MEET OUR SPEECH TEAM

Speech-Language Pathologist

Founder and Clinical Director

Rebecca received her Masters in Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto in 2007.  Rebecca started her career within the public preschool sector at Early Abilities.   A decade later, she ventured out on her own and started Bespoke Speech; a private SLP practice in midtown Toronto. 

 Rebecca has always excelled at maintaining open communication with families and believes that parent participation is a key component to building strong language and play skills in babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.  She believes a tailored approach to each family is the key in seeing positive communication change.  Rebecca's therapy passions are Late Talking Toddlers, articulation delays, and motor speech difficulties.  She has created a wealth of both in-person and virtual programming to best equip parents  in helping their Little One's communication skills soar.

 Rebecca is the proud Mama of two amazing kids who were born 19 months apart.  It was during her time on back-to-back maternity leaves that she learned quite a bit about the resources and activities available to parents and babies and when her idea of Babbling Babies® came to fruition.  She created the program in 2017, teaching her first class in her friend's living room.  Five years later, hundreds of babies have crawled through our doors.

Speech-Language Pathologist

Assessment, Therapy, and Consultation Team

Li received her Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto. Li provides her services in English and in Mandarin.  Since graduating in 2014, Li has been working with the preschool population. She began her career working at KidsAbility Centre for Child Development in Waterloo where she provided assessment and treatment as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside physiotherapists and occupational therapists. She currently splits her time working in the public sector at Early Abilities in downtown Toronto and offering private consultations and assessments to the Bespoke Speech community.

 Li's passion has always been with preschool children as she believes in the importance of early intervention and parent involvement. Li has a wonderful 3  year old daughter who keeps her busy. Li is learning how to balance working mom life with a preschooler while celebrating all the little milestones along the way. Li is determined to equip parents with the knowledge and skills to help their Little Ones reach their full communication potential. 

Speech-Language Pathologist

Assessment, Therapy, and Consultation Team

Jackie received her Masters of Health in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto.  Jackie has worked with the preschool population with Early Abilities-Preschool Speech and Language program.  For the past 14 years, Jackie has worked together with parents to provide assessment, therapy, and consultation services to young children.  She has a passion for speech sound disorders and late-talking toddlers. Jackie truly enjoys collaborating with parents to help children reach their individual speech and language goals.  

When not working, Jackie enjoys spending quality time with her three wonderful daughters, including a set of identical twins!  Being a busy mom helped her become a better therapist; particularly including the child's family in the therapy process.   She is excited to talk and play with so many families.

Speech-Language Pathologist

 Assessment, Therapy, and Consultation Team

Karen received her Masters of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto. She has over 20 years experience working in the private sector as well as in the public sector with the Early Abilities – Preschool Speech and Language Program. She has been part of multidisciplinary developmental screening and neonatal follow up teams. Karen has extensive experience working with children with delays and impairments in their language, social communication, play, literacy and speech production skills. Many of her clients have come from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. 

Several years ago, Karen took on a management position for a speech and language team, which was an exciting new opportunity in her career. Still, she missed her time spent with Little Ones and their parents, so she is thrilled to be part of the Bespoke team where she can continue to support families directly.

Karen is the proud mom of two teenaged daughters. Running a busy household helped her gain perspective on the necessity and importance of incorporating language learning into everyday moments and daily routines. She values including and empowering parents in their journey to support the growth of their children’s communication skills. 

Speech-Language Pathologist

Assessment, Therapy, and Consultation Team

Cindy received her Masters of Clinical Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Western University.  She has over 15 years of experience in the public sector with ErinoakKids Centre for Treatment and Development.  She has worked closely with families to facilitate their child’s social communication and speech and language skills.

Cindy has a passion for coaching families and working with children with Social Communication and Motor Speech difficulties.  She facilitates her client’s language, speech and social communication goals through building relationships, engaging parents and using a play-based approach.  

Cindy has two wonderful daughters who keep her busy.  As a mom and a Speech Language Pathologist, she understands the importance of being playful and how to encourage parents to follow their child’s lead.  With a warm partnership, she supports families in understanding their child’s individual strengths and differences in order to build emotional relationships that facilitate their child’s social and language development.  

Speech-Language Pathologist

Babbling Babies® Facilitator

Amanda received her Masters of Clinical Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Western University (formerly the University of Western Ontario) in London, Ontario. 

Amanda began her professional career working in the school sector at the Toronto District School Board  (TDSB). She became passionate working with Autistic students and joined the Autism Team shortly thereafter. Working in a collaborative team setting Amanda provides effective and appropriate classroom-based strategies.

Amanda has experience working in private practice supporting toddlers, preschoolers and school-aged children. She facilitates her client’s language, speech, and literacy goals with a focus on engagement through therapeutic play. 

Amanda has two amazing daughters and a son.  As a mom and SLP, she understands the importance of early language development and how interactive play can foster communication. She enjoys sharing her knowledge through Babbling Babies®. 

Communicative Disorders Assistant

Therapy Team

Bio coming soon

Communicative Disorders Assistant

Therapy Team

Stephanie has an undergraduate degree  in Speech and Language Sciences from Brock University and received her Communicative Disorder Assistant certificate at Durham College in 2010,  Stephanie has  worked within several  publicly funded Preschool Speech and Language Programs in Ontario and currently supports families at Erinoak Kids. 

Stephanie’s therapy passions are parent coaching, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), social interaction skills, language delays, and motor speech difficulties.

  Stephanie has two beautiful twins who keep her busy in her free time.  As a mom of two young children, she understands the importance of developing strong social and communication development in children while working hand-in-hand with their families.