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.
