Speech - Language Pathologist (SLP)
Speech and Language Pathologist at the CDC. She provides SLP service for children from birth to school entry age.
The Speech and Language Pathologist Helps Children:
- Be understood by strangers (articulation)
- Understand what others are saying (receptive language)
- Express themselves (expressive language)
- Who have feeding and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- Who have mouth and facial weakness and/or coordination difficulties (oral motor therapy)
- Who stutter (dysfluency)
Typically, children learn to use words and sentences to communicate. Gestures, sign language, photographs, line drawings, objects and/or electronic communication devices may be used to help a child to communicate or to augment existing language.
Therapy takes many forms including consultation with parents, teachers, other professionals, home visits, home programs, small group therapy and individual therapy.
The Speech and Language Pathologist Helps Children:
- Be understood by strangers (articulation)
- Understand what others are saying (receptive language)
- Express themselves (expressive language)
- Who have feeding and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- Who have mouth and facial weakness and/or coordination difficulties (oral motor therapy)
- Who stutter (dysfluency)
Typically, children learn to use words and sentences to communicate. Gestures, sign language, photographs, line drawings, objects and/or electronic communication devices may be used to help a child to communicate or to augment existing language.
Therapy takes many forms including consultation with parents, teachers, other professionals, home visits, home programs, small group therapy and individual therapy.
Main Page: http://www.spcdc.ca/contact.php
Contact Page: http://www.spcdc.ca/programs/early_intervention.php
Details
Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
Age
0-5
Eligibility
Access to the program may be based on self-referral, or referral of a doctor, nurse, or other professional.
Locations
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