We can help
Areas of Practice
Speech Sound Delays/Disorders
We can help you with your difficulties in producing and pronouncing speech sounds correctly. This includes speech difficulties due to immature speech patterns (e.g., using W sounds for R sounds), speech errors (e.g., lisps), motor speech or movement difficulties (e.g., Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Dysarthria)
Language Delays/Disorders
We can help late talkers, children who have difficulty expressing themselves, and/or children who have difficulty understanding directions or what’s said to them. This may include working on vocabulary, grammar, word order, sentence structure, literacy skills, narrative skills, and/or inferencing.
Stuttering/disfluent speech
We can work with you on smooth speech strategies, reduce stuttering moments, and improving overall speech fluency.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
We can help clients with Complex Communication Needs and difficulties using verbal speech to express themselves. Although we are not Alberta Aids to Daily Living (AADL) authorizers, we can help families with the funding process towards a Speech Generating Devices or trial low-tech options.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (OMT)
The focus of this therapy revolves around the proper functioning of the muscles of the face and mouth. Treatment programs will be tailored towards optimal oral rest rest posture, elimination of noxious oral habits, and treating orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs):
Promoting:
closed mouth posture
tongue resting on the palate
nasal breathing
proper chewing and swallowing
Eliminating
open mouth posture
tongue forward posture
mouth breathing
tongue thrust
drooling
thumb/object sucking
OMT can also help with identifying and improving issues related to:
tethered oral tissues (e.g., tongue ties, oral tension)
sleep disordered breathing
TMJ pain
feeding/swallowing difficulties