Meet Serena
& Kayla!
Two colleagues with a passion for speech & language, Serena and Kayla met at the University of Toronto where they were studying Linguistics. Fast forward many years later - they decided to partner to open ‘Sparks of Speech’ to provide speech and language services in the Durham Region. They are both professional, but fun and energetic and are looking forward to meeting you!
Serena Appalsamy
Speech Language Pathologist
Serena Appalsamy B.A., MSP, S-LP (Reg. CASLPO) is a Speech Language Pathologist and co-founder of Sparks of Speech. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psycholinguistics at the University of Toronto and received further training at University of Queensland, obtaining a Masters in Speech Language Pathology. She is currently a registered Speech Language Pathologist with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO).
Serena works within a pediatric population and provides services for early language development, articulation and phonological delays, motor speech disorders, voice, lisps, literacy, social skills and stuttering. She is also PROMPT and Orton-Gillingham trained. Serena takes pride in working closely with clients and their families using a holistic approach to discover their communication needs and goals to achieve the best results.
Kayla Collymore
Communicative Disorders Assistant
Kayla Collymore HBSc., CDA, Reg. CDAAC is a Speech Therapy Assistant / Communicative Disorders Assistant and co-founder of Sparks of Speech who has experience providing speech and language therapy to children and adults with varying abilities. She holds an Honours BSc. in Linguistics & Psychology from the University of Toronto and furthered her education with a graduate certificate in Communicative Disorders from Durham College. Kayla is registered with the Communicative Disorders Assistant Association of Canada (CDAAC).
Kayla has a passion for removing communication barriers across the lifespan and loves working with children. She believes in using evidence-based practice to help individuals reach their communicative potential and strives to tailor therapy to meet each child’s goals in a fun and creative way. Kayla has experience in articulation and language, speech sound and phonological processing disorders, early language development, total communication, ASL, parent training, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and literacy.