Speech Therapy Team
Ellen Ashley, MSP, CCC-SLP
eashley@highhopesforkids.org
Ellen received her MSP from the University of South Carolina in 2016. She has worked with the pediatric population in a variety of settings including the public school system, outpatient pediatric hospital, and outpatient clinics. Her clinical experience includes evaluation and treatment of language delays and disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, apraxia of speech, and social/pragmatic delays. Ellen is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Emily Donoghue, MS, CCC-SLP
edonoghue@highhopesforkids.org
Emily received her BS at the University of Central Florida and her MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Jacksonville University. she has experience working in pediatrics in the areas of language delays, Alternative and Augmentative Communication, feeding/swallowing disorders, and social/pragmatic difficulties. Emily has attended trainings for Language Acquisitions through Motor Planning (LAMP) and Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS). She also received specialized training in Food Chaining and SOS Steps to Eating. Additionally, Emily was a teacher in The Preschool at High Hopes before attending graduate school and joining the therapy team. She is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Bond Henderson, MA, CCC-SLP
bhenderson@highhopesforkids.org
Bond received her MA at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 2001. She has extensive outpatient clinical experience, including treatment of Apraxia, Autism, language delays, fluency, and disorders of articulation. She has received training in the administration of the Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers (STAT) and Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP). Bond is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Beth Horton, MS, CCC-SLP
bhorton@highhopesforkids.org
Beth received her BA from the University of Washington and her MS from Tennessee State University. She clinical expertise in the outpatient treatment and evaluation of speech and language delays, language difficulties specific to Autism, social/pragmatic delays and the treatment of feeding and swallowing disorders, specifically in sensory/oral motor feeding difficulties. She has received specialized training in The SOS Approach to Feeding, Food Chaining, The Hanen-More Than Words program, Social Thinking Methodology, and Gestalt Language Processing. Beth is also trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Brianna Kreiger, MS, CCC-SLP
bkreiger@highhopesforkids.org
Brianna received her BS from the University of Georgia and her MS in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She completed her graduate internship at High Hopes Development Center where she received training from therapists at High Hopes in the areas of Speech and Language disorders as well as Feeding disorders. She has experience in the evaluation and treatment of language delays, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia, AAC communication, and articulation disorders. Brianna is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Sarah Poligone, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC
spoligone@highhopesforkids.org
Sarah received her BS at the University of Tennessee Knoxville and MS in Speech Language Pathology at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. She is a Certified Lactation Counselor and has previously worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in relation to infant feeding and development. Sarah has clinical expertise in the outpatient treatment and evaluation of feeding and swallowing disorders in medically fragile infant/children as well as generalized sensory/oral motor feeding difficulties. She additionally has experience as a speech language pathologist working with children with speech language delay and autism. Sarah is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Hilary Robinson, MS, CCC-SLP
hrobinson@highhopesforkids.org
Hilary received her MS from East Tennessee State University. She has extensive outpatient clinical experience in the areas of but not limited to evaluation and treatment of language delays, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, social/pragmatic delays, Autism, stuttering, and disorders of articulation. Hilary specializes in Childhood Apraxia of Speech and is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction and bridging level). She is certified in the SOS feeding approach, Beckman Oral Motor approach, and also has specialized training in Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP). Hilary is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Marcela Soares Beals, MS, CCC-SLP
mbeals@highhopesforkids.org
Marcela received her MS in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Tennessee State University in 2017. Her clinical expertise includes assessment and treatment of language delays in early intervention, Autism, speech sound disorders, alternative and augmentative communication, and feeding/swallowing disorders. She has received specialty training in Natural Language Acquisition for Gestalt language learners, SOS Approach to Feeding, Food Chaining, Beckman Oral Motor Approach, and is licensed to practice Lactation Counseling. Marcela is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Emily Springer, MA, CCC-SLP
espringer@highhopesforkids.org
Emily received her MA from the University of Memphis in 2019. While there, she completed additional coursework for a graduate certificate in Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) through the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department and another in Health Systems Leadership through the Memphis School of Public Health. Additionally, while in graduate school, she assisted with research related to executive functioning and fluency in the University of Memphis Cognition, Speech, and Language lab. Her clinical experience includes working in the public school system, outpatient pediatric hospitals, and home-based early intervention. She has worked with numerous children who have Autism, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), intellectual disabilities, pediatric cancer, articulation/phonological disorders, fluency disorders, language delays and disorders, and feeding disorders. Emily is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).
Alyssa Whitney, MA, CCC-SLP
awhitney@highhopesforkids.org
Alyssa received her BS from Illinois State University and her MA in Speech-Language Pathology from Southeast Missouri State University. She completed her internship at High Hopes in the summer of 2019 before going on to work in the public-school setting. Alyssa has experience evaluating and treating language delays and disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, social/pragmatic delays as well as alternative and augmentative communication. She is trained in PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (introduction level).