Within your academic career you will likely be required to speak in front of a group of people, whether for a presentation or answering class questions. One of the most frequent challenges I hear from clients is that their fear of public speaking keeps them from being successful socially and in the classroom.
Read MoreDyslexia is described as a difficulty to read words and numbers and associate them with the speech sounds. The ability to read alphabet sequences to read a word is called phoneme grapheme correspondence. For a person with dyslexia, the phoneme-grapheme correspondence is usually affected. This is one of the reasons that results in difficulties in reading and writing.
Read MoreThere is a broad range of communication impairments that can occur as a result of a concussion which may last long-term such as with Post-Concussion Syndrome. Challenges with cognitive skills such as attention, memory, organization, reasoning and executive function all impact your communication.
Read MoreI have had a lot of experience in working with children and adults on the Autism spectrum over the past few years, which has allowed me to see a variety of services available in the GTA. An unfortunate gap in services that I have noticed is concerning the adult population with ASD, as most of the adults I’ve worked with in this context have wanted support for social communication.
Read MoreAphasia is a disorder where the person faces difficulties in communication. It might affect understanding, speaking or both and might also cause difficulties in reading and writing. Aphasia usually occurs in adults but there are also chances of children developing aphasia as a result of brain injury.
Read MoreVoice is produced by the vibration of vocal folds. The vocal folds are 2 bands of muscular tissue that are situated in the voice box or larynx. The vibrations of the vocal folds change the streams of air from the lungs to voice. In ideal speaking situations, this process is appropriate and the vocal folds stay healthy. But in non-ideal situations like vocal abuse and vocal misuse, the vocal folds are not healthy and this causes voice disorders.
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