Improving your child's communication skills while having fun, sharing positive interactions, and engaging in motivating games. Teaching parents the essential skills they need to find success in the home!
Services
I work with children with the following communication challenges:
Speech delays (articulation and phonological delays)
Language delays
Motor speech disorders
Social communication challenges (often associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Reading challenges
I frequently work with children with Autism
Spectrum Disorder and other syndromes
Accent modification (improving speech clarity for adults who speak English as a second language)
Process
Through my prior experience as a full time piano instructor, I learned that children learn best when they are having fun. I have found that children are more likely to make gains when they are relaxed, enjoying themselves, and motivated to play. Regardless of the communication challenge we are working on, my first goal is to achieve a positive rapport, to identify what motivates a child, and to insert our intervention into an activity. In addition, it is essential for parents and other family members to learn how to continue structured activities in between sessions to ensure treatment continuity and improved outcomes.
Bio
Dan Hammill M.Sc SLP(c) Reg. CASLPO
Dan is an Ottawa based speech and language pathologist working in the areas of preschool early intervention and school aged intervention. Following assessment, Dan develops treatment plans and interventions to help children and their families to improve communication at home and at school. Dan frequently helps children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to achieve their communication goals. He also works with adults who speak English as a second language who want to increase the clarity of their speech during everyday communication.
Prior to beginning work privately as a speech therapist in Ottawa Dan completed an internship in preschool early intervention at Nova Scotia Hearing and Speech Centres, treating children with articulation delays, motor speech disorders and language delays. He was also a student intern at the InteRACT (Intensive Aphasia Communication Therapy) program at Dalhousie University. There he provided assessment and intervention to adults with aphasia, who had difficulty communicating following a stroke.
Education and Additional Training:
Bachelor of Music (UWO)
Bachelor of Education (UOttawa)
Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology (Dalhousie)
Certified member of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada
More Than Words workshop for Speech-Language Pathologists (for training parents to achieve communication goals with their children with Autism Spectrum Disorder).
CONTACT INFO
Phone: 902 471 3206 • Email: dhammill@gmail.com • Address: 208 Guigues Avenue • Ottawa, ON • K1N 5J2