KANSAS CITY SPEECH PROFESSIONALS
Welcome to Our Practice
We are a therapist owned and operated company providing Speech-Language and Dyslexia Evaluation and Treatment to the greater Kansas City area.
SERVICES PROVIDED
KCSP provides speech, language, voice, cognitive, and dyslexia evaluation and treatment for all ages.
PRE-LITERACY & EARLY LITERACY INSTRUCTION GROUPS
Supplemental reading instruction groups for pre-literacy and early literacy skills. Typically for ages 4 to 7. Group sessions are held twice a week for 45 minutes for 12 weeks total. A diagnostic pre-test and post-test are included.
MULTISENSORY READING INTERVENTION
We offer an Orton-Gillingham based program that provides structured, systematic, multisensory reading intervention for beginning readers.
ARTICULATION EVALUATION AND THERAPY
Children should be producing all sounds in the English language by age 8. When those sounds are difficult for your child to produce, KCSP can provide the therapy needed to address this concern.
STUTTERING EVALUATION AND THERAPY
Stuttering can impact young children and adults. For young children, therapy centers on the family and modifications that can be made in the home.
For adults and adolescents who stutter, school, social lives, and jobs can be greatly impacted. KCSP can provide direct therapy to help you understand stuttering and learn strategies to increase speaking fluency.
LANGUAGE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
By age 1, children should be saying their first word. Around 18-months, a child has a typical vocabulary of 50 words. By age 2, children should be putting two words together.
Is your child a "late talker"? Are you concerned that your younger child is not using pronouns or verb tenses correctly? Does your child have difficulty following directions or understanding wh-questions? These are all valid concerns that KCSP can evaluate and provide treatment for if a language delay or disorder is present.
COMPENSATORY SKILLS TRAINING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE
KCSP offers a 4-6 week program that teaches note-taking, study skills, test-taking, and additional skills to help older students become more independent in the academic setting. This program was created for students with dyslexia, but is beneficial for any individual looking to make their academic career more manageable and less stressful.
VOICE THERAPY
Voice disorders can affect people of all ages for a variety of reasons. KCSP can provide the therapy needed to improve voice disorders and promote healthy vocal hygiene.
STROKE REHABILITATION
A stroke can affect a person's language and cognitive abilities as well as their ability to produce sounds. KCSP can provide therapy to improve as well as maintain speech abilities following a stroke.
WHO WE ARE
Privately Owned Speech Language Pathology Practice
Kansas City Speech Professionals was founded by two speech-language pathologists in 2014. Stacy Cates MA, CCC-SLP and Amy Burns MA, CCC-SLP are both graduates from the University of Kansas and have been working in the field of speech and language pathology since 2012. The mission of KCSP is to provide comprehensive speech and language evaluation and therapy including Dyslexia diagnosis and therapy to clients across the life span. As a therapist-owned company, our focus is on providing exceptional speech and language services to people across the life span in a small business setting.
Meet The Team
Stacy Cates, MA, CCC-SLP
Doctoral Candidate
Stacy graduated with her Master's degree from the University of Kansas in December 2011. She enjoys working with school-age children and specializes in dyslexia diagnostics. Stacy is also certified in Orton Gillingham (OG) by the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education (IMSE). This certification allows her to implement OG strategies into intervention in the following areas: phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Dr. Amy Burns, SLP.D., CCC-SLP
Amy graduated with her clinical doctorate from the University of Kansas in December 2020. Amy enjoys treating a wide variety of communication and reading disorders across the lifespan, and has a passion for working with stroke survivors with chronic aphasia. Amy also specializes in reading disorders after stroke. Amy is LSVT-LOUD certified.
Dr. Maureen Beery, SLP.D., CCC-SLP
Maureen graduated with her clinical doctorate from the University of Kansas in May 2019. She is originally from New Mexico and attended the University of New Mexico where she earned her Master's degree in 2013. Maureen is interested in reading and literacy and enjoys working with students of all ages.
Payment
Policy
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KCSP is currently a private pay clinic
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Documentation is provided for our clients to submit to insurance for possible reimbursement
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HSA payments ARE accepted
CONTACT US
5001 College Blvd. Suite 108
Leawood, KS 66211
Phone: 913-890-3757
Fax: 913-390-3054