One Kids Place is the lead agency for:

Nipissing & Timiskaming Preschool Speech & Language Services

Muskoka & Parry Sound Preschool Speech & Language Services

Is your child or a child you know having difficulty with:

Understanding and using vocabulary
Understanding and using grammar
Following directions
Speech and Language delays associated with hearing loss
Using language for a variety of purposes; greeting, naming things, asking questions
Pre-language skills; taking turns, making eye contact, imitating actions and sounds
Play skills; ability to use toys and objects
Using non-verbal methods of communicating; gestures, pointing
Saying sounds correctly
Articulation
Physical ability to produce sounds; movement, coordination, muscle strength
Voice quality; hoarse, breathy
Resonance; nasal
Smoothness of speech; stuttering or dysfluency
Feeding and swallowing

What is Speech-Language Pathology?

Speech-Language Pathology is the area of helping individuals with speech, language and communication delays and disorders. Speech- Language Pathologists are the professionals trained in the area of assessment and treatment to increase a child’s functional ability towards successful communication. Communicative Disorders Assistants work with Speech-Language Pathologists to carry out all aspects of the therapy programs. Speech and Language Therapy may involve a home program, parent/caregiver training, direct therapy individually or in a group, monitoring/consultation with the family and or other agencies working with the child, such as school or daycare.

Types of Therapy Services:

• Direct therapy, either individual or groups, offered by a therapist or Communicative Disorders Assistant .
• Monitoring in which the therapist trains someone else involved with the child on a more regular basis to carry out the occupational therapy plan.  The therapist is in regular contact with the person who carries out the program.
• Consultation with parents, caregivers, day care staff, school staff, etc.
• Home programs for use by parents, caregivers, day care staff school staff.
• Collaboration with children and their families, caregivers, daycare and school staff and other agencies to provide individualized treatment plans suited to the child and family’s strengths and needs.
• Parent training.

If you are unable to attend your child’s appointment or your child plans to be absent from day care or school on the day of the speech and language therapy appointment it is important that you telephone One Kids Place at 476-5437 ext. 3820 to cancel in advance.