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New resource section for Speech-Language Pathology

Resources

Receptive and Expressive Language:

Help Your Child Learn More Than One Language / L’apprentissage de plus d’une langue

This handout provides information on learning more than one language. (Appropriate for all ages)

Help Your Child Develop Early Language / Développez le langage de votre jeune enfant

This handout will provide strategies to support language development in babies and toddlers. (Appropriate for babies and toddlers)

Help Your Preschooler Develop Language / Développez le langage de votre enfant préscolaire

This handout will provide strategies to support language development in 3-5 year old children. (Appropriate for preschoolers)

Using Songs to Promote Language / Encouragez le langage avec les chansons

This handout will give you ideas on how to use songs to promote language throughout your day, from infancy through the school years (Appropriate for all ages)

Using Play to Promote Language / Encourager le langage avec des jeux

Play is the foundation for children’s learning. This handout will give you ideas on how to incorporate play throughout your day to help them build a solid foundation in their communication skills (Appropriate for all ages)

When Communication Causes Frustration / Quand les problems de communication sont source de frustration

This handout provides tips that will help you support your child to communicate with others and deal with frustration successfully. (Appropriate for all ages)

Eastern Ontario Health Unit / Bureau de santé de l’est de l’Ontario

This website provides videos, information and tips from the Eastern Ontario Health Unit on Speech and Language developmental milestones for children ages 0-5 years

Speech and Language Milestones

Children begin communicating with the world around them from the moment they are born. Approximately one in 10 children with difficulties have a speech or language challenge. You can learn more about what milestones you should be looking for your child to reach at each stage in their development.

6 Months Old

9 Months Old

12 Months Old

18 Months Old

24 Months Old

30 Months Old

3 Years Old

4 Years Old

5 Years Old

Articulation:

Speech Sound Development / Développement des sons de la parole

Speech sounds develop gradually from birth to a child’s seventh or eighth year. This handout goes over the typical age of acquisition of speech sounds. (Appropriate for all ages)

Stuttering/Fluency:

Help Your Child Who Stutters / Comment aider un enfant qui bégaie

This handout provides information on stuttering and tips on supporting a child who stutters. (Appropriate for all ages)

Social Communication/Autism:

Help Your Child Develop Social Communication Skills / Aider votre enfant à développer la communication sociale

This handout provides information and a link to an online learning tool to support parents in learning strategies to help develop their child’s social communication skills. (Appropriate for all ages)

First Word Project

This website looks at Early Social Communication Milestones in children up to 16 months:

Literacy:

Using Reading to Promote Language Development/ Promouvoir le langage par la lecture

This handout offers tips on how to foster an early love of reading, and will provide ideas on how to use books to promote language development, from infancy through the preschool years.

Early Literacy Skills

These documents provide information on the importance of early literacy skills, as well as tips on promoting literacy from ages 0-4 years.

0-12 Month Old

12-24 Month Old

Two-Three Year Old

Four Year Old

E-Learning Resources

E-Learning – Child Development Programs

This Website offers e-learning courses to support parents with a variety of speech and language topics for preschoolers.

SmartHub Section - 5 Functions Tests

5 Functions of SmartStart Hubs

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Clear Entry

Hubs are a clear entry/access point to services for families and collect base information from clients.

Information Gathering

Hubs work with families to gather information (with consent) about children’s strengths, goals and needs.

Connection to Service

Hubs connect families to local services, sharing information (with consent) to ensure seamless supported experiences.

Family-Based Supports

Hubs deliver and connect families to services and support to strengthen families’ capacity to support their children.

Streamline Service Pathways

Hubs build partnerships with service providers in the community to streamline service pathways.

Supported by a culturally responsive approach to service delivery.

5 Functions of SmartStart Hubs

ORIGINAL COLORS VERSION. NOT AODA COMPLIANT.

Clear Entry

Hubs are a clear entry/access point to services for families and collect base information from clients.

Information Gathering

Hubs work with families to gather information (with consent) about children’s strengths, goals and needs.

Connection to Service

Hubs connect families to local services, sharing information (with consent) to ensure seamless supported experiences.

Family-Based Supports

Hubs deliver and connect families to services and support to strengthen families’ capacity to support their children.

Streamline Service Pathways

Hubs build partnerships with service providers in the community to streamline service pathways.

Supported by a culturally responsive approach to service delivery.

5 Functions of SmartStart Hubs

VERSION #1: light gray bg with dark text and have the icons and border be the og colors

Clear Entry

Hubs are a clear entry/access point to services for families and collect base information from clients.

Information Gathering

Hubs work with families to gather information (with consent) about children’s strengths, goals and needs.

Connection to Service

Hubs connect families to local services, sharing information (with consent) to ensure seamless supported experiences.

Family-Based Supports

Hubs deliver and connect families to services and support to strengthen families’ capacity to support their children.

Streamline Service Pathways

Hubs build partnerships with service providers in the community to streamline service pathways.

Supported by a culturally responsive approach to service delivery.

5 Functions of SmartStart Hubs

VERSION #2: light version of the og colors (as seen on icons and copy of og version) and have the icons and border be the og colors

Clear Entry

Hubs are a clear entry/access point to services for families and collect base information from clients.

Information Gathering

Hubs work with families to gather information (with consent) about children’s strengths, goals and needs.

Connection to Service

Hubs connect families to local services, sharing information (with consent) to ensure seamless supported experiences.

Family-Based Supports

Hubs deliver and connect families to services and support to strengthen families’ capacity to support their children.

Streamline Service Pathways

Hubs build partnerships with service providers in the community to streamline service pathways.

Supported by a culturally responsive approach to service delivery.

5 Functions of SmartStart Hubs

VERSION #3 – og colors as a bg as on the original picture but on the first, second and last squares we have black text/icons instead of white

Clear Entry

Hubs are a clear entry/access point to services for families and collect base information from clients.

Information Gathering

Hubs work with families to gather information (with consent) about children’s strengths, goals and needs.

Connection to Service

Hubs connect families to local services, sharing information (with consent) to ensure seamless supported experiences.

Family-Based Supports

Hubs deliver and connect families to services and support to strengthen families’ capacity to support their children.

Streamline Service Pathways

Hubs build partnerships with service providers in the community to streamline service pathways.

Supported by a culturally responsive approach to service delivery.