Ian Roth is a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Red Oak Centre. He has spent much of his career supporting children with Autism and social communication challenges. Ian teaches children and their caregivers the skills that allow them to interact effectively with the people in their lives and to enjoy- and maximise their social activities. Ian works closely with his clients’ caregivers, educators and other supporting clinicians with the goal of helping children to use their skills flexibly with various people across different environments. 

In addition to his clinical work, Ian provides professional education and training to clinicians (ECHO Autism, More Than Words®, and Social ABCs™) and students (University of Toronto, McMaster University, Georgian College). Ian is the co-developer of ASD PlayDate, an app that helps families of Autistic children arrange and carry out successful play dates.

Ian reserves a number of spaces on his caseload for families who have received Ontario Autism Program (OAP) funding.

Ian graduated from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at University of Toronto in 2000 and he holds a status-only Lecturer appointment to that program. Ian was the 2022 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at University of Toronto.