OUR SPEECH THERAPY PROGRAMS
Contacting a Speech-Language Pathologist is recommended when a child is have difficulty with: speaking clearly or fluently, expressive communication, understanding language, interacting with others or struggling with school.
Left untreated, Speech-Language delays and disorders can affect your child’s ability to interact with others and his/her quality of life. A communication difficulty can limit your child’s educational and career potential and affect the child every day of his or her life. Our pediatric focused Speech-Language Pathologists provide speech therapy and language therapy to address a broad range of issues including difficulties with the following:
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Unclear Speech
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Articulation
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Phonology
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Motor Speech
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Stuttering
Difficulties such as unclear speech and stuttering are fairly common among children and warrant early intervention. In such cases parents are advised to contact a speech-language pathologist rather than expecting the issue will resolve on it's own. A speech-language pathologist will start by conducting a speech evaluation to better understand the nature difficulty and develop an individualized treatment plan.
Parent education and training is provided to ensure maximal support at home and to facilitate faster progress.
Our speech-language pathologists provide speech therapy to help children who are experiencing difficulty with speaking clearly and being understood by others. We treat the following:
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speech delay
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articulation delay
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phonological delay
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apraxia of speech
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motor-speech impairment
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lisps
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stuttering
SPEECH DELAYS & STUTTERING
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Language Delay
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Vocabulary
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Grammar
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Answering Questions
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Story telling
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Listening Skills
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Following Directions
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Reading
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Spelling
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Social Skills
PRE-SCHOOL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS
Some children who are late talkers, have a persisting language delay or language impairment that follows them year to year. Such children develop language skills at a much slower rate and often continue to lag behind other children in language and academic performance over the long term. A language impairment typically follows into adult hood and can impact on access to post-secondary education and opportunities for work.
Nexus Therapy offers language therapy programs for pre-school and school age children to help provide them with the vocabulary, comprehension base and expressive language skills needed to follow instructions, understand the school curriculum and become more effective communicators.
SPEECH THERAPY FOR AUTISM
Difficulties with understanding language, following directions, expressive communication and social skills are quite common among children on the autism spectrum. Nexus Therapy offers speech therapy services for children with autism to help in developing: functional communication skills, the ability to understand and follow directions and the ability to play appropriately and interact with family members and peers.
Our school readiness programs help children on the spectrum acquire the precursory skills required for following directions, understanding language and functioning within the classroom setting. Speech therapy services are for children with autism are paid for by the Autism Funding Unit.
LANGUAGE FOR LEARNING
READING & LITERACY
Children who begin speaking late may continue to lag behind their peers in language and be at greater risk for academic and reading difficulties once they start school. Challenges with reading are also fairly common among children with average language skills. Difficulty with decoding and reading comprehension impacts on a child's ability understand the school curriculum as well as their performance on written tests and assignments.
Our licensed Speech-Language Pathologists provide in home language and literacy assessments to identify areas of need and provide customized treatment programs to help children experiencing difficulties with the following: