Pediatric Developmental Specialists in Lexington

Coral Care partners with local SLPs, pediatric OTs, and pediatric PTs to help your child hit key milestones and personalized goals. Browse our providers, take our free online screener, or learn more below.

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Speech Therapy in Lexington

The Lexington area, just outside greater Boston, is home to many families and Coral Care providers alike. Our SLPs in the Lexington area are ready to help address your child's concerns.

Speech-language pathologists help with:
  • Delayed speech
  • Feeding and swallowing issues
  • Language delays and disorders
  • Social skills for interacting with others, including play
  • Articulation disorders
Common medical diagnoses for speech therapy:
  • Apraxia
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Down Syndrome
  • Developmental Delay

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Athena Ziogas

is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with experience in school settings, specializing in pediatrics (0- 22 years). Her clinical interests include stuttering, speech sound production, language development, social communication and autism. She's passionate about building meaningful connections and fostering a trusting, comfortable and nurturing relationship that helps each client thrive and reach their greatest potential!

Lindy Myers

is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with extensive experience in school and outpatient settings, specializing in therapy for children and young adults (6 months to 17 years). Her clinical interests include AAC, CVI, pediatric dysphagia, speech and language delays, autism spectrum disorder, and medically complex cases.

Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Lexington

Occupational therapists are the generalists of the pediatric specialist world! Our OTs in Lexington can help your child with things like feeding and swallowing, writing, tying shoelaces, and even navigating complex social situations. Children who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome or cerebral palsy can often benefit from OT services.

Pediatric occupational therapists help with:
  • Feeding and swallowing issues
  • Fine motor skills and reflexes
  • Self-calming and regulation
  • Social skills for interacting with others, including play
  • Visual motor integration
Common diagnoses for occupational therapy:
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Down Syndrome
  • Sensory Processing Disorder
  • ADHD

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Allison McGuinness

is a pediatric Occupational Therapist that specializes in children with neurodevelopmental conditions and strives to help maximize their independence across daily activities.

Kirsten Snow

Dedicated to helping infants and young toddlers in-home, primarily helping them with motor and feeding challenges. She has specialized in children who have unique motor challenges, including those who have been diagnosed with prematurity, Cerebral Palsy, and perinatal strokes. 

Pediatric Physical Therapy in Lexington

Physical therapy for children addresses fundamental strength, balance, and coordination challenges that children can face. For infants, this can be related to rolling, crawling, and walking milestones. For older children, this can be related to balance and coordination issues or recovery from an injury, just like adults!

Pediatric physical therapists help with:
  • Gross motor skills like walking, climbing stairs
  • Poor balance and coordination
  • Muscle imbalances and weaknesses
  • Pain or discomfort during normal activities
  • Missed milestones (walking, crawling, jumping, running)
Common diagnoses for physical therapy:
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Clubfoot
  • Torticollis
  • Hypertonia/hypotonia
  • Prematurity

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Andrea O'Brien

is a pediatric physical therapist with over 30 years of experience working with children from birth to 21 years of age with a wide range of diagnoses in a variety of settings. She believes that physical therapy should be fun for all children, and she strives to follow the child’s lead during therapy sessions, using preferred toys, activities, and people for motivation. She enjoys working with caregivers during sessions and provide suggestions to family members for fun activities to support their child’s gross motor development that are easy to incorporate into their day-to-day lives.

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