Speech-language pathology services are individualized according to your child's communication needs, strengths, priorities, and everyday environments. Support may involve direct work with your child, caregiver coaching, consultation, collaboration with educators and other professionals, or a combination of approaches.
Support for toddlers and young children who are not yet talking, are using only a few words, or are developing language more slowly than expected. Sessions follow your child's interests and everyday routines to build communication, interaction, play, and language. Caregiver coaching is included so strategies can be used naturally throughout the day.
Support for children who are difficult to understand, including children with speech sound differences and motor speech challenges such as Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Intervention may focus on speech clarity, developing accurate and efficient speech movements, and helping your child communicate more confidently in everyday situations.
Support for children and teens who have persistent difficulty understanding, using, or organizing language. Intervention may address vocabulary, grammar, word finding, comprehension, expressing and organizing ideas, and the language skills that support learning, including working memory, planning, and organization.
Support for children experiencing difficulty with reading, spelling, writing, phonological awareness, or other language-based learning skills. Intervention considers the connection between spoken language and literacy and can be coordinated with school-based goals when appropriate.
Support for autistic children and other children who communicate and develop language in different ways. This may include children who use echolalia, familiar phrases, or scripts as part of their communication and language development. Support may focus on developing meaningful and flexible communication, understanding and expressing ideas, building connection and engagement, and supporting participation in everyday interactions.
Support for children who use or may benefit from AAC, including communication boards and books, speech-generating devices and apps, and other ways of communicating in addition to speech. Support may include exploring AAC options, developing and personalizing communication systems, supporting children in learning how to use AAC in meaningful situations, and supporting communication across home, school, and community settings.
AAC is most effective when the people around a child feel comfortable supporting communication throughout everyday life. I provide practical coaching for families, educators, and teams, which may include AAC modelling, customization and programming, development of communication and visual supports, and collaborative planning across environments. For children with more complex physical or access needs, support may also include consideration of alternative access methods such as eye gaze, switches, or other individualized access approaches.
The process begins with an intake form and consultation to learn about your concerns, priorities, and your child's communication in everyday settings.
Assessment is individualized and may include observation, play or interaction, informal activities, caregiver or educator input, review of existing information, and standardized assessment when helpful. Assessment does not necessarily end after the first appointment. Goals and strategies can continue to be refined as I learn more about your child.
Individual intervention with your child
Parent, caregiver, or educator coaching
Consultation with childcare or school teams
Collaborative planning across settings
AAC customization and implementation
Individualized visual and communication supports
Virtual or in-person consultation and intervention
Support may involve a short block of regular sessions, ongoing weekly or biweekly intervention, periodic consultation, team collaboration, or a combination of approaches. Recommendations are developed together and consider your child's needs, family priorities, location, availability, and the type of support likely to be most helpful.
Where appropriate, I offer mobile services in your home or at your child's daycare, preschool, or school. Appointments are coordinated by geographic area whenever possible to help reduce travel time and associated costs.