Jennifer Kentner, B.A., CDA – Speech Therapist
Jennifer Kentner is a Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA) who is a member with the Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada and Speech-Language & Audiology Canada. She works primarily with the preschool and school-aged population. She graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Arts and Georgian College with her post-graduate diploma as a CDA.
Jennifer is originally from a small farming community in southern Ontario, however has lived in Guelph since she moved to the area for University, and just recently moved to Centre Wellington for a quieter lifestyle that she has always loved.
Jenn uses a family-centred approach and has worked for over 17 years in the Fergus and Elora regions in clinic, home, and daycare/school settings.
Through her experience, she has worked with a variety of developmental and acquired speech, language and communication difficulties, including preschool speech and language development, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Down Syndrome, stuttering, cleft lip and palate, motor speech disorders, and complex communication needs. Jennifer prides herself on a family centered and developmental treatment approach to meet the needs of the client, with specific training in DIR/Floortime™ & Shanker Self-Reg® (Level 2). Jennifer has also had ongoing training and education from The Hanen Centre® (It Takes Two to Talk™, More Than Words™, SPARK Communication™, Teaching Tuning-In™), and The Speech & Stuttering Institute.
