Adults may require a Speech-Language Therapist’s (SLT’s) services for a number of reasons. Certain injuries and medical conditions create communication disorders, which may decrease a person’s self esteem and be very hard to surmount alone. No matter what your age is, we are trained to help rebuild the mental and physical components of speech and language after injury, as well …

Starting school is an exciting and monumental time in a child’s life! As loving caregivers, we all want to be sure our children enjoy the early experiences of education. While all kids develop at different rates and all have the right to be accepted as they are, there are some key skills that can help children get the most out …

A baby’s first words usually appear around the age of 12 months, but there is a huge amount of pre-language development that needs to happen before then. From baby’s first few days of life, he or she learns a range of techniques to send deliberate messages to mum and other communication partners. This pre-verbal communication involves eye gaze, gestures, and …

It’s perfectly normal for children to make some mistakes as they learn to pronounce new sounds, and every sound has a different age-range at which we would expect kids to get the hang of it. While all children learn at their own pace, it is still helpful to monitor their progress as they reach speech-related milestones. By ensuring kids are …

Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) – also known as Verbal Dyspraxia – is a motor speech disorder, which means children with CAS have problems articulating sounds, syllables and words. This is not because of muscle weakness or paralysis, but rather because the brain has problems planning to move the body parts needed for speech. The child knows what he or she …