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Rehabilitation Assistant Diploma Program

Are you interested in both Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology? Are you also thinking about Occupational Therapy? Check out a program offered at Capilano University that combines all three of these.

Communication Health Assistants in B.C.

Not sure if SLP or Audiology is completely right for you? Check out further what it means to be a Communication Health Assistant in B.C.

Reading to Children

Want to learn more about why reading is so beneficial to kids? Check out the KQED article we link here.

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Learn more about childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), which is a motor speech impairment where children who are affected have difficulty carrying out the complex motor movements involved in speech.

Speech and Technology

Computerized Speech Synthesizers are instrumental in giving a voice to individuals with barriers to communication.

SLP’s helping COVID-19 patients

If bad enough, COVID-19 often requires patients to use a ventilator to help their breathing. SLPs can help with the swallowing difficulties which appear.

Bilingual Children and Misdiagnoses

Bilingual children are twice as likely to get misdiagnosed with speech disorders.

Young Patient Recovery Post-Stroke

A teenager, Sarah Scott, shared an original video 11 years ago of her stroke and Broca’s Aphasia. Now, 11 years later, she posted a new video displaying how her fluency has improved so much.