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Kid's Creek is proud of our team of Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapists. Our experienced
Pediatric therapists are dedicated to providing children with the highest quality therapy services available. Each therapist applies the latest strategies and techniques with a caring, enthusiastic attitude, making each session stimulating, productive, and FUN!
Joanna Conroy, M.S., CCC-SLP is a Clinical Director and staff speech-language pathologist at Kid's Creek. Joanna graduated from East Tennessee State University College of Health Sciences with a Masters of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 1999. She has worked in a variety of settings including the school system, private clinics and home health. She has attended PECS, Debra Beckman, and Sarah-Rosenfeld Johnson's oral motor techniques and currently holds a credential in assistive technology from Cal State Fullerton.
Melanie McGriff, MEd, CCC-SLP is a Clinical Director and staff speech-language pathologist at Kid's Creek. Melanie graduated from Georgia State University College of Education with a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders in 1996. She has worked in numerous settings including the school system, home health and private clinics specializing in pediatrics. She has attended Sarah Rosenfeld-Johnson's oral motor course and specializes in phonological disorders.
Kathy L. Brunner, M. Ed., CCC-SLP earned her Master's Degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and began her career working in a large school district in Pittsburgh. She worked in the school system for over a decade. She began her own practice specializing in developing communication skills in the high-risk pediatric population, and also served on a team of professionals responsible for assessing high-risk infants in a neonatal intensive care nursery in a large Pittsburgh hospital. For over twenty years she has worked with children who have significant communication and/or feeding needs. She specializes in the autistic population and children with Apraxia and severe oral motor disorders. Kathy is certified in the FastForWord Program and has extensive experience working with children who exhibit reading and processing disorders. She developed a method to treat non and low verbal children and currently presents seminars at professional conventions and to many groups, training parents and therapists to use this method in treating similar children. She is looking forward to working with the staff, parents, and children at Kid's Creek.
Marla Mann, M.Ed. CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist at Kid's Creek. Marla graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She completed her Master's Degree in Communication Disorders at Georgia State University. Marla has had clinical experiences in the school system, private clinics, and hospitals. She was a presenter at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in San Diego on Child Abuse and Communication Disorders in 2005. She has attended courses on pediatric feeding disorders, oral-motor therapy, making literacy and language learning fun, language and reading in children with Autism, and is a certified provider of the FasForWord program.
Angela Johnson, MPT is a staff physical therapist at Kid's Creek. Angela earned a Bachelor degree in Biology from North Georgia College & State University in 2003. She then earned a Master's Degree in Physical Therapy from Georgia State University in 2006. Angela completed a full-time clinical affiliation at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, in the outpatient department, specializing in aquatic and land-based therapies. Angela has experience with various diagnoses, such as Autism, Torticollis, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, CVA, Hydrocephalus, and developmental delay. She is a current and active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Physical Therapy Association of Georgia, and an APTA Pediatric Physical Therapy Section Member. Other certifications include: The Interactive Metronome Certification. She looks forward to incorporating evidence based practice in her therapy sessions at Kid's Creek.
Kim D'Addario, OTR/L is Director of Occupational Therapy at Kid's Creek. She has a Bachelors degree in Psychology and received her graduate training in Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California in 1980. She is certified in the Sensory Integration & Praxis tests and trained with Dr. A. Jean Ayres, the founder of Sensory Integrative theory. Kim has worked in a variety of settings in California. She is trained in the Therapeutic Listening Program, Handwriting Without Tears, and serves as a Grief Recovery Specialist.
Mary Ellett, M.S., OTR/L graduated from the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University with a Masters of Science degree in Occupational Therapy in 1991. She has worked in a variety of settings including private clinics specializing in pediatrics, aquatics, home health, and the school system. Mary has developed a handwriting group based on the Handwriting Without Tears method, has taken many courses involving sensory integration and neuro-developmental treatment. Outside of work, Mary has volunteered with Inner City Outings, an organization that exposes children from the inner city to different environments.
Barbara Busch Ward, M.S., OTR/L is an occupational therapist at Kid's Creek. Barbi earned a Bachelor's degree in Health Sciences with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 1999. She then graduated from University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in 2002 with a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy. Since then, Barbi has worked with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Fulton and Forsyth county school systems of Georgia, and Babies Can't Wait. Barbi has experience with a variety of diagnoses including Autism Spectrum, Sensory Integration Disorder, Fin Motor Delay, Handwriting, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Down syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Developmental Delay. She has extensive training in both aquatic therapy and hippotherapy. Barbi currently runs the Social Skills Group at Kid's Creek that meets weekly and focuses on adapting children with special needs to fun and everyday social environments. She looks forward to working with your children!
Mary J Siatkowski, OT/L is a staff occupational therapist at Kid's Creek. Mary graduated from the University of Florida in 1986 with a bachelor’s degree in Occupational Therapy. She received her Masters in Health Management from St. Thomas University in 1993. Mary has practiced in a number of O.T. settings from rehab, acute care, outpatient and home health care. She has specialized in pediatrics fro the past thirteen years and has been trained in Sensory Integrative treatment, Nero-developmental treatment and oral motor treatment. Mary has experience in aquatic therapy, handwriting therapy (Handwriting Without Tears) visual motor group and social group treatment.
Carol Ann Brannon, MS, RD/LD is a Nutrition Expert with over 20 years of experience in healthcare, education, individual counseling,
and corporate wellness. She has a B.S. in Dietetics and a M.S. in Nutrition Education. Carol Ann is a Registered, Licensed Dietitian and holds a Certificate in Childhood and Adolescent Weight Management. Her clients achieve success with her personal enthusiasm, caring, empathetic,
and expert guidance. In addition to her clients, Carol Ann is also an instructor in the Culinary Arts Program at the Art Institute of Atlanta and author of several home-study courses and articles for health professionals. On a personal note, being Mom to four active children is her greatest joy and challenge. Carol Ann is fully able to understand the time demands and responsibilities of working parents. She uniquely understands children and teens.
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