Karen Manchur, M.S. R-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Karen Manchur is the recipient of the Horizon Award from the Alberta College of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA) for clinical excellence in the field of speech language pathology. Karen graduated from the University of Minot in North Dakota with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Services and a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology. She joined Khan Communication Services in 2004. Karen is part of the Khan Leadership Team and provides consultation on technology, services, and presentations.
Karen has familiarity working with a variety of cultures including Aboriginal and Métis communities, and has a special interest in providing services to children with special needs, specifically autism. She has experience providing assessment and treatment services in homes and schools, via videoconferencing, and in healthcare settings. Through these experiences, she has developed an understanding of current health and educational placements and funding, such as PUF and FSCD funded programs. Karen primarily works with preschoolers and children of early elementary school age, but has provided services to children up to the ninth grade. She has specific interest and training in speech motor disorders such as apraxia. Karen has designed training and treatment protocols for aides. She enjoys the challenge of expanding her expertise and has attended:
The Basic Course on the DIR®/Floortime™ Model - Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
Regulatory Sensory Processing Disorders as taught by Rosemary White, OTR/L and Stanley I. Greenspan, M.D.
Making Friends and Managing Emotions - Carol Grey and Dr. Tony Attwood
Ongoing attendance at provincial and national speech-language pathology conferences.
Karen has also achieved certifications in:
It Takes Two to Talk - the Hanen Program for Parents
PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System)
PROMPT (Prompts for Restructing Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) - advanced training
More Than Words - The Hanen Program for Parents of Children with Autism