About Vanessa
Vanessa is a neurodiversity affirming Speech-Language Pathologist with more than 10 years experience. She is passionate about family-centred care, and using a strength based approach, to therapy to achieve successful outcomes. She works with families to select meaningful goals based on the unique needs of the individual, family, and family lifestyle. She has diverse experience working with infants to teens with a variety of communication/feeding difficulties. Her particular passion is working with individuals with social language difficulties and complex communication needs.
Accreditation
- Registered with the Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA)
- Registered with Saskatchewan College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (SASLPA)
- Registered with Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC)
Education
- Bachelor of Applied Science in Child, Youth and Family from University of Guelph
- Master of Clinical Science in Communication Disorders from University of Western Ontario
Specialized Training
- Social Thinking © We Thinkers 1&2 and Superflex Training (Support for social language development)
- It Takes Two to Talk ® (The Hanen Program for Parents of Children with Language Delays)
- SOS -Sequential Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding
- PROMPT Level 1 Certification for Apraxia of Speech
- Kaufman Speech-Language Protocol for Apraxia of Speech
- International Oro-facial Myology Trained