Therapy Essentials and Services was founded by Hiruni Kalansuriyage, Speech- Language Pathologist who has been working with both children and adults since started her career in 2014. Hiruni has also worked cross-culturally in both south and south-east Asia with groups ranging from toddlers to geriatric population. She has extensive experience in the areas of Delayed speech and Language, Autism, Articulation Disorders, Childhood stammering etc. She became a Hanen Cerified (Canada) SLP for 'it takes two to talk' in the year of 2017 and also a PROMPT (USA) trained SLP who works hands on with Dyspraxia and Childhood Dysarthria. Hiruni has undergone a range of specialist trainings including in Multisensory approach for Feeding by TalkTools (USA), VFSS training, Behavioral modification, Sensory integration.
After completing her graduation in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology from University of Bangalore. India, She finished her clinical internship in several Hospitals, Special needs schools, Early intervention and Rehabilitation centres in India. With the experience, she gained after working in a leading Hospital in Sri Lanka and as a SLP in a leading Special Needs School in Colombo, Sri Lanka, She relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to work in a specialized Speech Therapy centre for Children.
Hiruni regularly writes web articles on topics related to professional areas and interested in raising awareness particularly on Speech and language disorders.