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
  

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:

• 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.

​​​Nexus Therapy offers comprehensive speech therapy, and ABA IBI therapy services in comfort of home, daycare or school for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Asperger's Syndrome.  By using evidence-based practices, and a client-centered approach, our therapists strive to help our clients realize their full potential.  We do this by providing: 1) accessible services in the comfort and convenience of the home, school, day care, long term care or office setting; 2) inclusive and inter-disciplinary services that support the client, care-givers and family members;  and 3) quality services supported by research, sensitivity to our client's needs and professionalism.

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Autism is a developmental disorder that effects each child differently.  A child with ASD may have mild, moderate or severe delays or difficulties with any of the following:

• ​receptive language

• verbal communication / expressive language

• echolalia (repeating spoken information out of context)

• speech clarity / articulation 

• ​language pragmatics

• social communication / eye contact / joint attention

• functional play skills / turn taking

• theory of mind / perspective taking

• attending to and processing spoken information

• behaviour 

• hyper-activity

• sensory function 

• sensory sensitivity (tactile, visual, auditory)

• ​feeding

• vestibular function

• fine motor skills

• self help and personal care skills

• ​gross motor skills

• learning

• literacy - reading & spelling

• executive functioning

• cognitive / intellectual functioning​​​​

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Parents with concerns in above areas are encouraged to consult with their family physician or child pediatrician and pursue a referral to a developmental specialist or pediatric neurologist for further investigation; as well as seek the advice of Speech-Language Pathologist.   Early intervention with a Speech-Language Pathologist and Behaviour Interventionist can help a child that is facing challenges with appropriate social skills, language comprehension and using language appropriately to interact with others.

Nexus Therapy Associates understand the complex and individual needs of children and families effected by Austim Spectrum Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome and work with families, professionals and other team members in the child's best interest.  As therapists our primary objective is to support the development of skills that are most functional, meaningful and relevant to the child or individual in the context of their daily lives.

Some children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Asperger's Syndrome struggle academically with reading and spelling, in spite of having average or above average intelligence.  Speech Therapists of Vancouver have evidence based literacy programs in place to help children, teens and adults with learning difficulties related to ASD become successful at reading and spelling.  With the proper support in place, many children and individuals with ASD have the potential to lead happy, fulfilling and successful lives.

Nexus Therapy offers therapy in the comfort of your home in Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Richmond and Nanaimo.  ​For further information or to schedule an appointment, please contact us at: 604 210 6622

admin@nexustherapy.ca

​Speech Therapy & Behaviour Intervention for Autism

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

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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

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

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