About Us

A graduate of Auburn University and the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, Caitlin is passionate about helping others. Throughout her career, pediatrics has been her focus. She has experience in outpatient, community, and home health pediatric settings. Caitlin has been trained in the SOS Approach to feeding (an intensive feeding course centered around sensory-based feeding experiences), Beckman Oral Motor, DIRFloortime, Learning Without Tears (formerly known as Handwriting Without Tears), Sensory Integration, and more. Her passions are neurodiverity-affirming practices and using feeding therapy to create fun and positive experiences around eating for children.

In her spare time, Caitlin enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, family and friends, and two pups. You can find her drinking tea, goofing around with her daughter, or indulging in true crime shows.

Emily graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with her degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She has over ten years of experience and has worked in an elementary school, clinic setting, and home health. She has a passion for children of all ages, and is especially focused on building relationships with families, and making sure that each child’s functional needs are being addressed. Emily has worked with clients with a variety of diagnoses and needs, targeting oral motor skills, articulation and phonology, phonological awareness and literacy, receptive and expressive language, pragmatic/social language, fluency, and executive functioning.

Emily enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and her dog Florence. You can find her outside on a hike, watching her favorite sports (basketball and football), or listening to live music.

Shawna received her certification in medical assisting in 2005 and spent 15 years working in healthcare. Eight of those years were in administration before leaving healthcare in 2018 when her daughter was born. Since then, she spent a little over a year working as a preschool teacher in a mother's day out program before returning home to be with her two children. Shawna has a passion for children and helping them discover and navigate the world around them.

Shawna lives in Leander with her husband, two children, two dogs, one cat, and plenty ‘o fish! She enjoys spending time listening to audiobooks and homeschooling her children.

Julie holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, University of Minnesota, and The College of St. Catherine (now St. Catherine University), where she earned her Masters in Occupational Therapy. She has over 13 years of OT experience, primarily working with adults and children in acute and inpatient hospital settings. Julie also has pediatric OT experience in home and outpatient settings, as well as previous school experience as an elementary teacher. She is excited to transition back to working with children full-time. Julie is passionate about helping children find and develop their strengths and to know their unique values. She has experience and interest in Sensory Integration, Primitive Reflexes, Feeding, Therapeutic Listening, and Handwriting, and is looking forward to continuing to grow in these and other areas as well.

Julie grew up in Minnesota. She and her family moved to Austin about 8 years ago. She still enjoys following all of her Minnesota sports teams. In her spare time, Julie enjoys spending time with her husband, two elementary aged kids, and 2 black cats. You can usually find her out and about at her kids’ many activities, crafting on a Cricut or sewing machine, lounging with Netflix or a podcast, or taking in all that Austin has to offer.

Claudia graduated from San Jose State University with a Masters in Occupational Therapy and a minor in Atypical Child Development. She holds over 15 years of child development experience and is passionate about working with children of all ages. Claudia is certified in Handwriting Without Tears, Therapeutic Listening Program, and Astronaut Training, She has received additional training in Sensory Integration, DIR Floortime, and Bal-a-vis-x. She is currently in the process of training in Feeding Therapy: A Sensory- Motor Approach, Mastering Mastication, and Oral Placement Therapy.

Claudia recently moved to Leander from Portland, Oregon with her husband, two sons and two dogs. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring all that Austin has to offer, baking, cooking, going on walks with the family, and watching movies.

Kennedy graduated from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences with her Masters in Occupational Therapy. She has experience in outpatient settings with both children and adults and has training in DIRFlooritme. Kennedy is passionate about pediatrics and genuinely loves to build relationships with children and their families. She has an interest in Sensory Integration and is continuing to grow her knowledge in other areas of practice as well.

In her free time, Kennedy enjoys spending time with her husband and her two dogs. Kennedy loves watching tv, doing puzzles, and taking her dog on walks.

Samantha was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She received her undergraduate and master degrees from East Stroudsburg University. She enjoys working with pediatric clients and helping them develop skills to become effective communicators. She has experience in pediatric home health and in an elementary school working on articulation and phonology, expressive and receptive language, fluency, and pragmatic language. Outside of work, she spends time outside with her friends and family, including hiking and paddle boarding on the lake.

Kaiti holds an undergraduate degree from UT Austin and a graduate degree from Northwestern University. She has over 11 years of experience in the Speech Language Pathology field as a SLP-Assistant and SLP working in a variety of settings that include home health, private clinic, and schools. Kaiti has a passion for working with the pediatric population and has treated children in the areas of expressive and receptive language, fluency, articulation/phonology, pragmatic language, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and feeding. Kaiti values building relationships with the children she works with and their families through providing individualized, child-centered, neurodiversity-affirming interventions. Kaiti is PROMPT trained and is currently working toward becoming a registered Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) trained clinician soon.

Kaiti enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter Nadiya, family, friends, and two dogs. You can typically find her laughing with her daughter, watching shows/movies with her husband, trying new restaurants, or reading/watching/listening to anything true or fiction crime related.

Gabrielle graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor's in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a minor in Spanish. She received her Master's degree at the University of Texas at Austin in Speech-Language Pathology. She enjoys working with the pediatric population to develop communication skills that carryover for all communication partners. Additionally, she is passionate about providing services for a diverse population of children, bilingualism, and building relationships with families and clients. Gabrielle has experience working with children in the clinic and school setting across all ages. She has worked with clients with a variety of needs including working on: articulation and phonology, fluency, expressive and receptive language, and pragmatic/social language skills.

Gabrielle enjoys spending time with her family and friends, and her dog Enzo. You can typically find her enjoying trying new restaurants, enjoying the outdoors, or watching Netflix series!

Rebecca has a bachelors in art from UC Davis and her doctorate in Occupational Therapy from the University of St. Augustine. She has experience working with children in-clinic, but really enjoys meeting families in their home. She is passionate about neurodiversity and sensory processing education. She has a background addressing goals ranging from fine motor skills to sensory and emotional regulation with children diagnosed with Autism, Autism with a PDA profile, ADHD, OCD, Down syndrome, emotional disturbance and a history of trauma. She believes in working closely with children and their families to build an understanding of thoughts, behaviors, and patterns that lead to different dynamics within the home, school, and community environments.

When she's not working, she is taking her dog out on the trails, working out, traveling, and making art!

Megan received her Masters in Occupational Therapy from the University of Missouri. She has experience working with kids in schools, clinics, and within the home. She is passionate about integrating disability advocacy and health care. Megan aims to support families in their daily activities while empowering children to explore their neurodivergent identity and strengths. Megan values each family’s individual differences and priorities. She has experience with trauma-informed care, daily living skills, hand writing, PDA, sensory processing, executive functioning, transitioning, fine motor, visual motor integration, and more.

In her free time, Megan enjoys exploring nature, reading, running, going to escape rooms, and spending time with her husband and two pets.

Katy graduated from Auburn University with her BA in Psychology and University of Texas Medical Branch with her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy. Throughout her career, mental health and pediatrics have been her focus. She has experience in outpatient and psychiatric settings with adolescents and children. Katy is passionate about empowering children and families to find peace and purpose in their lives. She has experience with trauma-informed care, daily living skills, hand writing, sensory processing and integration, fine motor skills, visual motor integration, and more.

In her spare time, you can find Katy hiking with her pup, reading a book, or making arts and crafts.