Brittney

Brittney is a passionate Communicative Disorders Assistant who obtained her honours graduate certificate from Durham College. She also holds an honours bachelor’s in psychology from the
University of Guelph. Since graduating Brittney has been able to gain experience in communicative rehabilitation with children and adults with varying needs. Focusing on language, articulation, social, motor, and fluency goals.

Brittney maintains a client centered approach and implements play based learning throughout her therapy sessions. While working in tandem with her clients and their families to achieve their mutual goal of improved communication, autonomy, and self-advocacy.

Brittney’s Continued Professional Development:
• Once Upon a Time Treatment – “Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of
Speech Using Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC)” by Edythe Strand
• Alison Empower Yourself – “Language Perception and Production”
• Making a Difference: Assessment and treatment of Children’s Motor Speech Disorders
by Debra Goshulak
• Parent Coaching: Partnering with Parents and Caregivers by Vareesha Khan
• Managing Challenging Behaviour in a Therapy Session by Yasmin Safir and Jennifer
Watts
• Stroke Survivor Panel and Introduction to Supportive Communication Strategies by Sara
Piotrowska and Tahera Khalfan (March of Dimes)
• A Developmental Approach to Childhood Apraxia of Speech by Susan Rvachew