Intensive Programs

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Language Camps

For the past 15 years, the Montreal Fluency Centre’s Summer Language Therapy Camp has provided an opportunity for children with identified language problems to receive an intensive language therapy experience in a fun, relaxed, small group format. The Camp is run by our centre’s fully qualified speech-language pathologists assisted by a student aide/counselor. This program is organized around a different, exciting theme every week, including activities to enhance the following skills:

1. Listening & Attention
2. Understanding of Oral Language
3. Expressive Language
4. Social Language
5. Reading

Below is a list of some camp specifics. For a more detailed outline of camp information or for a registration form, please refer to our Language Camp Brochure (PDF) or call Karen Evans

  • Parents receive weekly progress reports.
  • 2008 English sessions only
  • Choice of 2 X 2 week sessions: July 7– July 10, 2008; July 14-17, 2008; July 21-24, 2008; July 28-31, 2008 at $350/week
  • The camp runs Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  • Minimum of a 2-week session
  • Suitable for children Ages 4 to entering grade 1
  • 5 children per group
  • Daily snack time (snacks provided by parents)
  • Location: The Montreal Oral School for the Deaf (4670 Ste. Catherine W. Westmount, Quebec)

Additional sessions will be provided by qualified instructors and will enrich each child’s communicative experience with:

  • Music
  • Movement (balance, dance, rhythm and coordination)

Fundamentals for Literacy Enhancement (FLITE) - Intensive Reading and Writing Programs (Summer 2008)

Two groups currently being offered: (click to download brochure)

FLITE 1A
• Students going into Grade 4 or 5
• Focus on the basics of phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, spelling, and sentence writing; intro to narrative structure
• Two weeks: July 14 and 21, Monday to Thursday 9:00 to Noon (total 24 hours)
• Screening required prior to enrollment ($95 fee)
• Maximum 5 students

FLITE 1B
• Students going into Grade 5 or 6
• Focus on applying reading and spelling skills, and writing paragraphs and narratives
• Two weeks: August 18 and 25, Monday to Thursday 9:00 to Noon (total 24 hours)
• Screening required prior to enrollment ($95 fee)
• Maximum 5 students

Flite 2A:
• Students going into grade 5 or 6
• Focus on understanding what you read and developing writing skills (story, paragraph, and book report)
• Two weeks: July 28 and Aug. 4 (Monday to Friday, 9 - noon)
• Screening required prior to enrollment ($95 fee)
• Maximum 5 students

Flite 2B:
• Students going into grade 7 or 8
• Focus on understanding what you read and developing writing skills (narrative, paragraph, and essay)
• Two weeks: Aug. 11 and Aug. 18 (Monday to Friday, 1 – 4 pm)
• Screening required prior to enrollment ($95 fee)
• Maximum 5 students

Fee (either group): $800* (includes materials)

To register or get more information, please call:
Marlene Desjardins, PhD
514-489-4320, extension 230

The Montreal Fluency Centre is a not-for-profit organization and can offer bursaries for programme fees.

* Fee subject to change if enrollment is less than 5 students; programme subject to cancellation if enrollment is too low.

English Reading Groups - Spring Reading Camp

Sign up for the Spring Reading Camp at the Montreal Fluency Centre. Click here for flyer.

About the camp:

  • Intensive 8-week English program, focusing on improving phonological awareness, phonics, reading and spelling, using an effective language-based approach.
  • Run by Speech Language Pathologists from the Montreal Fluency Centre using research-based methods.
  • For students entering Grade 3 or 4 in September 2008.
  • Maximum of 4 students per group.
  • The Montreal Fluency Centre is a not for profit organisation and can offer bursaries for screening and camp fees.

Fees include:

  • Parent training session
  • Home programming
  • Checklist reports

* Call Lorraine for infomation.

French Groups

Preschool Social Language Group

The Montreal Fluency Centre’s Preschool Social Language Group is an 8-week program which focuses on improving the children’s social communication skills in a fun and natural environment. A series of activities are centered around a new theme each week.
Group goals include:
- Attention
- Listening
- Turn-taking
- Appropriate Eye-contact
- Following Instructions
- Establishing and Maintaining a Topic
- Repairing Communication Breakdown
- Asking for and Giving Information
- Initiating Play with Peers
- Playing Appropriately with Others
For more information about this program or to register your child into an upcoming group, please contact Yael Shaffir at the Montreal Fluency Centre, 514-489-4320.