Leaps and Bounds provides services in Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon and surrounding Raleigh areas. We have an office conveniently located on Knightdale Blvd. for easy access from these areas.
Leaps and Bounds is a locally owned and operated company founded by AnnMarie Marchese; MSCCCSLP, a leading provider of services in Wake County for the past 20 years. Leaps and Bounds focuses on providing speech, language, swallowing and literacy services in Knightdale, Wendell, Zebulon, and Raleigh. We are dedicated to providing exceptional services to this fast growing, family oriented community.
Leaps and Bounds Therapy provides comprehensive speech, language, literacy and swallowing evaluations and therapy for people of all ages. Our goal is to identify areas of need and develop specific goals to improve a person’s communication, literacy or swallowing abilities. We work with our clients and their families to prioritize what is important to the individual and family life. Our priority is to provide direct one on one sessions and family coaching to empower family members to effectively help their loved ones improve their communication or swallowing abilities.
For children, we believe in the philosophy of psychologist Jean Piaget in that “Play is the work of Childhood.” Our approach to pediatric treatment is play based. A play-based approach to speech therapy is when speech and/or language activities are centered around a toy or play activity. Our Speech Language Pathologist will create opportunities for the child to practice skills while enjoying play with motivating toys and activities that are relevant to the child’s interests. The play based approach is also used with a sequential sensory oral approach to feeding therapy to allow children to gradually desensitize themselves to touch, smell, taste and texture while exploring and eating new foods. Our reading, writing and spelling tutoring follow the Science of Reading and Orton Gillingham methodologies; which uses multisensory activities to help children learn in a fun and interactive way. Pediatric and adult treatment approaches are guided by clinical expertise, evidenced based practices and client/caregiver goals setting.
Hailey is a dedicated Speech Language Pathologist Clinical Fellow. Hailey holds a Master of Science in Speech Pathology from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. With a passion for helping others unlock their full potential, Hailey combines clinical expertise with a compassionate approach to therapy. Drawing from evidence-based practices and personalized treatment plans, Hailey enjoys working with a wide range of speech, language, and swallowing disorders, including articulation and phonological disorders, language delays, fluency disorders, dysphagia, and more.
She has experience working with children who have Autism, Down Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Cerebral Palsy. Hailey has worked alongside adults to address language (Aphasia) and swallowing (Dysphagia) concerns following a stroke. Whether working with children, adolescents, or adults, Hailey tailors each session to the unique needs and goals of every client and their families, fostering a supportive environment where progress flourishes.
Kimberly received a Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology from Northeastern University in Boston. She has over thirty years of experience working with both children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders. Kimberly is able to provide comprehensive evaluation and therapy services for all ages, and is excellent at family training and implementation of a home exercise program to enhance carryover of skills. She has extensive experience working with children who have speech and language impairments, Autism, pragmatic/social language impairments, non-verbal language disorder, selective mutism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and brain injury.
She has extensive knowledge and experience to successfully work with families to help children overcome feeding and swallowing issues related to oral motor and/or sensory processing issues. Kimberly has worked in multiple adult care settings including nursing homes, independent and assisted living facilities, and hospitals, and is very proficient in adult neurogenic disorders. Kimberly enjoys sharing her knowledge, and has taught graduate classes at Adelphi and Hofstra Universities in New York. Kimberly holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She enjoys working with individuals and their families to improve communication skills in a functional way.
Dana is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist with special interests in working with clients who are deaf and hard-of-hearing, especially preschool and early school age children. She obtained her BA in Child and Family Development from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1992, her BS in Communication Disorders from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1995 and her MA in Communication Disorders from Appalachian State University in 1997. She has over 26 years of experience working with children infants through school age who have communication delays or disorders.
Dana currently provides services for families living in the Raleigh area. Dana can teach language to deaf children using sign language, Cued Speech, Oral and Auditory/Verbal therapies. Since 1997, she has worked for many counties in North Carolina and New Hampshire providing services in schools, preschools, daycares, and home settings. Dana has devoted most of her continuing education advancing her knowledge and clinical skills for working with children with cochlear implants and sensory processing disorders. She enjoys working with families using a coaching model to empower parents/caregivers to develop their child’s speech and receptive/expressive language skills during daily routines.
Phone: (919) 454-6610
Fax: (919) 882-8597
Email: info@lbounds.com
Address: 7210 Knightdale Blvd., Knightdale, NC 27545
Leaps & Bounds Therapy accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, CIGNA, Aetna, TRICARE, Medcost and Medicaid.
