Speech and Language Program - Children and Infants
Child Services and Public Health
Provided by Northern Health
Helps families support the communication development of their children from birth to school entry.
Early detection and support can help a child having difficulties with speech and language to match their peers by the time they start kindergarten. Our community speech-language pathologists help families support the communication development of their children from birth to school entry.
The Northern Health Speech and Language Program provides services for children from birth to kindergarten entry. These services are offered at NO COST to families.
The speech-language pathologists aim to be family focused and encourage parents or other caregivers to be actively involved in their child’s communication development, goal planning, and therapy activities.
Services include:Screenings
Assessments
Referrals to other services
Group therapy and Individual therapy
Workshops/training for parents and community service providers
Parents and individuals are encouraged to make their own referrals. This can be done by a phone call, a referral form or in person. A referral can also be made by any community service provider with parents’ awareness and consent. If you would like to make a referral, please print off the related form below, for the community nearest you. It can be sent in by mail, faxed or dropped off at the address indicated on the form.
All Northern Health Speech-Language Pathologists are registered in the College of Speech & Hearing Health Professionals of BC.
The Northern Health Speech and Language Program provides services for children from birth to kindergarten entry. These services are offered at NO COST to families.
The speech-language pathologists aim to be family focused and encourage parents or other caregivers to be actively involved in their child’s communication development, goal planning, and therapy activities.
Services include:
Parents and individuals are encouraged to make their own referrals. This can be done by a phone call, a referral form or in person. A referral can also be made by any community service provider with parents’ awareness and consent. If you would like to make a referral, please print off the related form below, for the community nearest you. It can be sent in by mail, faxed or dropped off at the address indicated on the form.
All Northern Health Speech-Language Pathologists are registered in the College of Speech & Hearing Health Professionals of BC.
Compilation/directory: https://www.northernhealth.ca...
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
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Service area: Northern Health Area
Service Types Provided
Child Services
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
- Provided in a group in-person
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