Speech Therapy

MADDY CATFORD

Registered Speech Language Pathologist

Maddy will be at Decker Lake School every Friday.

Maddy is able to provide support to children in the following areas:

Speech: Articulation/child is hard to understand or has difficulty saying some speech sounds. **
Language: attending, focusing, listening, understanding directions and conversation, social communication and interactions, ‘school English’ grammar/sentence rules.
Stuttering: repeating or stretching sounds or words, struggling or getting ‘stuck’ when talking.
Voice: hoarse or strained voice, nasal voice, voice too high or low
Hearing: difficulty hearing or recognizing differences between similar words, inconsistent responding to directions, complaining that they can’t hear, turning head or straining to listen.

Referrals can be made through your child’s teacher.

Once a referral is received, speech therapy support may be in the form of individual or group sessions during weekly school visits or consultation may be provided to the classroom teacher to support your child’s speech and language in the classroom.