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Verbal & Communication Support

Communication is fundamental to human dignity and happiness. When children struggle to express their wants, needs, and thoughts, frustration often appears as challenging behavior. Our verbal behavior program gives every child their voice.

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

What is Verbal Support?

Our Verbal Behavior (VB) approach evaluates the functional purpose of communication. Using positive reinforcement, we teach functional requesting (Manding), labeling objects (Tacting), answering questions (Intraverbals), and listening comprehension. For non-speaking children, we seamlessly integrate Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), PECS, and speech-generating devices.

Providing a child with a reliable way to communicate their needs leads to an immediate, dramatic drop in daily behavioral frustration.

Who Is This Service For?

Non-verbal, pre-verbal, or minimally speaking children, as well as children with speech apraxia, echolalia, or difficulty using speech functionally.

Age Groups: Toddlers, Children & Youth

Funding: Ontario Autism Program (OAP) Eligible

KEY BENEFITS

Why families choose this program.

Dramatically Less Frustration

Reduces meltdowns and tantrums by giving children immediate, reliable ways to express what they need.

Multi-Modal Communication

Supports vocal speech, picture exchange (PECS), American Sign Language (ASL), and iPad AAC applications (e.g. Proloquo2Go).

Functional First Vocabulary

Prioritizes words that give your child immediate agency: requesting water, breaks, toys, and expressing feelings.

Speech Therapy Collaboration

Coordinates closely with Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) to multiply the benefits of speech therapy.

THE ROADMAP

How the therapy journey works.

Verbal Operant Assessment

Comprehensive evaluation of expressive vocabulary, receptive comprehension, echoic ability, and non-verbal gestures.

Modality Identification

Selecting the most accessible, empowering communication medium — vocal, visual cards, or digital AAC speech tablets.

High-Frequency Functional Practice

Embedding dozens of natural communication opportunities across every hour of play and daily routine.

Conversational Expansion

Expanding from single-word requests to multi-word phrases, social commenting, and reciprocal conversation.

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