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Speech with Miss Kate Kate has almost a decade of experience working with individuals of all ages and supporting them throu Areas of expertise:
Stuttering
Stuttering hurts.

Kate provides assessment and treatment for a variety of speech and language disorders for individuals of all ages. It hurts to introduce yourself using a fake name, because it’s easier to say without stuttering. It hurts to order something you don’t want at a restaurant, because the words won’t come out. It hurts to say you don’t know the answer because you’re worried about stuttering. These covert moments of stuttering contribute to the damaging impact it can have on an individual’s life. Kate can help. She has specialized training in fluency disorders and has worked with hundreds of clients who stutter. She has helped children, teens, and adults find their voice and build their confidence as speakers. She has training and experience delivering the Lidcombe Program, Palin Parent Child Interaction Therapy, and the Comprehensive Stuttering Program (adult and modified for teens and children). Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
All too often, children with apraxia of speech are mistaken for “late talkers” and families wait for speech to develop, but children with CAS need extra support. We let our children down when they are not identified with CAS until their kindergarten screening and then spend their elementary school years struggling to be heard, struggling to be understood, and struggling to build connections. There is a better way. Toddlers and preschoolers are ready for help and often progress much quicker than children who do not see a speech pathologist until kindergarten. Set your child up for success. Kate has specialized in CAS for almost a decade, she has specialized certification in PROMPT and Let’s Start Talking and understands the details of oral-motor movements and how to support an appropriate hierarchy of development. Services also available for:
AAC Use (LAMP certified)
Expressive and Receptive Language Delays and Disorders
Phonological Disorders
Articulation Delays
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Accent Modification
Pre-Reading Skills
Language Formulation Difficulties

10/20/2026

One of my favourite things about being a Speech Language Pathologist is how much I learn from the people I work with. 🤍

When people think about speech therapy, they often think about all the things an SLP teaches their clients. Speech sounds, language skills, fluency strategies, motor speech planning, communication supports, and so much more.

But speech pathology is so much more than a clinician sharing their knowledge.

It’s building relationships, discovering interests, celebrating progress, problem solving together, and recognizing that our clients bring their own expertise to every session.

I’ve learned about spiders, superheroes, cartoon dogs, perseverance, courage, and more things than I could possibly list.

And all of those experiences have shaped the Speech Language Pathologist I am today.

I may bring the clinical knowledge, but my clients bring a lifetime of experiences, perspectives, interests, and strengths that no textbook could ever teach me.

To every child, teenager, and adult who has trusted me to be part of their communication journey, thank you.

I’m a better SLP because of you. 🤍

10/20/2026

Go ahead, tell me I’m ruining Halloween. 🎃👻

As an SLP and mom of two, I think we need to rethink some of the expectations we place on trick or treaters.

Halloween can involve a LOT of communication, social, and sensory demands. Approaching unfamiliar adults, remembering what to say, answering questions, navigating spooky decorations, and managing the excitement of it all.

For some children, these things come easily. For others, they can be really challenging.

And while I’m all for teaching and practising communication and social skills, participation shouldn’t depend on performing those skills on demand.

We can model language without requiring speech, encourage gratitude without demanding a verbal thank you, and support social interaction without expecting eye contact.

Because the goal is meaningful communication, not compliance. 🤍

At the end of the day, we’re the grownups handing out candy. We can be a little flexible.

Halloween should be fun and accessible for ALL kids. 🧡

What’s one Halloween expectation you think we could let go of?

Sometimes the most important conversations with our kids happen when we ask one more question instead of moving on.As an...
10/18/2026

Sometimes the most important conversations with our kids happen when we ask one more question instead of moving on.

As an SLP, I spend a lot of time thinking about social communication, perspective taking, emotional vocabulary, and helping children navigate relationships.

But as a mom, I’m reminded that these skills are about so much more than making friends or learning how to play together.

They’re about recognizing when something doesn’t feel right, finding the words to explain it, understanding that other people can have different feelings and ideas, and knowing that you can set boundaries while still being kind.

We can teach our children to consider someone else’s perspective without expecting them to accept unkind behaviour.

And we can teach them that all feelings are okay, even when some of the things we feel like doing aren’t.

What stayed with me most about this conversation wasn’t just what my daughter told me. It was that she wanted to know whether I had someone to talk to when I was little, too.

And then she offered me the same reassurance I’d offered her. 🥹

I don’t expect to get every parenting moment right, but I hope I keep making space for conversations like this.

Because learning to navigate friendships matters, but so does knowing you don’t have to navigate the hard parts alone. 🤍

10/16/2026

When your mom is an SLP, even clapping comes with a little early literacy practice.

Clapping out syllables is such a simple way to build early literacy skills through play!

Phonological awareness is a set of skills that involves recognizing and playing with the sounds and sound patterns in spoken language. Being able to break words into syllables is one of those skills, and they’re important building blocks for learning to read and spell.

The best part? You don’t need any special materials! Try clapping out the syllables in your child’s name, favourite foods, or things you see throughout your day.

Little moments of play can build big skills!

5 things I’d tell you to do if your toddler wasn’t talking yet.So this isn’t guesswork, these are the strategies that ke...
10/12/2026

5 things I’d tell you to do if your toddler wasn’t talking yet.

So this isn’t guesswork, these are the strategies that keep showing up as effective across the research on late talkers. A study following slow to talk toddlers found that maternal responsive behaviors, things like imitating, expanding, and labeling, were linked to stronger language outcomes at both 24 and 36 months. The Hanen program, which teaches parents exactly these kinds of responsive strategies, has research behind it showing gains in vocabulary size and sentence structure.

Get face to face. One eye tracking study found that the combination of a parent looking back and forth between their kiddo’s face and the object they’re playing with, paired with the kiddo’s own attention to that object, was linked to bigger vocabularies a few months later.

Copy your toddler’s sounds and actions. This is the beginning of imitation, and imitation is one of the most consistently supported strategies in the research for building early language.

Narrate what your toddler is doing. Skip the questioning. One rule of thumb from the research is three comments for every one question, questions put pressure on a kiddo to perform, comments just give them language to absorb.

Accept all communication. Are they reaching, looking, or saying “uh” when they want something? That’s communication. Say the word for what they’re wanting as you give it to them.

Map meaning. Did they babble and it kinda sounds like dog? Respond as if they said that. Find a dog stuffy or book to show them what word they stumbled onto. This is sometimes called mirroring and mapping, and it shows them the sound they made means something.

10/11/2026

SLP mama here!

So, when I ask parents to narrate their kiddo’s play, I often say “think about being a sportscaster!” 🎙️

Because a sportscaster doesn’t quiz the players or tell them what to do next. They just describe what’s happening, right as it happens.

That’s exactly what we want at home. In speech land we call it parallel talk, or just “narrating”. Essentially you just put words to what your kiddo is doing, in the moment, with no pressure to answer.

Well, I tried it with my daughter… and maybe went a little extra 😅 But honestly? She was SO much more engaged with silly sportscaster mom than with my regular narrating. She kept looking up at me and checking in, waiting for the next call.

A few tips if you want to give it a go:
🏀 Keep it short. “Big block! Up it goes!” beats a long sentence

🏀 Talk about what THEY’RE doing, not what you want them to do

🏀 Skip the questions and just describe

🏀 Bring the energy! A little drama and some pauses keep them tuned in

Have you tried sportscaster mode with your kiddo yet? I’d love to hear how it goes 👇

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