Public Health - Speech Language Pathology for Preschool Children

Provided by: Health PEI
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Service Description

Provides assistance to preschool aged children who need help developing speech and language abilities. Includes:
  • Consultation
  • Screening and assessment
  • Treatment
  • Workshops
  • Community visits
  • Caregiver training
Note: If your child is school-aged, contact your school directly to ask about supports offered within the school system.

Information

Eligibility:
Children from infancy up to entering kindergarten * Consider referring a child if he or she:
-Does not respond when spoken to or react to loud noises
-Experiences sudden loss of speech and language ability
-Is not babbling by age 9 months
-Has not said first words by age 15 months
-Cannot say consistent words by age 18 months
-Is unable to speak word combinations by age 24 months
-If you cannot understand what they are saying by age 24 months
-If strangers cannot understand what they are saying by age 36 months
Fees:
No fees
How to Access:
Call, mail, drop off or emailreferral form or apply online
Documents Required:
Completed referral form * Referral from parents or a health care provider
Program Hours:
Varies by site
Program Email:
speechandhearing@ihis.org
Program Phone Numbers:
Language:
English * French
Website:
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/speech-language-pathology
Coverage Area:
Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island

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