Services for Clients
Assessment & Treatment
Irini has a niche practice focusing on reading, writing, and spelling. For these practice areas, she will conduct an assessment to determine a student’s areas of need. Irini’s assessment is tailored to the concerns expressed by parents, caregivers, or clients themselves, and may involve standardized assessment, dynamic assessment and observation. Assessment findings are then reviewed with parents or caregivers and a customized therapy plan is created to support the needs of the students. Irini is very committed to understanding each child she sees, and strives to see the whole child as many factors contribute to a child’s progress and success.
Consultations
Parents, caregivers, and professionals who are seeking guidance on a specific child can request an individualized consultation. During these consultations, Irini will provide professional support and guidance on the student’s case. Consultations include review of the student’s case history (including medical), needs, problem solving regarding next steps, as well as recommendations for any additional assessments required and therapeutic targets and approaches. Consultations include assessment and intervention recommendations in the areas of speech, language, literacy, and learning disabilities.
OSSLT Preparation
The Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) measures whether students are meeting the minimum standard for reading and writing across all subjects up until the end of the Grade 9 year. The test is administered in Grade 10, and successful completion of the test is one of the requirements to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD). Students entering grade 10 and wanting support for their high school literacy test can connect with Irini for a finite number of sessions to support their readiness for this test.
Services for SLPs
Professional Development
Irini provides professional development and workshops to therapy practices, schools, professional organizations, clinician groups or parent groups. Topics include spelling beyond traditional spelling conventions, why words “break rules”, essay writing development with executive function difficulties, and reading remediation in adolescents and adults. Irini also provides customized workshops to meet specific clinical needs in a practice area.
1:1 Coaching and Mentorship
SLPs who are seeking to grow their practice in the areas of language and literacy, including reading, spelling, and writing, can seek out coaching and mentorship services from Irini. Irini will build the clinician’s capacity through review and ongoing guidance of the clinician’s work. Clinicians seeking to take on more challenging clients (but unsure of how to do so) will especially benefit from this service. Each coaching and mentorship plan is customized to the clinician’s needs.
Upcoming Workshops
Coming soon!
Note
A referral by a physician is not required to access speech and language services, although some third party insurance companies do require this. Please inquire about your plan’s policy to determine if you will require a medical referral for coverage.
Payment for services is accepted in the form of cash, cheque or email money transfer following each session. A receipt for services will always be provided which can then be submitted for coverage by your insurance company.
Cancellation Policy
We require a minimum of 24 hours notice to cancel or reschedule an appointment. This allows the opportunity to offer the cancelled time slot to others waiting for service. No shows will be billed for 100% of the cost of the appointment.