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Kindrey is a 6-time nominee for Health Care Provider of the Year, Awards of Excellence in Brain Injury Rehabilitation.  Kindrey is a dedicated community Speech-Language Pathologist with 30 years of experience helping people communicate following acquired brain injury through her private practice, the Orangeville Speech & Language Clinic.  She is a collaborative and dedicated team member with a “can do” approach to rehabilitation.  Kindrey focuses on helping people living with ABI create rich and meaningful lives.  

Kindrey is deeply passionate about supporting people living with ABI in her community.  She is a founding member and serves as Co-chair of the Headwaters Acquired Brain Injury Group (HABI), a support group for people living with ABI and their families under the umbrella of the Ontario Brain Injury Association. Kindrey received special recognition from the Mayor of Orangeville for her outstanding volunteerism with this group.  

Kindrey recently provided mentorship to launch the newest OBIA support group in the Grey Bruce area as well as participating as a volunteer to create the Peel Halton Dufferin ABI Pathway. 

Kindrey also supports the brain injury community through her volunteer work with the Acquired Brain Injury Interest Group for Speech-Language & Audiology Canada, which she chaired from 2012 to 2018.  In this role,she led the group to:

As a committed educator, Kindrey serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct) at McMaster University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences.  She is a clinical supervisor for Speech-Language Pathology Master’s students and she has mentored over 100 local student volunteers who are interested in learning more about SLP and cognitive–communication. Kindrey has presented on topics such as assistive technology, social communication strategies, return to school following ABI, and strategies for communication following concussion.

Kindrey’s clinical team has earned numerous accolades, including the Reader’s Choice “Best Speech Therapy Services” in Dufferin County for five consecutive years.  

Kindrey provides functional, community based services to children and adults living with acquired brain injury in Dufferin, Grey Bruce, Wellington, Peel and South Simcoe.

Credentials

Regulated Health Care professional in good standing.

Has been practicing since 1996

Language(s)

English

Treatments

Will perform in home treatment.

I treat the following age groups: Minor (under 18), Adult (18-64), Senior (65+)

I treat the following injuries: Brain Injury

Region(s) of service

Greater Toronto Area, Bruce Peninsula, Southern Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe, HPW: Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington, York, Durham and Hills of Headwaters

I have worked with the following lawyers:

Michael Bennett, Stephen Birman, Deanna Gilbert, Carr Hatch, Lucy Jackson, Darcy Merkur, Aleks Mladenovic, Stacey Stevens, Matthew Sutton, Alice Xiao