Why Choose Private Therapy?

In Winnipeg, speech-language services are available free of charge through hospitals, access centres, and the education system. So why should you choose private therapy?

Private services allow your child to be seen when he/she needs to be seen.

Early intervention provides your child with the best shot at developing normal communication skills. The longer we wait for therapy, the more challenging it becomes to regain age-appropriate communication skills. Unfortunately, hospitals and schools tend to have long waiting lists, sometimes up to a year or more. While your child waits for publicly funded services, his/her communication concern may become more and more ingrained and harder to treat.

Private therapy ensures your child receives direct intervention from a qualified speech-language pathologist.

Unfortunately, due to caseload demands, many publicly-funded speech-language pathologists can no longer provide multiple sessions of direct, individualized therapy sessions to their clients. Instead, teaching assistants and other individuals are trained to work with children, sometimes in a group setting. By choosing private therapy, you ensure that your child receives direct intervention from a speech-language pathologist who has extensive training to target your child's needs.

Private therapy allows the parent/guardian to be an active participant in therapy.

During sessions with your child, I encourage parents to take an active role. I'll invite you to observe and participate in sessions, I'll ask you to complete regular homework activities with your child to speed up and reinforce the therapy process, and I'll teach you strategies to help all of your children improve their speech and language skills.