Nichole Summerfield – M.A. SLP, Reg. CASLPO

Nichole graduated from the University of Windsor with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Honours in 2007. Throughout her undergraduate, she volunteered with the Windsor-Essex County Preschool Speech and Language Program, Talk 2 Me, where she developed a passion for early language intervention. She completed a post-bachelor program at Wayne State University and graduated with a Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology in 2010. After graduating, Nichole moved up to Sault Ste. Marie, ON to start her career with the Children’s Treatment Center. With this position, she provided speech and language services on a multi-disciplinary team for children and youth between the ages of birth to 18 years of age with a wide range of communicative needs. She also travelled to surrounding areas to provide speech and language services including Espanola and Elliot Lake, ON. Nichole moved back home in 2011, where she was a Speech-Language Pathologist for Children First, a local preschool program providing in-home visits to children and families with developmental and mental health needs. In 2013, Nichole was recruited by Talk 2 Me to work alongside the colleagues she had once volunteered with, now as a Speech-Language Pathologist. She supported families and children in the community with speech and language assessments, treatment, and consultation. Nichole provided family-centered intervention with the Talk 2 Me Preschool program for almost 10 years, until recently, when an opportunity was offered to expand her clinical skills and knowledge to school based services.

Nichole has a wide range of early language intervention Hanen certifications, including It Takes Two to Talk®, More Than Words®, Target Word®, TalkAbility®, 4 I’S to Socialize®, as well as Introduction and Bridging to PROMPT Technique.
Nichole is a registered Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).