Online Courses Coming Soon!
WELL SAID online courses coming soon! Learn about upcoming digital learning opportunities for adult speech, voice, and professional communication skills.
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Deciphering Intentions Behind Communication
How do you decipher intentions behind communication? Learn to read between the lines, understand implicit messages, and navigate complex workplace interactions.
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10 Quick Tips To Better Listening At Work
What are 10 quick tips to better listening at work? Learn active listening techniques, focus strategies, and skills to improve comprehension in professional settings.
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The Power Of Pausing
What is the power of pausing in speech? Learn how strategic silence enhances clarity, emphasis, and professional impact in presentations and conversations.
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Communication And Control In The Time Of Coronavirus
How do communication and control intersect during coronavirus? Learn about maintaining agency, voice, and connection during times of uncertainty and isolation.
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How To Communicate In The Workplace
How do you communicate effectively in the workplace? Learn essential professional communication skills, common challenges, and strategies for workplace success.
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May Is Speech And Hearing Month!
What is Speech and Hearing Month? WELL SAID celebrates May awareness of communication disorders and the importance of speech-language pathology for adults.
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The Art Of Concision
What is the art of concision in communication? Learn techniques to express ideas clearly and briefly—essential for effective professional speaking and writing.
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What Is Vocal Hygiene? and How to Care for your Voice
What is vocal hygiene? Discover essential habits to protect your voice, prevent hoarseness, and maintain healthy voice use for work and daily life.
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Flow And Vibration
What are flow and vibration in voice production? Learn about airflow, vocal fold oscillation, and the fundamental physics that create sound for speech.
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Communicating Effectively With Video Conferencing
How do you communicate effectively with video conferencing? Learn techniques for clear speaking, engagement, and professional presence in virtual meetings.
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Saying Goodbye To Our S-LP Students
WELL SAID says goodbye to speech-language pathology students. Reflections on clinical placements, learning, and training future SLPs in adult communication.
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Office Expansion Complete
WELL SAID office expansion complete! Learn about new clinical spaces, improved accessibility, and enhanced services for adult speech therapy clients.
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Vocal Fry: Are You Frying?
What is vocal fry and are you using it? WELL SAID explores this voice quality—creaky voice—its effects on communication, and when it might be problematic.
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Finally A Formal Introduction – Anna Pasternak, M.Sc.
Meet Anna Pasternak, M.Sc., speech-language pathologist at WELL SAID. Learn about her clinical background, specializations, and approach to adult speech therapy.
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Introducing Another S-LP Student Clinician: Jennifer Smith
Meet Jennifer Smith, SLP student clinician at WELL SAID. Learn about student placements, clinical training, and how students support adult speech therapy services.
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Meet your S-LP Student Clinician: Michelle Simmons
Meet Michelle Simmons, SLP student clinician at WELL SAID. Learn about the student supervision model and how future SLPs gain experience in adult communication.
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A Bit About Stuttering
What is stuttering? A brief introduction to fluency disorders—types of disfluencies, causes, and how stuttering affects communication in children and adults.
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New Year, New Speech Therapy Tools!
What are new speech therapy tools for the new year? WELL SAID introduces updated resources, techniques, and approaches for adult communication goals.
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Weekly Home Practice
Why is weekly home practice important? Learn how consistent between-session practice accelerates speech therapy progress and makes changes automatic for adults.
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Intersection of Cochlear implants and English as a L2
How do cochlear implants and English as a second language intersect? Learn about pronunciation challenges and communication strategies for adult CI users learning English.
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Updates from our Fall 2019 PD Day
WELL SAID Fall 2019 professional development updates. Team training, clinical learning, and continuing education for speech-language pathologists.
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Your Guide to Recent Changes at the Well Said Clinic
What are recent changes at WELL SAID clinic? Learn about service updates, team additions, and improvements in adult speech therapy offerings.
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Why You May Have to Repeat Yourself
Why do you have to repeat yourself? Learn about intelligibility, clarity factors, and how articulation affects whether others understand you the first time.
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Ways to Practice your New Skills
What are ways to practice your new communication skills? Learn effective practice strategies, integration techniques, and how to make therapy carryover to real life.
