Speech Therapy For Children
Our certified speech therapists provide personalized speech therapy in Mississauga, Oakville, and Burlington to help kids build essential communication skills.
Supporting Clear Speech, Strong Language Skills & Effective Interaction
Our team of speech therapists in Mississauga, Burlington, and Oakville has extensive expertise in speech and language development, as well as the assessment and treatment of communication disorders.
A Speech-Language Pathologist can address:
- Speech delays and disorders (articulation, phonology, speech clarity, apraxia and other motor speech disorders)
- Language delays and disorders (expression and comprehension in oral and non-verbal contexts)
- Fluency disorders (stuttering)
- Cognitive deficits (social communication skills, reasoning, problem solving and executive functions)
- Pre-literacy and literacy skills (phonological awareness, decoding, reading comprehension and writing)
- Social skills difficulties
Every child receives a comprehensive assessment during their initial visit with a speech-language pathologists at our clinics in Mississauga, Burlington, and Oakville.
For young children, while we aim to complete standardized testing whenever possible, assessments are often play-based to ensure comfort, engagement, and accurate results.
For older children, a formal standardized speech and language assessment is typically completed, along with parent interviews and observations across different settings.
Following the assessment, results will be provided and a treatment plan will be designed to meet the individual needs of the child and their family.
Continuing Education is important to our Speech-Language Pathologists and they are skilled in a number of treatment approaches including:
Hanen Programs®, PROMPT (PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets), Lidcombe Program for Stuttering, Ascend SMARTER Intervention Structured Literacy Approach, Meaningful Speech and the Social Thinking Curriculum. In addition, our therapists remain current with new research and frequently enroll in continuing education webinars and courses to learn new and exciting ways to help our clients spread their wings.
