Happy to have you, friend.

Welcome to Oak Tree Speech and Language! We are glad and grateful that you’ve taken a moment to visit our space. We recognize that you are a whole, wonderful person, who does not need to be changed. Our job here, above all else, is to make sure you know that you are cared for. And next, support you where we can so that you are heard, understood and respected.

Through these posts, we want you to get to know more about us, and provide you with some resourceful information that can support communication growth, whether it is for you, or someone you care about.

To get us kicked off, here are some bio’s about the company’s co-owners.

Laurel:

Lacey (she/her): A nature-loving Mama, who really appreciates Harry Potter movies and a good nap, whenever that can be squeezed in. Lacey currently lives in Tennessee, where she was born and raised. In 2011, she graduated from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center with her Masters of Science in Speech and Language pathology. For around a decade, she was able to work in various states out West, and absolutely adored it. She has great appreciation for mountains, the smell of pine when the sun hits it, and the way a fresh snow crunches under a pair of boots. For now, though, she lives in the middle of some rolling hills with her husband, while they try to keep up with a wild toddler! In the field of speech therapy, Lacey enjoys interactions with kids and adults alike. Some areas of major interest are augmentative alternative communication (AAC), early intervention and literacy.

A little bit of info, just in case you’d found yourself wondering, too.

Speech therapists, speech language therapists, speech language pathologists, and “speech teachers” are all the same thing. Formally, we are licensed as speech language pathologists, but each of us may use a different term when referring to ourselves.

In our next post, we’ll explain what some of the things are that a speech therapist pathologist person might help support with to give you a better picture of the breadth of the field.