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Managing Conflict in Three Approaches
How do you manage conflict? Learn three approaches—avoidance, accommodation, collaboration—and when each communication style is most effective at work.
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The Value of IPA in Accent Training
What is the value of IPA in accent training? Learn how the International Phonetic Alphabet helps adults learn precise pronunciation and modify accents effectively.
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How to Find a Speech-Language Pathologist
How do you find a speech-language pathologist? Learn about credentials, specializations, finding the right SLP match, and what to look for in adult therapy.
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Four Ways Speech Therapy Is Like Learning To Swim
How is speech therapy like learning to swim? Explore parallels in skill development, practice, muscle memory, and gradual progress toward communication goals.
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The Four Components of Your Running Speech
What are the four components of running speech? Learn about articulation, resonance, voice, and fluency—and how they combine for effective communication.
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Pronouncing a Sound You Can’t Hear
We often work with people who know that they have trouble with certain sounds, but who say they don’t hear the difference between their version and the “correct” version. How can they learn to say what they can’t even hear? We often work with people who know that they have trouble with certain sounds, but who say they don’t hear the difference between their version and the “correct” version. How can they learn to say what they can’t even hear?
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Remembering the Essential Partnership
What is the essential partnership in speech therapy? Learn about the collaborative relationship between clinician and client that drives successful outcomes.
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Making the Most of Your Initial Consultation
How do you make the most of your initial consultation? Tips for preparing questions, sharing concerns, and getting the most from your first speech therapy visit.
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The 2019 OSLA Voice Symposium
WELL SAID at the 2019 OSLA Voice Symposium. Learn about professional development, voice research, and advancements in voice therapy for adults.
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Making Your Stutter a Part of Your Personal Brand
How do you make stuttering part of your personal brand? Learn about embracing fluency differences and turning stuttering into a unique aspect of identity.
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Make a Great First Impression
How do you make a great first impression? Learn about communication skills, vocal presence, body language, and strategies for memorable introductions.
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The Four Hats of a Speech-Language Pathologist
What are the four hats of a speech-language pathologist? Learn about the roles SLPs play—clinician, educator, consultant, advocate—in adult therapy.
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The Happy Medium Between Passivity and Aggressiveness
What is the happy medium between passivity and aggressiveness? Learn about assertive communication as the balanced approach to professional interaction.
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How a Speech Therapist Can Help You If Your Loved One Has Aphasia
How can a speech therapist help if your loved one has aphasia? Learn about communication strategies, caregiver training, and support for families.
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Fallacies You Didn’t Know Your Mind Was Committing
Cognitive fallacies are unfounded and inaccurate thoughts that taint and twist our understanding of reality. These beliefs take root in our minds through our subjective experiences and reinforce negative thoughts and emotions, which add greater negativity to our self-perception. Here are the four cognitive fallacies that you didn’t realize your mind might be committing.
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Comparing the Two Main Practice Standards in Healthcare
What are the two main practice standards in healthcare? Compare evidence-based practice and client-centered care in speech-language pathology for adults.
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Prosody: The Music of Language
What is prosody—the music of language? Learn about rhythm, stress, intonation, and how melodic patterns convey meaning and emotion in speech.
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How to Keep It Simple and Concise
How do you keep communication simple and concise? Learn editing strategies, clear language techniques, and brevity skills for professional speaking and writing.
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Understanding Stuttering and the Humans Living With It
What does understanding stuttering and the humans living with it mean? A humanistic perspective on fluency disorders and the lived experience of adults who stutter.
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Personal vs. Professional Voice: 5 Tips for Finding Balance between “the codes”
How do you balance personal vs. professional voice? Learn 5 tips for code-switching between authentic self-expression and workplace communication expectations.
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4 Things People Call Speech-Language Pathologists & the one thing you must not call us
What do people call speech-language pathologists? Learn correct terminology—SLP, speech therapist—and outdated terms to avoid when seeking services.
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15 of the Most Difficult Words to Pronounce in Toronto – Update 2021
What are the most difficult words to pronounce in Toronto? Updated 2021 list of challenging Canadian place names, streets, and local terms for newcomers.
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