Child Development Centre Of Oakville

Marie Heintzman, M.S., Aud (C)
Executive Director, Child Development Centre of Oakville

Registered Audiologist

Marie is a cofounder and Director of the Child Development Centre of Oakville. She has an undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology and a Masters Degree in Audiology from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Her previous positions included Head, Dept. of Audiology, Kingston General Hospital, Head Audiologist, Surrey Place Centre, Toronto, cofounder and Partner, Hearing Health Care Consultant Group, Toronto, and past President, NTA Enterprises Inc. Toronto.

Marie has extensive experience with special needs children and a special interest in children with central auditory processing disorders and learning difficulties. Professionally she has served on:

• The Executive of the Ontario Association of Speech and Language Pathology and Audiology as President, Past President, and the chair of numerous committees
• The Executive of the Canadian Association of Speech Pathology and Audiology as Treasurer and chair of the Audiology Certification Exam Committee
• The Board of Directors of the Canadian Hearing Society, and
• The Professional Advisory Committee of the Speech Foundation of Ontario.

Marie, is certified by Scientific Learning Corporation to run the Fast ForWord program, a remedial program aimed at language-learning impaired children.

Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, Education Consultant

Tracie is a cofounder and Director of the Child Development Centre of Oakville, and founder and President of Four Points. Tracie received her undergraduate degree with a Specialist in Psychology and a minor in Linguistics from the University of Toronto. She attended the University of British Columbia for her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology and later attended Brock University where she completed a Master of Education in Curriculum.

Tracie is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a special interest in serving children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). She has extensive experience in the assessment, design, and implementation of intervention strategies to address communication skills, social skills, and curriculum difficulties for children with ASD. Tracie offers the following services:

• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of  Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD--Autism, PDD-NOS, Asperger's Syndrome) and related disorders
• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of language-learning disabilities
• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of speech and language delays for pre-school and school-age children
• Augmentative communication services (Individual Authorizer through the Assistive Devices Program -- ADP)
• Parent/family and classroom-team education
• Clinical Educator for SLP and CDA (Communication Disorders Assistant) students
• Supervision of staff SLPs
• Team consultation as part of Multi-disciplinary assessments/treatment

As well, Tracie is the founder and Director of Four Points, a business devoted to providing intensive behavioural intervention (IBI or ABA) for individuals with ASD.  As well, Four Points assists families in meeting their supervision obligations for ABA programs and will assist in therapist training . Tracie presently holds the following licenses/registrations:

• Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, #2693, College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO)
• Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, #326, New Brunswick Speech Association
• Registered Speech-Language Pathologist, Saskatchewan Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (SASLPA)
• Registered Individual Authorizer, Assistive Devices Program (ADP), Ministry of Health

Tracie presently is a member of:

• Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA)
• Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA)
• Ontario Association for Behaviour Analysis (ONTABA), an Affiliate Chapter of the Association for Behaviour Analysis International

Tracie's publications include:

• Communication and Asperger Syndrome: The speech-language pathologist's role . In Children, Youth and Adults with Asperger Syndrome: Integrating Multiple Perspectives, Kevin P. Stoddart (Ed.), 2005, Jessica Kingsley Publishers: London
• Book Review, “Making A Difference: Behavioral Intervention for Autism”, Maurice et al., in Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology (JSLPA ), 2002.
• “Navigating the Special Education System in Ontario : A Handbook for Parents of children with Autism/PDD ”, contributory author, 1st and 2nd editions, Autism Society Ontario.
• “Intensive Early Intervention Programs for children Diagnosed with a Pervasive Developmental Disorder”, proposal written and presented to the Ministry of Education and Training Advisory Committee on Special Education on behalf of the Autism Society Ontario