WHO WE ARE
Kid Connections Therapy is a pediatric speech/language therapy clinic in Odenton and Silver Spring with a dynamic team that values relationships, integrity, and a growth mindset.
Our purpose is to help children reach meaningful connections through communication.
We are a family-oriented, relaxed, collaborative, nurturing, engaging, and innovative team.
Reaching Meaningful Connections through Communication
Our Process
Evaluation
Completing a speech, language, or feeding evaluation allows us to fully understand your child’s strengths and challenges. You will be asked to complete a comprehensive pediatric history form. We may also ask you to provide copies of previous reports from other service providers, including doctors, therapists, and teachers.
Evaluations are typically one hour.
Within two weeks following the evaluation, you will receive a written evaluation report, complete with formal assessment results, informal observations, background information, interpretation, and recommendations.
Speech Therapy
Kid Connections provides therapy sessions focused on speech sound production, understanding of language, expression of language, pragmatics, and feeding.
Based on the results of the evaluation, we will work with you to develop a customized therapy program to address areas of concern. Therapy is always based on current research and driven by the needs and interests of our clients.
We collaborate with school-based teams and other service providers to provide a comprehensive approach to a child’s development, ensuring success in school and at home.
Approach
Our Treatment approach considers the whole child. We maintain a family-centered. play-based, naturalistic, child-focused approach.
During treatment, we consider all aspects that may affect your child. We consider all domains: social-emotional, cognitive-linguistic, and sensory-motor.
We consider the best approach for this moment in time, specific to your child. Most importantly, we consider the family life, structure, and the family’s goals.
Our mission is help families reach meaningful connections through communication.
Insurance
We accept:
- CareFirst BCBS
- United Healthcare
- Johns Hopkins EHP
- Johns Hopkins USFHP
- Aetna PPO (Out of Network)
- Cigna PPO (Out of Network)
- Kaiser Permanente
We are not in network with Medicaid (e.g., Priority Partners, Amerigroup, Healthchoice, etc.).
Our Expertise
Diagnoses
- Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
- Autism
- Down Syndrome
- Motor Speech Disorders including Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Dysarthria
- Cerebral Palsy
- Articulation/Phonological Disorders
- Feeding and Swallowing Disorders
- Receptive/Expressive Language Disorders
- Developmental Delays
- Craniofacial Malformations including Cleft Palate
Experience
- Orofacial Myofunctional Treatment
- Tethered Oral Tissues
- Gestalt Language Processing
- Natural Language Acquisition Framework
- Parent Coaching
- Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Play Development
- Cultural & Linguistic Diversity
- Neurodiversity Affirming care
- Strength-based Approaches
- Impact of Sensory Regulation on Communication
- Background in varied settings including schools and hospitals
- Teletherapy
Trainings
- Hanen It Takes Two to Talk
- PROMPT
- Meaningful Speech
- Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention
- AEIOU
- Dynamic Tactile and Temporal Cueing (DTTC)
- Rapid Syllable Transition Training (ReST)
- Speech Motor Chaining
- Mini Muncher
Meet our team
Therapists
CEO/Founder
Speech-Language Pathologist
Shanna Klump
(she/her)
Clinical co-director
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sarah Haker
(she/her)
Clinical co-director
Speech-Language Pathologist
Jessica Krishnamoorthy (she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sarah Cusick
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Julia Humphreys
(they/them)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Chris O'Connor
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Quincy Derouin
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Sarah Neubecker
(she/her)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Jack Klopcic
(they/them)
Operations
Operations Manager
Rhianna Allen
(she/her)
Medical Billing Specialist
Ej Felipe
(he/him)
Patient Care Coordinator
Venita Short
(she/her)
