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Applying for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) (Guest Post by Angela Muis, CDA & Brooke Rea, SLP)

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If you are interested in accessing the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) for your child, here is how you can apply, step-by-step: Families of children with childhood apraxia of speech may have expenses related to their child's speech disability such as private speech or other therapy costs. These costs can be significant and families seeking financial support to help cover these … [Read more...]

Multi-Sensory Approach to Achieving Speech Outcomes: An Interview with Dave Hammer, SLP (Guest Post)

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OPPEN CAS Interview with Dave Hammer, MA, CCC-SLP, Apraxia Expert & Director of Professional Development & Speech Services Before 2014, our Founder Brooke Rea knew very little about “multi-sensory approach” and a man who would come to change her life: David Hammer. While preparing for CASANA’s Bootcamp (Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America’s … [Read more...]

Safety of Our Children with CAS (Guest Post by Angie Muis)

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 When my daughter was little, I taught her a game plan for what to do if we ever got separated unexpectedly. We practiced how to look for a helper and what she could say so that we could be reconnected as quickly as possible. I still held her little hand in public and watched her like a hawk but I felt like if something were to ever go awry, she was well equipped. When my … [Read more...]

Be a part of the SLP Directory!

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One of our main visions at OPPENCAS is to help connect Ontario families access Ontario-based professionals who provide high-quality, evidence-driven speech therapy for children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech.  To do so, we created the SLP directory in an effort to create a one-stop tool to find qualified SLPs.  We regularly receive a number of requests to finding a SLP in … [Read more...]

The Disability Tax Credit: A Source of Financial Relief for Families (Guest Post by Marnie Loeb of Speech-Language & Audiology Canada)

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Did you know that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) offers tax breaks for families affected by speech-language disorders, such as childhood apraxia of speech? The Government of Canada created the disability tax credit (DTC) in 1988 to provide some relief for the costs associated with having a disability. A person with a severe and prolonged impairment in physical or mental … [Read more...]

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