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Halifax Speech & Language Services is a private clinic dedicated to providing comprehensive assessments and individualized plans of intervention for children and adults who are experiencing speech and language difficulties. |
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Mary H. Preston BN., MSc., S-LP(C) is a CASLPA certified Speech-Language Pathologist with over 25 years combined clinical experience working in public schools (Nova Scotia and Vancouver), preschool clinics, hospital settings, and private practice. She has extensive experience in the area of phonological awareness and literacy development with children who have auditory processing difficulties or learning disabilities. Mary is a Hanen Certified S-LP for coaching parents on early language development in their young child. She has also received training in the Lidcombe program for early stuttering intervention with young children. Mary has been a clinical supervisor for speech pathology students at UBC and Dalhousie University. Her professional interests include specific language learning disabilities, pre-school speech and language development, stuttering, reading/spelling development. Mary holds an undergraduate degree in Nursing Science with past experience in neonatal intensive care. She is a mother of 4 children and an avid runner. Mary established Halifax Speech & Language Services in 2000. |
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Tanya Wight BA., MSc., S-LP(C) is a CASLPA certified Speech-Language Pathologist with over 9 years of clinical experience. She has worked in the public school system in Ontario, where she provided service to children with articulation, stuttering, and voice difficulties. This experience has allowed her to work with children from many different cultural backgrounds. She has also worked in private practice with adults and children in Halifax. Tanya’s professional interests include articulation difficulties, preschool speech and language development, and voice dysfunction. Tanya is the proud mother of a baby girl, and loves being back home in Halifax, where she enjoys spending her free time with friends and family. |
