For over 20 years, Joanne, a dedicated language therapist in Toronto, has helped children and youth communicate with confidence and success. She recognizes the uniqueness and potential of each child, approaching each session with patience, kindness, and clinical excellence.
Joanne is highly regarded by families, colleagues, educators, and allied health teams as a compassionate, collaborative, and generous clinician. Before establishing her private practice as a pediatric SLP, Joanne worked at SickKids Hospital and Grandview Children's Centre. At SickKids, she served as a clinician in the Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic, General Speech and Language Clinic, Preschool Fluency Program, and the Cochlear Implant Clinic. At Grandview, she provided direct services in-clinic, in-home, and in preschools, while also delivering educational workshops to parents.
Joanne offers speech and language services in English and enjoys conversing in Italian and French, as well as learning new languages. She is proud to be among the skilled speech-language pathologists in Toronto, having trained at the University of Toronto's speech-language pathology program.
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WHY CHOOSE JOANNE
Joanne holds a positive attitude towards every client and believes in your child's potential to learn and grow.
She will help your child achieve their personalized therapy goals through kindness, patience and gentle guidance.
She has a solid knowledge of child development and has a talent for connecting with children by meeting their interests, learning style, and unique needs.
Joanne has extensive experience in supporting children with behavioral and/or sensory processing needs, and/or a secondary diagnosis, such as Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, Global Developmental Delay, and Hearing Impairment.
Joanne seamlessly combines evidence-based knowledge and clinical experience into each session.
She strives to make every session fun, informative and meaningful to you and your child, so that both of you are equipped with the skills you need to succeed in every day, natural settings.