AMY
Amy Foster (Verschuuren) is the founder of The Speech Space. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) and is certified by Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC).
After completing a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in linguistics and psychology at Queen's University in 2015, Amy earned a Master's of Health Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Toronto in 2017. Since graduating, she has accumulated a wide range of experience working with both children and adults in school board, school-based rehabilitation and private practice settings.
A passionate SLP with a keen interest in literacy, Amy enjoys working with individuals of all ages, and with a variety of communication challenges.
VIBUSA
Vibusa is a Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA) at The Speech Space. She completed her Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree at McMaster University in Life Sciences and then went on to complete her graduate certificate at Durham College to become a Communicative Disorders Assistant in 2020.
Vibusa has experience working and volunteering with children and adults over the past few years. While completing her placement at Grandview Children's Center, Vibusa worked with preschool and school-age children and their families to help them improve a range of communication skills, including articulation, language, cognitive communication, and executive functioning. Vibusa loves creating new and interactive therapy materials that she can both use in-person and virtually.
Vibusa is able to work with families in both English and Tamil.
VANESSA
Vanessa is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) and is certified by Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC).
Vanessa earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Linguistics from Brock University, followed by a Master of Science in Education (M.S.Ed) degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Buffalo State, obtaining certificates of excellence for both academic and clinical achievements. Her clinical experience includes consultation, assessment, and treatment of a wide range of areas of speech and language with both children and adults. She has provided communication services in school board, acute care, short-term and long-term rehabilitation, private practice, and children's treatment centre settings.
Vanessa thoroughly enjoys providing speech and language services alongside clients and their families and looks forward to working with you!
JULIANA
Juliana is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).
Juliana obtained her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Cognitive Science of Language at McMaster University. She then obtained her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Therapy at the University of Essex, UK, where she graduated with distinction.
Juliana is experienced in providing family-centered assessment and intervention in the areas of fluency (stuttering), articulation, motor speech disorders, literacy, developmental language (early-language and parent facilitation strategies), and orofacial myofunctional therapy.
Juliana speaks English and conversational Arabic.
MEGHAN
Meghan is a passionate Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA) and member of the Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada (CDAAC).
Meghan holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trent University and completed the Communicative Disorders Assistant program at Durham College. She has a diverse background as a behavioural therapist, respite worker, and early childhood education assistant.
Meghan enjoys collaborating with families and celebrating strengths to support clients in the areas of early language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), gestalt language learning, expressive and receptive language and speech sound disorders.
