Our speech-language pathologists offer individualized accent reduction therapy on-line or on-site at your home or office for people of all language backgrounds including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Russian and Spanish.

• ​​Inter-dental lisp
  
• ​Lateral lisp
• the 'R' sound
  

Is your child having difficulty with his/her speech, language or literacy development? We are here to help!

Insurance Reimbursable Speech Therapy at Your Home

Call to schedule an assessment at your home: ​(604) 210-6622

Nexus Speech Therapy offers speech therapy services at home or on-line for children across B.C. with funding from Jordan's Principle.  Contact our Care Coordinator for further information.

• Listening Skills
  
• Reading / Decoding
• Written Language
• Social Skills

Our speech therapists treat a variety of speech difficulties including articulation difficulties, unclear speech, phonology, apraxia and motor speech disorders.

Nexus Speech Therapy - Home Service

Nexus Speech Therapy offers in home and online speech therapy for children's in the comfort and safety of your home. Our Speech-Language Pathologists offer in home assessment and speech therapy services to address a variety of language and communication concerns.  We work collaboratively with parents and care givers to develop a customized therapy plan to meet the individual needs of each child.  Our therapists bring the necessary materials and activities to make speech therapy fun and engaging.  Homework, practice materials, and parent training are just some of the services we provide to help your child fulfill their speech, language & learning potential.

nexus speech therapy

Accent Reduction

We provide speech-language therapy treatment for aphasia for seniors in the comfort of their home or nursing home. Speech therapy services include training and support for family members and caregivers.

• Language Delay
  
• Weak Vocabulary
  
• Grammar & Syntax
  
• Answering questions
• Story retelling

Therapy for Autism

We offer language therapy programs to improve vocabulary, sentence structure, answering questions, telling a story or personal story and conversation skills.

AUTISM FUNDING

JORDAN'S PRINCIPLE FUNDING

PRIVATE INSURANCE

Speech Therapy for Autism

Nexus Therapy offers speech therapy and behaviour intervention at home or daycare for children with autism spectrum disorder.​Treatment is available to address variety of difficulties prevalent among children with autism including:

• Language comprehension
  
• Following Directions
  
• Transitioning 
  
• Vocabulary 
  
• Listening Comprehension
  
• Expressive Language
  
• Answering Questions
  
• Telling a Story
  
• Play Skills
  
• Social Skills
  
• Conversation Skills
  
• ​Pecs / AAC​

• Speech Delay
• Articulation Difficulties
  
• ​Phonological Delay
  

               Language Delay

​​Unclear Speech

Jordan's Principle

• ​​Written Language
• ​Paragraph Writing
  
• Narrative Skills

• Apraxia of Speech
  
• Motor-Speech Impairment
• ​Tongue thrust
  

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NEXUS THERAPY

Head Office: 7404 King George Blvd. Suite 200

Surrey, British Columbia, V3W 1N6

tel.: 604 210 6622

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​admin@nexustherapy.ca

www.speechtherapistvancouver.ca

Therapy for Aphasia & Brain Injury

By age 4 a child is expected to be understandable to others 90% of the time.  There are different reasons why some children have trouble with speaking clearly.  Difficulties with speaking clearly and not being understood can leave a child feeling frustrated and impact on their self confidence.  A Speech-language pathologist will start by conducting a speech evaluation to better understand the nature of the child's speech difficulty and develop an individualized treatment plan.  ​Parent education and training is provided to ensure maximal support at home and to facilitate faster progress.

Reading & Literacy

Children who begin speaking late may continue to lag behind their peers in language and be at greater risk for academic and reading difficulties once they start school.  Challenges with reading are also fairly common among children with average language skills.  Difficulty with decoding and reading comprehension impacts on a child's ability understand the school curriculum as well as their performance on written tests and assignments.

Our licensed Speech Pathologists provide in home language and literacy assessments to identify areas of need and provide customized treatment programs to help children experiencing difficulties with the following:

Speech & Language Therapy for Children

Left untreated, Speech-Language delays and disorders can affect your child’s ability to interact with others and his/her quality of life. A communication difficulty can limit your child’s educational and career potential and affect the child every day of his or her life. 

We offer speech therapy services on-line or at your home to treat the following:

• Unclear Speech
  
• Articulation 
  
• Phonology
  
• Motor Speech Disorder
  
• Stuttering

• Sight Word Recognition
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Spelling

Assessment & Individualized Virtual Speech Therapy at Your Home

• Sound symbol awareness
  
• ​​Decoding
• Phonological Awareness

Unclear Speech

Our speech therapists treat a variety of speech difficulties including articulation difficulties, unclear speech, phonology, apraxia and motor speech disorders.

Printing and Writing Skills

We understand that for some children, printing practice only leads to frustration, not perfection. The goal of our printing programs is to emphasize success for each child in order to build a sense of confidence when writing. Emphasis is placed on the component skills required for proficient writing, including pencil grasp, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, spatial skills, and motor planning. We use a multi-sensory approach and activities that are both fun and rewarding. For older children, we offer help organizing thoughts into written expression, as well as support with the mechanics of sentence and paragraph structure. 

Printing Levels

Introduction to Upper Case Letters

This program is for children who have acquired the ability to draw simple shapes such as vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines and circles. Printing skills are introduced by teaching upper case letters, which have only straight lines or curves. Upper case letters are easier to learn because they are large, all the same height, and distinct from one another. This program focuses on letter formation, pencil control, and fine motor skills. Each session will address one of the following letters: L F E H T I O D P

Upper Case Letters

This program teaches the formation of all 26 upper case letters using the “Handwriting Without Tears” program developed by Jan Olsen, Occupational Therapist. Learning to print upper case letters helps children develop basic printing skills such as pencil grasp, line control and shape recognition. Areas of focus include letter formation, pencil control and fine motor skills. 


Lower Case Letters

This program is for children who have acquired the ability to print upper case letters. Children are taught to print using a series of consistent “rules” which reinforce proper letter formation (for example, always starting from the top).  Areas of focus include letter formation, letter placement, printing on the line, pencil control, and fine motor skills.


Words and Sentences

This program makes the transition from learning how to print single letters to copying words and sentences while maintaining proper letter formation, line control and spacing between words. Areas of focus include letter formation, visual-motor skills, visual perceptual skills and fine motor skills.


Cursive Writing

This program teaches handwriting using the “Loops and Other Groups” program developed by Mary Benbow, Occupational Therapist. “Loops and Other Groups” uses a kinesthetic approach to teach handwriting, which allows children to learn letter formation at an automatic level. Kinesthesia is the use of physical movement as a method of learning and memorizing letters. Areas of focus include letter formation, visual-motor skills, visual perceptual skills, and fine motor skills.


Writing Skills Strategies

Written expression involves fine motor coordination, attention, language, memory and high-order thinking skills. As children age, they may experience difficulties expressing their thoughts on paper in a cohesive manner. Learning how to brainstorm, sequence and categorize information supports the development and expansion of ideas. This program will assist children in developing simple and effective organizational skills and strategies to facilitate the writing process.


Keyboarding

Many students with handwriting difficulties and weak fine motor skills also find learning how to type difficult. It is a task that requires finger dexterity, coordination and memory skills. Many children are provided with access to computers at school secondary to difficulties with printing. Learning to keyboard prior to engaging children in writing assignments on the computer will minimize any frustrations.  Keyboard training is often an excellent adjunct to a printing and/or cursive writing program.

Feel free to contact Nexus Therapy to learn more about how our Occupational Therapists and Speech Language Pathologists can assist with printing and written language skills.





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