Current Problem: Speech Therapy Availability is scarce, and students often have to wait long periods to receive the services they need.

For example:

  1. 70-80% of Speech Therapy Clinics, both private and outpatient, have waitlists of up to 6 months before patients can start receiving speech therapy services. This mainly affects high-demand clinics that accept insurance, but it also impacts private-pay clinics due to high demand.

  2. Public School services for speech therapy under special education services is also a long wait time for students to even tested. Again, because of the high volume of referrals. With all the guidelines public schools have to follow and the high number of referrals, it is taking some students (both enrolled and community students) over 6 months to a year to get tested and start receiving special education services, such as speech therapy, once they have been determined to qualify.

Easy Solution: where private daycares, preschool, and elementary schools can help:

  1. Find an (In-House) Speech Pathologist who will come to your facility to directly serve your students in need.

  2. This will help your students receive immediate services vs long wait periods.

  3. Speech services are provided directly during their school day, so parents do not have to worry about transporting them to and from school after work.

  4. Can be offered as a Bonus community service that parents will love.

  5. Bottom line, you are helping your students get the speech and language support they need to be effective communicators to talk and understand language in a school setting.

BENEFITS FOR On-Site Speech Therapy at PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS:

  • Ability to provide students and families with a critical service and resource that happens at school and during their school day.

  • This saves parents from having to:

    • Find a qualified and skilled speech pathologist/ clinic on their own.

    • Drive their child to and from speech therapy, after school, or work.

    • Be placed on a waitlist before they can start speech therapy (most speech clinics in Atlanta have waitlists with an average wait time of 2-6 months).

Bring On-Site Speech Therapy to Your School
Bring On-Site Speech Therapy to Your School

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE SERVICES AVAILABLE: 

  • All direct speech services happen on-site at his/her day-care/pre-school.

  • Initial speech screenings to determine if student is in need of speech therapy or if preforming in the average range, as compared to same age peers.

  • Speech evaluations, if further information is needed after screening.  

  • Direct parent consultations, review testing, service frequency, and questions, as needed.

  • Individualized speech and language treatment plans with goals and objectives.

  • Speech Therapy sessions provided during the school day.

  • Teacher consultations for classroom speech strategies. 

  • Consistent Parent Communication: After each speech session, parents receive a brief text or email (depending on preference) with session notes, including progress and resources for extra repetition (digital and paper).

  • SLP can help educate staff and teachers about speech developmental norms and signs to help identify students who may be exhibiting red flags for speech delays. 

  • Enhanced early literacy and communication skills 

  • No added workload for school, everything taken care of by Kendrick Speech Therapy, LLC.

    • Just open, say yes to helping your students, give parents our flyers with details, and we will take care of the rest!

      • I say this confidently because I am currently doing this with a Buckhead preschool, which has been tremendously successful, and parents are so happy it is available on campus.

Kendrick Facebook Page: See reak-life videos of daily speech sessions
Kendrick Facebook Page: See reak-life videos of daily speech sessions

Certifications & Licenses

  • 17 years of experience as a licensed SLP.

  • Currently in my 2nd successful year providing skilled speech and language services at an established, reputable preschool in Buckhead that continues to grow.

  • Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).

  • Georgia State License in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the Georgia Board of Professional Licensing.

  • Georgia Educator State License.

  • Orton-Gillingham: I hold an Associate Level of Certification, allowing me to work as an OG practitioner in one-on-one intervention or remedial settings.

  • My clinical experience, education, and resume are available on my LinkedIn profile.

Logo of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) with a stylized speech bubble and sound waves