Connie Taras-Gold, M.S.

Connie Taras-Gold is a Registered Speech Language Pathologist (Reg. CASLPO) with over 30 years working experience. She received her B.A. Honours Psychology from McGill University and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Purdue University.

Connie has extensive experience assessing and treating children and youth with concomitant speech & language and behavior & emotional difficulties such as ADHD, ASD, Depression and Anxiety. For over 25 years, Connie worked as a Speech Language Pathologist at Thistletown Regional Centre. She consults to Children’s Mental Health and Health Facilities around the GTA, including (1) the Multidisciplinary team at Anishnwabe Health Centre, assessing children and youth for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; and, (2) the Neonatal Intensive Care (NICU) Follow-Up Unit at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, assessing babies, toddlers and young children. 

Connie is a Faculty Lecturer in the Master of Management and Professional Accounting (MMPA) program at the University of Toronto, where she teaches the Interactive Communications Skills course to international students. The course is designed to address the speech and language skills required for foreign language speakers to feel more comfortable and competent in both their business and personal interactions with an emphasis on improving their production of the sounds, rhythm and intonation of the English language.

In private practice, Connie works with children, youth and young adults with articulation, speech, and fluency issues, as well as Language Learning Disabilities and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Additionally, Connie works with adults where English is a second language on speech competency.