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Services

Rehabilitation of speech and language after a stroke or brain injury

  • Communication and cognitive-communication assessment and treatment 
  • Aphasia treatment 
  • Supportive communication training for caregivers, family, and loved ones
  • Consultation with other health care professionals and facilities 

Management of communication difficulties secondary to dementia or neurodegenerative disease

  • Communication assessment and treatment
  • Communication strategy development and training for caregivers, family, and loved ones
  • Consultation with other health care professionals and facilities 

Rehabilitation and management of swallowing impairments

  • Clinical swallowing assessment (i.e., chair side, bedside) 
  • Education re: safe swallowing recommendations
  • Individualized swallowing treatment programs
  • Consultation with other health care professionals and facilities 

Early intervention for speech, language, and social impairments in preschoolers

  • Speech and language assessment 
  • Personalized early intervention and treatment plans 
  • Play based treatment approach 
  • Family-focused treatment groups 
  • Social communication groups
  • Consultation with daycares, preschools, other facilities or programs (i.e., ABA program), and other health care professionals 

Intervention for speech, language, and social impairments in school-age children

  • Speech and language assessment 
  • Personalized treatment plans 
  • Social communication groups 
  • Consultation with schools, other facilities, and other health care professionals 

Intervention for fluency 

(stuttering)

  • Fluency assessment 
  • Individualized treatment plans
  • Education and training in use of fluency enhancing/management strategies 
  • Consultation with preschools, schools, other facilities, and other health care professionals 

Specific Programs Offered

  • Hanen ​It Takes Two to Talk® - specifically designed for parents of children with language delays. To find out more about this program, visit: http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/It-Takes-Two-to-Talk.aspx
  • Hanen Target Word™ - specifically developed for parents of children who are Late Talkers (i.e., children who have good comprehension, motor and learning skills, but who are using fewer words than other children their age). To find out more about this program, visit: http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/Target-Word.aspx
  • Hanen More Than Words® - specifically created for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other social communication difficulties. To find out more about this program, visit: http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/More-Than-Words.aspx
  • PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) - a tactile-kinesthetic approach that uses touch cues to a person's articulators (jaw, tongue, lips) to manually guide them through a targeted word, phrase or sentence. To learn more about this technique, visit: https://promptinstitute.com/page/FamiliesWIP
  • We Thinkers - designed to help children build foundational social competencies and essential life skills through stories, lessons, and play activities. 
  • LSVT LOUD - a speech treatment for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurological conditions. To learn more about this treatment, visit: https://www.lsvtglobal.com/LSVTLoud
  • Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) - a treatment device that is used to strengthen muscles to improve breathing, cough, swallowing, and speech. 
  • Lidcombe Program 
  • Fluency Plus Program 

**Please note, specific programs are not one size fits all. Each program may only be appropriate for some speech, language, or swallowing impairments. As a result,  specific programs cannot always be offered to everyone. Programs are recommended on an individualized basis, depending on assessment results and program specific eligibility criteria.**

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