Niagara Speech Connections
Niagara Speech Connections
Speech and Language Therapy in the Niagara Area
Speech and Language Therapy in the Niagara Area
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Our Mission
The importance of speech therapy at a young age can be crucial to the development and success of one experiencing early difficulties. At Niagara Speech Connections we provide high quality, professional speech-language services to all clients in an individualized manner. Our key focus is to make each therapy session as fun and engaging as possible. We want our clients to enjoy each session and leave with a sense of pride and accomplishment over their progress. We create an environment where our clients gain confidence in their abilities, making them look forward to future therapy sessions. It is our promise that each client will have a renewed confidence and ability in their speech, language, and communication skills after their time spent at Niagara Speech Connections.
At Niagara Speech Connections we provide high quality, professional speech-language services to all clients in an individualized manner. Our key focus is to make each therapy session as fun and engaging as possible. We want our clients to enjoy each session and leave with a sense of pride and accomplishment over their progress. This creates an environment where clients look forward to future therapy sessions. It is our promise that each client will have a renewed confidence and ability in their speech, language, and communication skills after their time spent at Niagara Speech Connections.
Speech Therapy Services
Niagara Speech Connections provides a wide range of services designed to benefit the needs of our clients. We offer services within our clinic as well as private home visits.
Articulation & Phonological Disorders
Articulation Disorder
An articulation disorder involves difficulties making sounds. Sounds may be substituted, left off, changed, or added. For example, instead of saying “yellow”, one might say “lellow”. Errors such as these can make communication difficult.
Phonological Disorder
A phonological process disorder involves patterns of sound errors. Usually, the more phonological processes a child uses in speech, the more unintelligible their speech can be. It is common for young children learning speech to engage in these speech related errors but is not expected as a child gets older.
Language Disorders
When a child has trouble getting his/her meaning across through speech, writing, or gestures, they may have a language disorder. When a child has difficulty expressing meaning to other people, it is called an expressive language disorder. When they have difficulty understanding other people, it is called a receptive language disorder. Some children may have difficulty with both, which is called a mixed receptive-expressive language disorder.
Teletherapy
Online speech sessions are quite similar to in-person therapy, where virtual resources replace traditional methods of engagement. Today’s children are growing increasingly comfortable with computers and technology, with some children even more engaged with technological resources. With this increasing trend towards digital learning, online speech therapy is becoming a more prevalent learning tool.
Stuttering
Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It is characterized by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also known as dysfluencies. An example of a dysfluency may be repeating words or the overuse of “um” or “uh”. Dysfluencies are not necessarily a problem but they can affect communication when an individual produces too many of them. Stuttered speech often includes repetitions of words or parts of words, along with prolongations of speech sounds. These occur more often in individuals who stutter than those who don’t. Interjections can also occur (i.e., “um”, “like”), when they contain repeated or prolonged speech sounds.
Other Services
French Services
We are happy to offer speech and language services in French to our multilingual communities! Our team is experienced in understanding the typical speech sound and language development in French individuals, as well as speech sound and language impairments among bilingual speakers.
Reading, Writing, and Literacy
Reading comprehension, spelling and writing, vocabulary development, reading fluency, improving phonemic awareness (ability to manipulate individual sounds in spoken words). We offer one-on-one services to ensure you or your child receive a specifically tailored plan to maximize reading, writing, and literacy success!
Social Skills
Many children with language delays also have difficulty with social interaction and social skills. Some of these skills include: understanding social rules, using appropriate language and body language, conversational turn-taking, understanding social signals, and perspective taking.
English as a Second Language
Improve the pronunciation of words as well as the proper usage of grammar and language.
Speech Therapy Services
Niagara Speech Connections provides a wide range of services designed to benefit the needs of our clients. We offer services within our clinic as well as private home visits.
Articulation & Phonological Disorders
Articulation Disorder
An articulation disorder involves difficulties making sounds. Sounds may be substituted, left off, changed, or added. For example, instead of saying “yellow”, one might say “lellow”. Errors such as these can make communication difficult.
Phonological Disorder
A phonological process disorder involves patterns of sound errors. Usually, the more phonological processes a child uses in speech, the more unintelligible their speech can be. It is common for young children learning speech to engage in these speech related errors but is not expected as a child gets older.
Language Disorders
When a child has trouble getting his/her meaning across through speech, writing, or gestures, they may have a language disorder. When a child has difficulty expressing meaning to other people, it is called an expressive language disorder. When they have difficulty understanding other people, it is called a receptive language disorder. Some children may have difficulty with both, which is called a mixed receptive-expressive language disorder.
Stuttering
Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It is characterized by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also known as dysfluencies. An example of a dysfluency may be repeating words or the overuse of “um” or “uh”. Dysfluencies are not necessarily a problem but they can affect communication when an individual produces too many of them. Stuttered speech often includes repetitions of words or parts of words, along with prolongations of speech sounds. These occur more often in individuals who stutter than those who don’t. Interjections can also occur (i.e., “um”, “like”), when they contain repeated or prolonged speech sounds.
Other Services
Reading, Writing, and Literacy
We are happy to offer full speech and language services in French to our multilingual communities!
Reading, Writing, and Literacy
Improving reading fluency, reading comprehension, phonemic awareness (ability to manipulate individual sounds in spoken words), spelling and writing, and vocabulary development.
Social Skills
Social skills including, understanding social rules, using appropriate language and body language, conversational turn-taking, understanding social signals, and perspective taking.
English as a Second Language
Improve the pronunciation of words as well as the proper usage of grammar and language.
Teletherapy
Online speech sessions are quite similar to in-person therapy, where virtual resources replace traditional methods of engagement. Today’s children are growing increasingly comfortable with computers and technology, with some children even more engaged with technological resources. With this increasing trend towards digital learning, online speech therapy is becoming a more prevalent learning tool.
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Our Team
Lauren Daniels
Hons. B.A., M.Sc., SLP, Reg. CASLPO
Owner, Niagara Speech Connections
I have been the owner-operator of Niagara Speech Connections since 2016. Since opening, I have been so fortunate to make a positive impact on speech and language development across the Niagara Region and beyond. Watching all our clients meet and exceed their individual milestones through speech and language therapy has been a personally gratifying experience. I look forward to all the future successes we can achieve together at Niagara Speech Connections, with our great team of Speech Pathologists and Communicative Disorders Assistants. You can see the team that makes Niagara Speech Connections so special below!
Lauren Daniels
Hons. B.A., M.Sc., SLP, Reg. CASLPO
Owner, Niagara Speech Connections
I have been the owner-operator of Niagara Speech Connections since 2016. Since opening, I have been so fortunate to make a positive impact on speech and language development across the Niagara Region and beyond. Watching all our clients meet and exceed their individual milestones through speech and language therapy has been a personally gratifying experience. I look forward to all the future successes we can achieve together at Niagara Speech Connections, with our great team of Speech Pathologists and Communicative Disorders Assistants. You can see the team that makes Niagara Speech Connections so special below!
Natalie MacCarl
Communicative Disorders Assistant
I have a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Language Sciences with Honours from Brock University. I also have a post-graduate certificate as a Communicative Disorders Assistant from Durham College. I have experience working with toddlers and school age children. I have knowledge in early intervention, literacy, and articulation. I am a caring, warm individual with a drive for helping others!
Natalie MacCarl
Communicative Disorders Assistant
I have a Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Language Sciences with Honours from Brock University. I also have a post-graduate certificate as a Communicative Disorders Assistant from Durham College. I have experience working with toddlers and school age children. I have knowledge in early intervention, literacy, and articulation. I am a caring, warm individual with a drive for helping others.
