Speech and Language Therapy
- 2 to 18 years
- Etobicoke, Scarborough, Hamilton
- Centre, home or online
- No diagnosis needed to start
Our SLP and ABA teams work together to build communication skills. Speech-language pathologists provide specialized assessment and treatment for speech sounds and language development, with sessions available before, during or after ABA therapy.
What is speech and language therapy?
Speech and language therapy treats difficulties with communication. It covers speech sounds, understanding language, using language, fluency and voice, and the social side of talking with other people. It also covers children who communicate without speech, through a device, pictures or signs.
Speech-language services are delivered with our partner speech teams. A Speech-Language Pathologist assesses your child and recommends how often sessions should happen.
Who runs your child's sessions
Your child's therapy is led by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), a registered clinician in Ontario. The SLP completes the assessment, writes your child's plan and reviews progress.
Depending on your child's needs, sessions are delivered either by the SLP directly or by a communicative disorders assistant (CDA) working under the SLP's supervision. CDAs are trained to deliver the plan session by session, and the SLP remains accountable for your child's care.
How it works
Speech therapy starts with an assessment by a speech-language pathologist (SLP), followed by regular sessions with the SLP or a supervised communicative disorders assistant (CDA).
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Assessment first
An SLP assesses your child's current skills and areas of difficulty. This assessment forms the basis of the plan.
One session, before anything else -
Ongoing sessions
Delivered by a CDA or an SLP, following the plan written by the SLP.
30 minutes to one hour -
Progress visits
The SLP reviews your child's progress and updates the plan as needed.
As the plan needs
What it costs
Speech-language services are provided by our partners. Contact us for current fees.
A written report can be requested at any point. There are no team meeting hours on this service.
The details
- Ages
- 2 to 18 years
- Where
- Etobicoke, Scarborough or Hamilton, in your home, or online
- Session length
- 30 minutes to one hour
- How often
- Weekly, every two weeks or monthly, based on the SLP's recommendation and your schedule
- Who you'll work with
- An SLP writes and reviews the plan. Sessions are delivered by the SLP or a CDA
- Getting started
- An intake with us, then a clinical intake with the SLP
- Funding
- OAP, private pay, or extended health benefits
- Progress reviews
- Available on request, for a fee
Questions we get asked
Is speech therapy covered by the OAP?
Yes. OAP funding can be used for speech therapy. Many extended health benefit plans also cover it.
Can speech therapy and ABA run at the same time?
Yes. If your child is already in ABA with us, speech therapy can be added at any point. The two teams work together, sharing goals and strategies so your child gets consistent support.
My child is not talking yet. Can speech therapy still help?
Yes. Speech therapy also covers communicating without speech, through a device, pictures or signs. Our priority is helping your child communicate reliably, and this often supports the development of speech. If your child also receives ABA, the SLP and the ABA team can work together on communication goals.
How long will my child need it?
The length of therapy cannot be predicted at the start. The SLP sets clear goals and reviews them at each progress visit, so you can see how your child is progressing before deciding whether to continue.
Where sessions happen
We work across Toronto, Peel, York, Halton and the greater Hamilton area, from our three centres, in your home, or online.
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A 30-minute conversation about your child, your priorities and how we can help. We’ll walk you through our services, answer your questions and discuss next steps.
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