About Kidspeak

Founded in 2001 by two pediatric speech-language pathologists, Kidspeak Ltd. is dedicated to improving the lives of our clients and their families by providing quality speech, language, feeding and occupational therapy services. Our focus is family centered in–home speech and occupational therapy designed to facilitate greater client achievement.

 

Kidspeak therapists specialize in providing services to children ranging in age from birth to adolescence. We provide services in the home environment as well as daycare centers, in-home daycares and private schools throughout the 10 county Twin Cities Metro area.

Amy and Our Team

Amy Chouinard, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®

Amy Chouinard, MA, CCC-SLP, COM®

Owner and Founder

Amy Chouinard is the owner and co-founder of Kidspeak Ltd. She is a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, the Minnesota Speech Language Hearing Association, International Association of Orofacial Myology and is licensed with the state of Minnesota. Amy received her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology at Marquette University and her graduate degree in Communication Disorders from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Amy has had extensive training in oral-motor/feeding disorders and is a Certified Orofacial Myologist®.  Her clinical background experience includes hospital and clinical pediatric speech language services. Amy also co-authored and co-produced Baby Babble, a speech and language video series for children as well as co-authored the book “Let’s Talk Together”.  In her spare time, Amy loves to read, travel, hike and spend time at the lake but most of all, be with her husband, their three children and their dog.

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Andrea Binder, MS, OTR/L

Andrea Binder, MS, OTR/L

Andrea received her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy at Columbia University in New York City. Andrea moved from New York City to Minneapolis in 2015 to live closer to family.  She has over 18 years of experience working with children in a variety of settings, including therapeutic gyms, schools and clients’ homes.  One of her favorite parts of her job is working with her clients’ families to problem solve any issues that are occurring in her clients’ home or school.  Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 kids and going on walks outside with her family and friends.

 

Kathy Brunick, OTR/L

Kathy Brunick, OTR/L

Kathy received her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Minnesota. She started her career in an outpatient clinic in St. Paul before taking time off to raise her own kids. Kathy joined Kidspeak in 2018 when she realized she missed playing with kids and connecting with families. She loves helping kids improve their independence, confidence and success in their everyday lives. Kathy is certified or has attended continuing education in the following: SOS (Sequential Oral Sensory) Feeding Approach, Astronaut Training, The Alert Program for Self-Regulation, DIR/Floortime Approach, Wilbarger Deep Pressure and Proprioceptive Technique, Developing and Implementing Sensory Diets, Core Connections, Sensorimotor Strategies to Support the Development of Self-Regulation, and From Eyesight to Insight. When she is not working, Kathy enjoys spending time at their family cabin, going on long walks or bike rides, and traveling.

Jill Dimitri, M.S. CCC-SLP

Jill Dimitri, M.S. CCC-SLP

Jill grew up in central Illinois and has practiced in Connecticut, Michigan, and Illinois prior to moving to Minnesota in 2015.  She has worked with children and families in their homes and in clinic settings for 20 years.  For the last 15 years she has specialized in birth-3/early intervention for the State of Illinois.  She really enjoys working with children with apraxia, ASD, and general delayed language development.  Jill lives in the NE metro area with her husband and two children.  If she has spare time when she is not in an ice rink or chauffeuring kids around, she enjoys reading, exercising, being outdoors and shopping. 

Marlene Schoenberg, Ed. M CCC-SLP

Marlene Schoenberg, Ed. M CCC-SLP

Marlene Cohen- Schoenberg has worked with both children and adults over her career.  She has extensive experience in working with clients who speak several languages. She has written two books on this topic and is the founder of Ethnic Communication Arts. She has frequently presented poster sessions at the Minnesota Speech and Hearing Association and nationally at the American Speech Language Hearing  Association Conventions.

Trista Blade, M.S. CCC-SLP

Trista Blade, M.S. CCC-SLP

Trista’s passions include childhood apraxia of speech and augmentative and alternative communication. When not at work Trista enjoys playing roller derby, planning for next Halloween, and playing with her pug.

 

Tiana Burda, OTR/L

Tiana Burda, OTR/L

Tiana completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. After graduation, she moved back to the Twin Cities metro to be closer to family. She has been an occupational therapist for 3 years, working in a variety of settings. Her favorite part of her job is that she gets to play each and everyday. When not at work, Tiana enjoys playing with dogs, biking, paddle boarding, and reading.

Laura Egan, M.A. CCC-SLP

Laura Egan, M.A. CCC-SLP

Laura’s clinical focus has been working with school-aged clients with a wide-range of disabilities including autism, down syndrome, various genetic disorders, along with articulation, language and fluency disorders.  She has formal training in Picture Exchange Communication Systems (PECS), PROMPT, Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking strategies, and attends ongoing trainings to stay current on the latest methods in the field.  When not at work, Laura loves to spend time with her husband and two young children.

Lynn Rymanowski, CCC-SLP

LeAnne Schumacher, CCC-SLP

Sarah Williams, CCC-SLP

Karine Blazovich, M.S. CCC-SLP

Karine Blazovich, M.S. CCC-SLP

Karine received her undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders from Minnesota State University-Mankato and Master of Science degree in Speech Pathology from University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She has an 18-year career in pediatrics treating in both private practice and medical outpatient settings. Areas of specialty include phonological and language disorders as well as dysphagia. 

 

Courtney Cahow, OTR/L

Angie Lange, M.S. CCC-SLP

Angie Lange, M.S. CCC-SLP

After completing her graduate degree, Angie and her husband lived in China and taught ESL.  Angie has had training in oral-motor/feeding disorders. She has completed clinical internships in the hospital and school setting. When not at work, Angie enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and two sons.

Leah Lewis, M.A. CCC-SLP

Leah Lewis, M.A. CCC-SLP

Leah graduated with her B.S. in Communication Disorders from the University of Minnesota, Duluth and a M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at St. Ambrose University, Iowa. In her clinical experience she has worked with young children to geriatrics in skilled nursing facilities, schools and clinical settings. During her free time she enjoys running, hiking, cooking, traveling up to the North Shore and spending time with her husband and son.

Maya Saupe, M.S. CCC-SLP

Maya Saupe, M.S. CCC-SLP

Maya was born and raised in the Cleveland area and received her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University. She has worked with children in early intervention, school-based, and outpatient settings. Her clinical interests include ASD, bilingual language development, and early literacy skills. In her free time, Maya enjoys reading, working on jigsaw puzzles, going for runs, and exploring Minnesota’s lakes and trails.

We had our son in speech thru the city of Minneapolis for about 2 years, and didn’t see much progress. We then decided to go the private speech route. After just a couple months, our son’s speech excelled after working with Kidspeak! It worked out great that the therapist could travel to his preschool and practice speech there, so he could do it in a school setting. There were also times that she came to our home and that was great too. I highly recommend Amy and her experienced staff.

Shayla B.

Minneapolis

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