(Target Group: Students grades 5-8)
This workshop introduces children to the components of vocal production and use of the individual’s voice as a means of communication, a musical instrument, a social tool. Topics covered will include: anatomy and physiology of the voice, how to take care of your voice, exploration of articulation, volume, rate and intonation, the classroom oral presentation and speech competition.
(Half day Workshop)
(Target Group: Students grades 7-10)
Effective speech and communication are goals worth pursuing. Talking is something we take for granted and seem to acquire with very little instruction.
Yet research shows that the more skillfully we use speech, the more successful we are at dealing with people.This workshop will show students how improving speech habits and manners, will improve social success.Other topics covered will include: components of good speech, changing speech habits, motivation for change, grammar, pronunciation, use of standard and non-standard English, slang, expressing opinions, daily interchange, register adjustment, voice mail, job interviews, the hand shake, introductions and being gracious.
(Half day Workshop)
(Target Group: Children ages 7- 9, Learning Disabilities, PDD)
A social language skills and dining program for children with and without learning disabilities. i.e.: Asperger’s, Nonverbal LD, speech and language delay, hearing impairment, the shy child etc. (Verbal skills must be functional). Through structured games and activities students learn about telephone manners, issuing invitations, managing play dates and sleepovers, making conversation, preparing simple foods, table manners, origins of etiquette, why soup is seen and not heard, the only time it is acceptable to spit and much, much more! We end our learning with participants preparing and eating a formal meal in an elegant dining setting, where we put into practice all that has been learned. A handbook for parents and child will be given on the last day.
(5 hours of instruction, 2 snacks and 1 formal 3 course dinner provided)
Language & Memory Based Study Skills(Target Group: Children ages 10-14)
This Study Skills course is aimed at children with previous diagnosis of speech and language disorders, children with identified learning disabilities, the at risk learner, the discouraged academic performer. Students will learn and practise techniques for focused listening, remembering, organizing, note taking, studying and test taking.
(Target Group: Students grades 7-10 / Chronic poor spellers)
A course to improve literacy skills in preparation for literacy testing. Improve spelling, higher level reading and vocabulary through Latin and Greek derivatives …the way our grandparents did!“ Rest of your life” fun learning about words. Learn the patterns of your own misspellings. Aimed at the older ‘poor speller’ and ‘reluctant reader’.
(Target Group: School Teachers, Fitness Instructors, Professors and Clergy)
This workshop is intended for teachers, professors, instructors and public speakers who experience voice strain and fatigue. Both new and veteran teachers will benefit from breathing, speech, resonance and voicing techniques. Goals are to improve knowledge and use of the voice, and techniques for vocal hygiene and care. This course is not intended to identify vocal cord pathology or to provide therapy for any existing voice disorder.
Standard Speech and Language Evaluation and Therapy for all communication disorders
Parent Training Workshops
Executive Communication Programs
Hospital / Nursing Home Programs
For more information, specific course offerings, to receive an application form or to make an appointment, please contact:
Mary-Anne Zubrycky, M.A., (SLP-C),
Registered Speech, Language Pathologist and Proprietor of The Speech, Voice and Language Clinic.
Phone: (613) 820-4722
Fax: (613) 820-7097