IN HOME, IN COMMUNITY

& VIRTUAL SERVICES 

We provide services and support for Augmentative and Alternative (AAC) users for clients aged birth to 99+ in Thunder Bay, Northwestern, ON and across Ontario. We provide face-to-face services within the geographical region of Thunder Bay and virtual care for clients across the province. 

 

• We do NOT have a waitlist!

• We provide receipts of payment for reimbursement from healthcare benefits programs.

• We are a Jordan’s Principle provider. If your child is First Nation/Indigenous we support and work with you to access funding for speech and language services including AAC devices and programming.

• We are an OAP Provider

 

Our clinicians have significant experience providing AAC assessment and intervention for clients with:

 

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

• Intellectual or developmental difficulties 

• Developmental apraxia of speech

• Brain injury, stroke and other 

• Neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, Parkinson’s Disease)

 

Our clinicians have: 

• Up-to-date knowledge of current devices

• Up-to-date knowledge of current speech-generating programs and applications

 

Our clinicians provide:

• assessment services

• treatment services

• initial device and programming recommendations 

• device programming, updating and personalization

• client, parent/family and support system (school, daycare, healthcare team etc.) training

 

To learn more about Augmentative and Alternative Communication, please click on the following links: 
 

https://www.osla.on.ca/page/AugmentativeandAlternativeCommunicationAAC
 

https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/aac/

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See our very own Halle Demchuk talk about Augmentative and Alternative (AAC) Communication: