wide variety of storytelling styles that can cater to any reader’s taste. They can be silly or serious, light-hearted or dark, funny or sad. Whatever the content or the
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For any family, back to school time can be both an exciting and stressful experience. Families do their best to prepare for the year ahead. They also do their best to adjust to unexpected demands when they need to. For families caring for a child with a brain injury, there are a multitude of factors
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Many of us know someone who has had a stroke or have heard the word “stroke” being talked about. But, did you know that a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) plays a big role in helping people recover from a stroke? Let’s review what a SLP does to know how they can help persons who have suffered
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Books can be powerful interactive tools to help promote language and literacy development in infants and toddlers. Although we wouldn’t expect small children to truly “read” (that is, decode) text until they are in their kindergarten years, there are milestones for early literacy that children attain in order to prepare them for the “learning to
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Sometimes, parents think that therapists just have all the best toys in their offices, and that’s how they get their children to talk. Nope! For small children, any interaction is a language learning opportunity! There is always something to talk about from morning to night. In the morning, talk about being awake and the sun coming
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So we know with a pretty high degree of certainty that the amount of talking done with children during their infancy and toddlerhood has a great effect on their language development, but what about HOW we talk to them? Does the way we talk to them make a difference, as well? Yes, it does. We
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