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7 Tips for Communicating with Your Child from a Speech Therapist

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How can parents help their child communicate? Parents can make a meaningful difference by creating frequent talking opportunities, narrating daily activities, and reading together often. These strategies support natural language development from the earliest stages. If you have questions about your child’s progress, a Speech-Language Pathologist can help. As your child grows up, there are […]

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Neurodiversity

What is ‘Neurodiversity?’

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You might have heard the term “neurodiversity” and wondered what it means. The word captures the full range of neurological variation in the human population: different neurological conditions, developmental differences, and learning styles. Neurodiversity advances the idea that these variations should be appreciated and acknowledged as a natural part of human diversity. Neurodiversity is not

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Articulation Therapy

All About Articulation: When Your Child Can’t Say Their Speech Sounds

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Children have A LOT to learn when starting to speak! Articulation, the sounds a child makes when speaking, is an important aspect of a child’s expressive communication that may require help from an expert. When a child struggles to produce speech sounds by a certain age, a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) can help them improve their

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What is AAC? A Guide to Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Adult Services, Children, Diagnosis, Funding /

Do you have a family member who is unable to communicate their needs verbally? If so, you may have come across the term AAC, short for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. AAC is a broad category of systems and strategies that supplement or replace spoken language. In this guide, we address the most common questions families

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What is Professional Communication? 5 Things to Know

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Professional communication skills matter at every stage of your career. Whether your goals are to present more confidently, lead meetings more effectively, negotiate clearly, or reduce filler words that are holding you back, our professional communication services are designed to help working professionals in Vancouver and across BC reach those goals. What is professional communication?

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My child is not talking yet

When to Start Speech Therapy If Your Child Isn’t Talking Yet

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A child’s first word and first step are expected around their first birthday. However speech and language milestones are not hard rules. The truth is, some children develop faster or slower than others. A Speech Therapist can help you identify where your child is in terms of their developmental milestones. So, when should parents and

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Reading to your Child

Reading to Children: 6 Tips from a Speech Therapist

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How can reading help my child’s speech and language? Reading together is one of the most effective ways to support a child’s language development. Books expose children to new words, sentence patterns, and sounds. Shared reading also gives you natural opportunities to work on specific speech goals in a fun, low-pressure setting. Shared reading is

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Speech Therapy for Dyslexia and other Language-Based Learning Difficulties

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Are you worried that your child has problems with reading, writing, and spelling? If so, you might find this information about language-based learning difficulties (LLDs) useful. The most widely-known LLD is Dyslexia, which is when one has difficulty with reading. Unlike other learning disabilities, LLDs are not caused by problems with vision, hearing, or an

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