Individualized Speech and Language Therapy for Children
Karen Loerke, M.A., Reg. CASLPO
Speech-Language Pathologist
Karen Loerke
Licenced Speech-Language Pathologist based in Sarnia, Ontario.
Karen is a Speech-Language Pathologist with over 21 years of experience working with children in clinical, school-based, and virtual settings.
Karen’s experience includes assessment and treatment with children from birth through high school.
Karen’s wide variety of skills include assessment and intervention to children with various delays, disorders and diagnoses including articulation delay, motor speech disorder, receptive/expressive language delay, fluency, autism spectrum disorder, down syndrome, deaf/hard of hearing, blind/low vision, global developmental delay, sensory processing difficulties and various levels of physical ability.
Experience
Karen has experience working with children and their caregivers in the following areas:
- Speech sound production difficulties.
- Understanding language.
- Expressive communication.
- Communication difficulties associated with autism, hearing loss and other diagnoses that impact understanding and using language.
- Augmentative/alternative communication methods (i.e. simple sign language, pictures and/or voice output devices).
- Stuttering.
Speech and Language Milestones
Does your child meet the speech and language milestones?
Read about early childhood communication developmental milestones HERE.
How do we get started?
The first step is to call, text or email Karen and let her know you are potentially interested in scheduling an appointment. You will then be emailed an intake form to complete that will provide Karen with some general information about your child and your concerns.
Upon the return of the intake form, Karen will reach out to discuss the need for an assessment and/or treatment and schedule an appointment.
After Karen meets your child, treatment options like the length of each session and how often treatment will take place will be discussed.
Together with Karen, you will also agree on how many sessions your child will receive before reviewing their goals and deciding on next steps (this will not be set in stone and can always be less if your child meets his/her goals or you decide to stop for any reason).
What does a treatment session look like?
Treatment will take place in your home and be tailored to your child’s goals and will be individualized to meet your child’s needs. For example, if your child is a mover, we can incorporate lots of opportunities for movement. If your child is shy, we can take some time to warm up and start slow before introducing demands. There are lots of ways to target speech and language goals and treatment sessions look different for different children depending on their age, abilities, and attention span. Karen will do her best to make this work as fun and motivating as possible for your child.
Location and Rates
All treatment sessions will take place in the client’s home. Service area includes Sarnia, Corunna, Bright’s Grove, and Camlachie.
Speech and Language assessment – $180.00
*Treatment session (45 minutes) – $135.00
*Other treatment session lengths with corresponding rates are available upon request.
Payment is due at time of the treatment session and can be made with etransfer, credit card or cash.
Insurance coverage and/or employee benefits plans may provide coverage of speech therapy and are the responsibility of client.
“Communication is the essence of human life.”
― Janice Light