I pride myself on excellence through evidenced-based practice. Families receive up-to-date assessment and therapy methods, in a supportive and caring, family-first environment. I work with families and professionals, as well as educators, to improve the communication skills of those struggling to speak. I provide goal-oriented, evidenced-based therapy designed to fit a child’s needs, while taking into consideration the needs of the whole family. I strive to empower families to improve the quality of their communication with their child outside of the Centre through parent training and involvement, making them a full partner in the therapy progress. I pride myself on being current with the research and will share with families the ‘hows’ and ‘whys’ of what we’re doing so nothing in therapy or training is a mystery. I will encourage and guide parents to seek out their own learning, and can provide hands-on resources in our Childhood Apraxia of Speech Resource Centre.

I believe it takes a village to raise a child and am connected to collaborate with other local professionals when needed to ensure all children are receiving the best services to help them achieve their optimum performance potential. With respect to therapy approaches, I combine a variety of approaches depending on the child and goals, including Dynamic Temporal & Tactile Cueing (DTTC) and Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST) with contributions from my training in the Principles of Motor Learning (PML), PROMPT and Kaufman Speech-to- Language Protocol. At our Centre we also provide camp programs that are group-based speech therapy to address a child’s communication needs in a more social and natural setting.