Speech Language Pathologist Koreen Wegner Enhances Communication Skills with students

Kapawe’no First Nation – Koreen works with our children at Kapawe’no Nêhiyawak School to help them improve their SPEECH (how they say their sounds); LANGUAGE (how they understand and use words and share ideas); FLUENCY (helping them make their speech as smooth as possible vs. stuttering); SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (how to make and keep friends); COGNITION (how your child follows directions, processes language and uses their memory) and COMMUNICATION MODALITIES (some children do not use their voice to communicate and need other ways to communicate through the use of pictures and technology).

Personal Bio:

Koreen Wegner is a Registered Speech-Language Pathologist based out of Edmonton, Alberta. She completed her Masters Degree at the University of Alberta and has had 24 years of clinical experience.

Koreen began her career working for Westview Community Health Services based out of Spruce Grove, Alberta in which she was responsible for 12 schools in the area. Once she had the first of her two daughters, she began a Private Practice. In 2004, she co-founded/owned and directed Innovative Intervention Services Incorporated, a company that supports severely impacted children and their families with a varied array of Diagnosis (Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Apraxia, Rare Chromosomal Anomalies, Global Developmental Delays) requiring intensive intervention from a specialized team of Psychologists, Occupational therapists, Physical Therapists and Speech-Language Pathologists. Koreen has developed a passion for working with children with oral motor challenges/Apraxia of Speech and providing care and attention to give non-verbal children a voice through augmentative and alternative technology. Koreen is also a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Panel that advises in decision making for the Family Supports for Children with Disabilities Program (FSCD). Over the last 3 years she has discovered a passion for traveling to and building relationships directly with First Nations.