Our Services

The speech-language pathologists at City Speech Centre provide consultation, assessment, and therapy for children and adults with a variety of speech and language issues.

Our services include: Helping someone who has…

• Autism or Asperger’s Syndrome
• Aphasia
• Apraxia / Oral-motor muscle weakness
• Learning disability
• Processing difficulty
• Language delay
• Unclear speech / lisp
• Incorrect swallow (tongue thrust)
• Open-mouth posture for breathing
• Communication challenges
• Suffered a brain injury
• An accent they would like to reduce

We can assess…

• Speech sounds
• Language comprehension and expression
• Social communication
• Oral-motor skills (lip, tongue, and jaw movements)
• Swallowing (tongue thrust)

We assess using…

• Standardized tests (that give scores)
• Non-standardized tests (that give descriptions)
• Questionnaires
• Reports from clients, parents, and teachers
• Reports from other professionals
• Language samples
• Informal observations

During therapy sessions, we may…

• Use objects, pictures, or text to help the client use correct speech sounds and language
• Play games that target therapy goals or keep the client motivated
• Change the difficulty of a task, depending on the client’s success with it
• Vary the speech or language goals in a session, to keep the client interested

We also collaborate with Vancouver Occupational Therapy for Kids on joint sessions.