Tara graduated from the University of Toronto in 1998 with a Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology. In addition to working in private practice, Tara has worked with the First Words Screening Clinics, Community Care Access Centre, and Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre. She has experience working with children with difficulties in the areas of phonology/articulation, receptive and expressive language, and other communication needs. Tara is experienced working with children with developmental delays and on the Autistic Spectrum. She has received additional training in the following areas:

1. Hanen parent training programs (It Takes Two to  Talk, More than Words, TalkAbility)
2. Oral Placement Therapy
3. PROMPT
4. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)

Tara can be reached at 613-762-7216 or Tara@BranchingOutTherapy.ca

Jessie Heikamp graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2013 with a Master of Clinical Science in Speech-Language Pathology. In addition to working in private practice, Jessie works at the CHEO Development & Rehabilitation (previously known as the Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre). She has experience working with children with difficulties in the areas of phonology/articulation, receptive and expressive language, motor speech, and other communication needs. Jessie is experienced working with children with developmental delays, intellectual delays, and on the Autistic Spectrum. She is a member of Speech and Audiology Canada (SAC) and Hanen. She has received additional training in the following areas:

1. PROMPT
2. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
3. Hanen parent training programs (It Takes Two to Talk, More than Words, TalkAbility)
4. Oral Placement Therapy and TalkTools
5. Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol

She can be reached at 613-888-5717 or Jessie@BranchingOutTherapy.ca

Heather graduated from Dalhousie University in 1999 with a Master in Human Communication Disorders, major in Speech-Language Pathology,  and is a member of Speech and Audiology Canada (SAC). In addition to working in private practice, Heather has done various contracts in Ottawa with school care, First Words Preschool Language Program, and First Words Screening Clinics. She has gained experience with assessing and treating children with difficulties in the areas of early language development, motor speech, articulation/phonology, receptive and expressive language. Heather is experienced working with children on the Autistic Spectrum using the FloorTime Model of Intervention.

She has also treated some developmental or acquired language-based difficulties in adults.

Heather can be reached at 613-851-5766 or Heather@BranchingOutTherapy.ca

Margaret  is a speech-language pathologist with a Masters in Health Sciences, major in Speech and Language Pathology (University of Ottawa, 1998). Margaret has extensive experience in assessing and treating language difficulties, reading and writing difficulties, executive functions, and articulation/phonological disorders in diverse populations. Before establishing her private practice, she was a Clinical Educator at the Interprofessional University Clinic in Primary Health Care at the University of Ottawa, a position she held from 2007 – 2015.  In addition to instructional responsibilities in the practical setting, she taught Masters level courses at the University of Ottawa in Anatomy and Physiology applied to Communication/Language disorders from 2006 – 2015.

Margaret’s professional career began in Los Angeles, California, where she practiced as a school-based therapist for the Beverly Hills Unified School District and as a private therapist for a clinic located in the UCLA Medical Center.

She regularly conducts workshops for schools and the Learning Disability Association of Ottawa-Carleton on topics related to learning disabilities, executive functions, and language-based difficulties in the school aged population.

Margaret can be reached at 613-863-1868 or at Margaret@BranchingOutTherapy.ca