| About
Tamara Long graduated from McGill
University’s School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
with the experience of having treated children and adults
who stutter at the American Institute of Stuttering in New
York City. While there, she worked with clients in both the
intensive group format and individually. Subsequently, she
worked at the Mackay Rehabilitation Center in Montreal. She
evaluated and treated children aged 18 months to nine years
of age who presented with a large variety of communication
disorders including: expressive and receptive language
delays and disorders, SLI/dysphasia, articulation and
phonological disorders, stuttering, motor speech disorders,
children who had suffered strokes, children with various
syndromes and children who presented with global
developmental delay. Recently, Tamara had been practicing
privately in Montreal.
Tamara has specific training in the Lidcombe
Programme for treating stuttering in children and in the DIR/Floortime
Approach to Play Therapy, widely used with children whose language
skills are underdeveloped and children diagnosed with autism and
related disorders. As well, she is very interested in the assessment
and treatment of motor speech disorders and has attended training on
applying the principles of motor learning to the treatment of
developmental apraxia of speech. |
