Pediatric Developmental Specialists in Wellesley

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 Wellesley

Coral Care has SLPs all throughout the greater outskirts of Boston, including Wellesley and nearby towns like Framingham and Millis. Our speech therapists are ready to help with feeding and swallowing issues, as well as more traditional speech therapy.

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

Find Wellesley-based speech therapists

Sarah Babcox

is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience working with children. She began her career in early intervention and private practice and have worked in the public schools for the last 15 years. Her clinical interests include articulation and phonology disorders, autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, expressive and receptive language delays, social skill development and AAC.

Alicia Garamy

is a pediatric speech-language pathologist. She has 5 years experience working with clients ages 3-22 in a school and in-home settings with a variety of abilities (i.e. autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, specific learning disability, ADHD, cerebral palsy, expressive-receptive language disorder, speech sound disorder, social pragmatic disorder, language delay, fluency disorder, and AAC users.)

Pediatric Occupational Therapy in Wellesley

Occupational therapists are the generalists of the pediatric specialist world! Our OTs in Wellesley 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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Gretchen Portillo

is a licensed OT in state of MA, having worked for the past decade with people of all ages, especially young children, to reach their life goals meaningfully and to the utmost possible.  She has fulfilled her career thus far via her own small practice, running a family child care facility, and working for varied health care and community settings.

Kayla  DePerno

is a Licensed Occupational Therapist. She has been in the field for over 8 years. She started as an Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant (COTA) and decided to go back to school for my Masters in Occupational Therapy. She's passionate about working in the pediatric field. Over the years she has gained great experience in handwriting, fine motor development, sensory integration and executive functioning. She worked with children of all ages and all diagnosis.

Pediatric Physical Therapy in Wellesley

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

Find Wellesley-based physical therapists

Caroline McManus-Stockwell

is a board-certified pediatric clinical specialist physical therapist with experience in outpatient and school-based settings. She has extensive experience working with children with developmental delays, torticollis, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, orthopedic injuries, scoliosis and more. She's passionate about improving all children's access and independent mobility with engaging therapeutic activities.

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