SERVICES

1:1 Therapy
FSCD
School Contracts
Workshops
Other Services

Flexible, compassionate care for children across Red Deer and Central Alberta

From one-on-one therapy in our Red Deer clinic to group programs and school-based support, our goal is to help each child communicate with clarity and confidence. We proudly serve families across Central Alberta and offer FSCD-funded services, early intervention, and specialized support for both private and public school settings.

Explore our individual services below to see how we can support your child’s communication goals.

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Individual Speech & Language Therapy

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Our SLPs provide individualized therapy for children in Red Deer and across Central Alberta. Whether your child is just beginning to speak or needs help with specific areas of communication, we tailor our sessions to meet their unique strengths and needs.

Areas of Focus & Specialized Approaches

    • Articulation: Correct speech sound production 

    • Phonological Intervention: For severe sound production difficulties 

    • Receptive Language : Support to understand language concepts and following directions 

    • Expressive Language : Use of correct grammar and participation in conversation 

    • Fluency: Support for children displaying stuttering 

    • Augmentative and Alternate Communication (AAC): Development of augmentative communication skills and Evaluation and trial of voice output devices 

    • Social Thinking Skills: Support for children with autism to learn the basic social interaction skills 

    • Pragmatic Language: Use of language for a variety of purposes (reason, explain, answer questions, predict and inference)

    • It Takes Two to Talk - Hanen

    • Learning Language and Loving It - Hanen

    • More Than Words - Hanen

    • Talkability - Hanen

    • Prompt - for apraxia

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Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD)

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We offer support for families accessing specialized services through Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD). Both intervention and coordination services can be provided.

For children with complex needs we have therapists with clinical experience in intervention for:

  • Autism

  • Hearing & cochlear-implant users

  • Genetic syndromes

  • CAS (Childhood apraxia of speech)

  • Cleft palate

  • Global developmental delay

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School District Contracts

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Communication Options Inc. has been providing contract services to school districts in the Central Alberta area since 1994.

Services

    • Assessment to support qualification for PUF 

    • Code 47 functionality documentation 

    • Hearing screening for PUF applications 

    • Programming at all levels of inclusive practice (individual, targeted and universal) 

    • IPPs provided for communication goals 

    • Goals provided to support classroom IPPs 

    • Detailed program plans for intervention provided at the end of each session and regular updates. 

    • Support and training to Educational Assistants with adherence to ACSLPA supervision guidelines for working with support personnel 

    • Consultation and collaboration with teachers 

    • Treatment summaries provided at year end 

    • Access to a trained Speech-Language Assistant to provide additional therapy for target students 

    • Specialized consultation for augmentative communication assessment and devices

Family Oriented Programming

    • Parents as Sound Helpers - Teaches parents how to support the development of age level speech sounds 

    • Growing Language - Provides parents with general language strategies based on the Learning Language and Loving It program.

    • Growing Language - Supporting Grammar Goals - Teaches parents how to highlight and practice grammar through play, everyday routines and books

    • Words Words Wonderful Words - Participants learn to support both receptive vocabulary (understanding new words) and expressive vocabulary (using new words)

    • Conversation Connection - Supporting Language Skills Through Everyday Activities - Theme based book Pete the Cat and His 4 Groovy Buttons

    • Conversation Connection - Supporting Language Skills Through Everyday Activities - Theme based book My Truck is Stuck

    • Articulation Antics - Focuses on playful ways for parents to support the development of speech sounds in daily activities

    • Play, Talk and Learn - can be presented as a 3-part series or as stand alone sessions:

      • Play - The Power of Purposeful Play - Parents spend a playful session with their child and learn how to foster vocabulary, concepts, language, social skills and creative thinking

      • Talk - Getting Grammar Going - Provides parents with general developmental guidelines and strategies to promote grammar skills in daily activities

      • Learn - The Magic of Rhythm and Rhyme - Introduces parents to strategies that promote phonological awareness and provides the opportunity to participate in some activities with a literacy focus

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Workshops

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We offer a variety of workshops and can tailor workshops to the specific needs of the intended audience.

Parent Sessions

  • Hanen based training to support language and communication for:

    • Late talkers

    • Children with delayed communication skills

    • Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Professional Sessions

    • Teacher Talk - Three part series

    • Articulation and phonological intervention

    • Inclusive practice supporting targeted and universal strategies

    • AAC (Alternate and Augmentative Communication) - Training on low tech equipment and iPad applications

    • Social thinking and support for social language skills in autism

    • Visual support strategies for the classroom and students

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Other Services

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Melody Makers Music Class

Melody Makers is our music class, led with speech and language in mind. Dates to be announced early 2027. Interested families can fill out the interest form and we’ll contact you when registration opens and details arrive.

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Summer Camp

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Partners In Play - Summer Speech & Language Camps

Our summer speech and language camps are play-based, half-day group programs led by an experienced SLP and SLPA. Dates to be announced early 2027. Interested families can fill out the interest form and we’ll contact you when registration opens and details arrive.