Assessment & Speech Therapy Services via tele-therapy in the safety of Your Home
Speech Therapy Build's Confidence & Success
When a child has a speech difficulty, they are generally aware of it. Children who speak differently from other children know that they do, and this can significantly erode their confidence. For example, when it comes to the classic issues — lisping, turning Rs into Ws, stuttering — speech-language therapy makes an enormous difference to a child's confidence. Some of these issues may seem cute at five years of age, but at 10 these problems are not.
Some children who are late talkers have a persisting language delay or language impairment that follows them year to year. Such children develop language skills at a much slower rate and often continue to lag behind other children in language and academic performance over the long term. A language impairment typically follows into adult hood and can impact on access to post-secondary education and opportunities for work.
If your child seems to be having trouble with speaking clearly, answering questions, telling a story or socializing at school and you know that they have a speech issue then enrolling them in speech therapy is recommended.
Improved communication builds confidence.
Unclear Speech
How Our Speech Therapists Can Help
Our Speech-Language Pathologists begin treatment with a comprehensive assessment in the comfort of your home. When speech therapy is warranted, the Speech Language Pathologist will apply their clinical skills and collaborate with parents and clients to develop a therapy plan that is both functional and relevant to the needs of the child or individual. Whether a child is having difficulty speaking clearly, communicating effectively or struggling with listening, reading or written work in school, we consider parent training and education to be a vital component to the service we provide that aims to help children meet their communication and learning potential.
Reading & Writing
Our evidence based reading programs help children who are struggling with phonological awareness, decoding, sight word recognition and reading comprehension.
Accent Reduction
Late Talkers & Language Delay
We offer language therapy at your home to improve vocabulary development, sentence structure, answering questions, story telling and conversation skills.
Speech Therapists of Calgary offers in home and online speech therapy for children in the comfort and safety of your home. Our Speech-Language Pathologists offer in home assessment and speech therapy services to address a variety of language and communication concerns. We work collaboratively with parents and care givers to develop a customized therapy plan to meet the individual needs of each child. Our therapists bring the necessary materials and activities to make speech therapy fun and engaging. Homework, practice materials, and parent training are just some of the services we provide to help your child fulfill their speech, language & learning potential. The health and safety of our clients and therapists is our primary concern and we are following best practice procedures to ensure that therapy is provided with appropriate protocols in place.
Our speech therapists treat a variety of difficulties including articulation, unclear speech, phonology, apraxia and motor speech disorders, lisps and the R sound.
Is your child having difficulty with his/her speech, language or literacy development? We are here to help!
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Call to schedule a home assessment: (587) 317-1977
Insurance Reimbursable Speech Therapy in the Comfort of Your Home
Treatment for Autism
Occupational Therapy (OT) is a profession devoted to enabling participation in daily living skills. Areas of self-care, leisure, and productivity may be addressed as part of an OT treatment plan. Optimizing function is a key element to successful therapy, whereby goals pertain to practical skills and activities that are performed on a daily basis.
What is an Occupation? Although the term occupation is typically associated with employment, within the field of OT it takes on a very different meaning. The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) defines occupation as “everything that people do during the course of everyday life” that is “named, organized, and given value and meaning by individuals and a culture”. Occupation is considered to be a basic human need and an important determinant of health and well-being.
At Speech Therapists of Calgary, Occupational Therapy services for children are often focused around play. This is the case, as play is considered to be a child’s primary occupation. Play can promote the development of appropriate motor skills, stimulate the imagination, enhance social skills, and improve cognitive abilities. Play can be used in Occupational Therapy in one of two ways; as the explicit goal being addressed, or as a modality to improve specific skills or competencies. The latter is what is most frequently seen in treatment; this is commonly referred to as play-based therapy. Our occupational therapy programs are offered in the comfort of the child's natural home, daycare or school environment in areas through Calgary and surrounding areas. When appropriate, our occupational therapists, behaviour and speech therapists offer interdisciplinary collaboration that aims to treat the needs of whole child.
Conditions We Assess/Treat
Children, youth and adults with the following conditions may be appropriate to receive Occupational Therapy services. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list, and that all children and youth, whether or not they have an identified condition, are welcome at our practice.
Diagnostic Conditions
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Cerebral Palsy
Developmental Coordination Disorder
Down Syndrome
Learning Disabilities
Muscular Dystrophies
Tourette’s Syndrome
Non-Diagnostic Conditions
Developmental Delay
Dyspraxia
Fine Motor Delay
Gross Motor Delay
Sensory Processing Disorder
Signs That OT May Be Appropriate
When a child or adult is having difficulty with:
FINE MOTOR skills (i.e. not using both hands together, poor pencil grasp, illegible handwriting)
GROSS MOTOR skills (i.e. has trouble coordinating movements, seems weaker than other children his/her age, does not understand concepts such as right, left, front or back in relation to his/her body, avoids sports)
SELF HELP skills (i.e. cannot independently dress him/herself, poor personal hygiene, messy when eating)
ORGANIZATION (i.e. keeping track of his/her materials, unable to maintain a tidy locker or desk, organizing work on paper)
FEEDING (i.e. cannot tolerate certain textures, picky eater, gastro esophageal reflux)
SENSORY PROCESSING (i.e. avoids touching certain textures, bothered by loud noises)
Service Offerings
Our Occupational Therapists offer assessment, treatment and consultation in the following areas:
Development (Fine and Gross Motor Skills, Activities of Daily Living)
Environmental Modifications and Adaptive Devices
Feeding, Eating and Swallowing
Handwriting
Sensory Processing
Visual Perception
Programs
Occupational Therapists at Speech Therapists of Calgary are trained in, and familiar with, the following approaches/programs:
Alert Program® for Self-Regulation
Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP)
Handwriting Without Tears® and Loops and Other Groups® for Handwriting
Sensory Integration
Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding
The Zones of Regulation® for Self-Regulation
Rehabilitation services, including occupational therapy, are not covered by Alberta Health, but may be covered under your extended health insurance benefits. Check with your insurance provider for details.
For further information regarding OT services for children in Calgary, please contact Speech Therapists of Calgary at 587 317 1977 or info@speechtherapycalgary.ca