Literacy support and speech therapy services for the Sunshine Coast and online
Speech, Reading, Writing & Spelling Support
When speech, reading, or spelling isn't coming easily, it can be hard to know what kind of help your child needs.
Passage Speech Therapy provides individualized assessment and therapy for children with speech sound, phonological awareness, reading, spelling, and language difficulties.
Serving families in Gibsons, Roberts Creek, Sechelt, and Halfmoon Bay, and Pender Harbour.
Is your child struggling with…
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Maybe your child's speech is still difficult to understand, or certain sounds aren't developing as expected.
Speech-language assessment can help determine what is making speech difficult and what kind of support is appropriate.
Speech sound assessment & therapy may help.
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Maybe your child knows their letters but struggles to sound out words, recognize patterns, or make progress with reading.
Speech and language skills—including phonological awareness and the ability to work with the sounds in words—play an important role in learning to read.
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Spelling and writing can remain surprisingly difficult for some children even when their ideas, intelligence and oral communication seem strong.
Assessment can help identify underlying speech, language and phonological skills that may be contributing to difficulty with spelling and written language.
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You don't need to know whether your child's difficulty is related to speech, language, phonological awareness, dyslexia, or something else before contacting Passage.
You can start by telling me:
what you've noticed
what your child's teacher has noticed
what you've already tried
what you're concerned about
Together, we can determine whether an SLP assessment would be helpful and what the next step might be.
What We Do
Our interventions are designed for children (and adults) who:
Have challenges with verbal or written expression
Have been diagnosed with dyslexia or another language-based learning difference
Find themselves missing the message sometimes
Struggle with phonemic awareness, decoding, or fluency
Read below grade level despite adequate classroom instruction
Show gaps between verbal ability and reading/writing performance
Have tried other tutoring or reading programs without lasting progress
Are seeking evaluation or support after a teacher or pediatrician raised concerns
You don't need a formal diagnosis to get started. Many families come to us simply because learning has become a source of frustration, avoidance, or tears at home — and that's reason enough to seek support.
Literacy matters — so does appropriate support.
Certified and regulated qualifications — Feel confident in the experience and expertise of the clinician helping you.
True 1:1 Instruction — No group dilution. Every session is built around one learner.
Data-Driven, Not Guesswork — Decisions are based on ongoing assessment, not a fixed pacing guide.
Partnership With Families & Schools — We communicate regularly with parents and, when helpful, coordinate with classroom teachers or school support teams.
A Focus on Confidence, Not Just Skills — Many struggling readers carry real anxiety and shame around reading. We work to rebuild self-trust alongside decoding skills.
Request a Consultation
Complete the form to inquire about the process.