Speech Therapy in Atlanta

Meet  Maddy!

Maddy chose a career in speech therapy to help others communicate with loved ones. She has always been passionate about problem solving to accomplish goals.

Background: Maddy received her bachelors and masters degrees at universities in Florida. She has lived in Atlanta since 2017, working to find children’s strengths to best communicate.

Continued Education: Maddy completed the Meaningful Speech course in 2022 to help gestalt language processors achieve spontaneous communication using a natural language acquisition approach. Her areas of expertise include early language, gestalt language processing, AAC, articulation, and more.

Are you frustrated with speech therapy that doesn’t align with your child’s learning stlye?

Find a therapist that focuses on connecting with your child and sets them up for confident communication.

Meet  Maggie!

Maggie has experience treating clients of all ages, across a variety of populations, for a range of speech, language, and feeding disorders. Maggie enjoys making therapy play-based and functional to meet the needs of all client and family interests. Neuro-affirming care and child-led therapy are at the core of Maggie’s therapeutic approach.

Her specializes in feeding, gestalt language processing, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) 

Maggie has experience working with software companies such as Dynavox, PRC, and Saltillo to obtain devices for children, as well as ongoing therapeutic use of a variety of devices.

Maggie’s favorite part about the field is the connections she makes with clients and their families! In her spare time, Maggie enjoys fostering dogs, reading, exercising, getting outdoors, and spending time with friends.

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Continued Education: Maggie is trained multiple feeding approaches including, CAN-EAT approach, AEIOU approach (acceptance, exposure, independence, observation and understanding for integrated treatment of infants and young children with challenging feeding disorders using sensory, oral motor, biomedical and environmental strategies), Get Permission™ approach, Lori Overland’s TalkTools® Feeding Therapy: A Sensory-Motor Approach and Feeding and Swallowing Disorders in Infancy: Assessment and Management.

Maggie is trained in Meaningful Speech™

  • Therapy

    1: Consultation and intake

    2: Formal or informal evaluation

    3: Review, goal selection & therapy sessions

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  • Programs

    Our programs are designed for busy parents, offering weekly e-mail based recommendations to address a variety of speech and language needs, including early development and gestalt language processing. Receive tailored suggestions to support your child.

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  • 1:1 Coaching

    Virtual coaching sessions for parents or therapists. We offer expertise to address speech & language milestones and strategies to improve development.

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What Therapy Looks Like

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    Style

    Connection Based: therapy is child-led and includes your child’s interests. This increases motivation and carryover tenfold.

    Neurodiversity affirming: understands learning differences and builds on a child’s strengths.

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    Setting

    Clinic Space: interactive clinic space with sensory in mind

    School Based: in surrounding neighborhoods including Edgewood, Inman Park, Virginia Highlands, Buckhead, Druid Hills, etc.

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    Teamwork

    Therapy is a team effort. SLP’s earned a masters degree in communication, but a family is the expert of a child. We involve family whenever possible to ensure the most effective therapy possible.

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“I love Hart Therapy Services. Madalyn works wonders with my autistic daughter and has [supported her to] achieved many milestones during their sessions. I appreciate her dedication and would recommend her services.”

-Parent

“Thank you so much for tonight! It was honestly the best first session that we’ve ever had! It usually takes him much longer to want interact with someone he doesn’t know. I was so surprised at how sweet he was with you. Looking forward to our next session. ”

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