About – SPEAK LIFE PEDIATRIC THERAPY PLLC

Jennifer Donlon, M.A., CCC-SLP, Owner

Jennifer has been a licensed speech-language pathologist for 25 years. Immediately after graduate school, she worked in Pasadena ISD in Houston, TX. For the past 14 years, she has worked in private practice within the DFW metroplex. Her specialized training includes:

Dynamic and Temporal Tactile Cueing for Apraxia
Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT)
PROMPT
Kaufman Speech to Language Protocol
Talk Tools Oral Placement Therapy and TOTs Assessment & Remediation
Visualizing and Verbalizing
Social Thinking for pragmatic language disorders by Michelle Garcia Winner
CAN-EAT approach
Sensory-Motor Feeding by Lori Overland
Sequential Oral Sensory Feeding Program
Vital-Stim NMES
High- and low-tech Assistive Technology (TD-Snap; LAMP; Picture Exchange Communication; PODD or Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display)
Myofascial Release techniques for Dysphagia Management

Jennifer strives to maintain excellence across her entire scope of practice, but two areas of speech pathology she is most passionate about are childhood apraxia of speech and orofacial-myofunctional disorders. Advanced trainings like DTTC with Dr. Edythe Strand, Talk Tools, and the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy (AOMT) add richly to her treatment toolbox.

In her spare time, Jennifer likes to read, exercise, travel, and volunteer in her community.

CAS Advanced Workshop at UT Health San Antonio with Dr. Strand

What Clients Say

Some of the appreciated thoughts of our valued customers.

“We owe our daughter’s success to Jennifer Donlon. She has been my daughter’s SLP for 3 years. Jennifer has been hands down the reason why my daughter is on her way to overcoming Apraxia and the reason she began school last year confident in her ability to speak to others and be understood. Having worked with 3 previous SLP’s I have no issue discerning what sets Jennifer apart from the rest. She spent time getting to know my daughter. Not just “treat” her. She learned when to push when to pull back, how to motivate her she understands the frustration my daughter has with being asked to do something difficult for her, and she is absolutely amazing at working with the psychological aspects that come into play when working with a child who has a complicated speech disorder. Our personal journey is a marathon. Not a race. Jennifer has been with my daughter every step of the way and celebrates her victories as much as we do. Every person, teacher, and therapist in our daughter’s life is absolutely amazed by her progress in speech. When others truly notice massive improvements then you know you’ve hit the jackpot. Jennifer is my daughter’s “jackpot” and her key to gaining normal speech and language and living her best life.”

Jennifer G.

“It is impossible to quantify what Jennifer Donlon has done for my family over the past year. We see her three times a week for speech, language, feeding, and oral motor therapies for my 5 year old son. He has childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), developmental coordination disorder (DCD), sensory processing disorder (SPD) and low muscle tone and all these conditions overlap each other and get in the way of speech therapy. Jenn understands it all and navigates it beautifully. She helps us find solutions for specific difficulties we are facing at home and she even teaches my 3-year old daughter how to help my son. They love going to see Jenn and at home they practice and play therapy often. Since seeing Jenn my son has improved consistently and dramatically. She has the skills of a professional and the heart of a mother and she is able to enter into a messy and sacred space and help where we felt weary and clueless. She has been a true blessing to my family over the past year. ”

Mary M.

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