1. Don’t always have the child correct the sound they mispronounced.  Instead, repeat the word making the sound they mispronounced louder and longer than the others in the word.
2. Read books with the target sound in them (e.g. Good night moon for  the “g” sound).
3. Read books and change the names of the characters to include sounds they frequently mispronounce. 
4. Create special word lists of 5 mispronounced words and have the child only correct those words. 
5. Practice the target sound for short periods of time (i.e. 5 min) throughout the day (e.g. say the sound as you are cleaning up).

The Alberta Edition of Safe and Secure: Six Steps to Creating a Good Life for People with Disabilities is available, free of charge, at all London Drugs pharmacies.  It is an excellent resource and guidebook for creating the future that you want for your child with a disability.

The giggles and squeals of children filled the air in the city’s southeast with the opening of our newest school in McKenzie Towne (corner of McKenzie Towne Link SE and Promenade Way SE). It is our first bricks-and-mortar building in our 68 years built from the ground up solely for the purpose of working with preschool children with disabilities. 

Providence thanks all the donors for their generous support of the Impossible Capital Campaign for McKenzie Towne. If you wish to donate to the new school click donate now or contact Diane DeHekker at 403-255-5577. Thank you!

On Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 Lee and Sandy Paley will be performing in at our Windsor Park location from 10am to 10:45am and also in the afternoon from 1:30 to 2:15.

For over 25 years Lee and Sandy Paley have been sharing their songs with children, their families and teachers, touring in schools and communities across Canada. They have written and recorded over 200 action packed and visually rich songs on 10 CDs, and produced another 200 music videos for Ballooner Landing, the television home the couple shares with their lovable dog, “Do-Good”, a shy pink parrot, “Prudence”, and the anything but shy “Tex Critter” the flea.  For more information please visit their website schoolhousesongs.com.

A very successful presentation on Toilet Training took place on Friday Oct 21. Thirty families attended the main school presentation and 20 families attended at our Beddington school. Parents expressed that they received a great deal of  information and that they will now look at toilet training in a much different way. We would like to thank our occupational therapists that put on the presentation Kaylea, Lilian, Lisa, Nicole, and  Prerna for all their hard work.

Also on Friday A Stages of Communication in-service was offered at the Beddington school. The parents indicated that the information was very informative and that they learnt a lot of new information about their child’s communication skills. Thanks go out to our Beddington Speech Language Pathologists Suzanne and Asta for this very important and informative session.

Please visit our Parent’s Page for information on upcoming sessions.