About Us
WHO WE ARE
ESP Pediatric Therapy Services has been serving the Baton Rouge and surrounding communities since 2008. We are proud to provide innovative, comprehensive pediatric services specializing in child development. Our services help children develop feeding, play, communication, movement, handwriting, reading, and social skills in a child friendly atmosphere.
Where We Provide Services
ESP Pediatric Therapy Services offers comprehensive Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy in a variety of settings, tailored to meet the unique needs of each child. Our outpatient therapy clinic is conveniently located on St. Lillian Academy’s campus, providing a supportive environment for children to grow and learn.
In addition to clinic-based services, our therapists extend care to the community, working with children at parochial schools, ABA clinics, daycares, and through Early Steps, Louisiana’s early intervention system.
We are proud to maintain strong partnerships with St. Lillian Academy and Touchstone Applied Behavioral Analysis Clinic, ensuring collaborative care and access to specialized resources.
Our Therapy Team
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Katie Beale, PL-SLP
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Kristi Boudreaux, PTA
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Angela Fowler Brooks, PT
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Jill Z Carter, LOTR
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Shannon Leilani Farho, SLP
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Nicole Guest, SLP
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Kelly Harlan, MA SLP
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Lauren Alexandra Herbert, CCC-SLP
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Leigh H. Hermann, OT
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Madison Alexandra McElroy, MOT, OTR
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Helen Wallace Patrick, MA SLP
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Joy Johnson Pennington, SLP
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Abigail Lieven Schmidt, OTR
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Jordan Guedry Simoneaux, OTR/L
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Bailey Decoteau OTR
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Bailey Hagan OTR
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Darby Katzmarzyk SLP
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Aetna commercial policy
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Blue Cross Blue Shield of LA
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Health Plans, Inc.
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Meritain
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United Health Care Commercial plans
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United Health Care Community plan
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Web-TPA
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Our Expertise
What We Offer
ESP Pediatric Therapy Services provides therapy services at parochial schools, daycares, and also through Louisiana Early Steps, Louisiana’s birth to three program. Our providers specialize in early intervention in both the natural environment and in the clinical setting.
Our therapists provide services to children who have a variety of diagnoses including:
Handwriting Deficits
Autism
Social/pragmatic Delays
Cerebral Palsy
Down Syndrome
Genetic Disorders
Articulation and Phonological Disorders
Tethered Oral Tissues (TOT)
Childhood of Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
Receptive and Expressive Language Disorders
Executive Function Disorder
Sensory and Motor based feeding disorders
Motor Delays/Development Coordination Disorder
Visual Motor Skill deficits effecting handwriting, typing, and reading
Sensory Processing Disorder to manage daily routines through modulation of external stimuli
Our Services
The goal of the pediatric speech language pathologist is to help children become more successful communicators, independent language learners, and to improve feeding independence.
Our staff provides individual and group therapy to children with speech, language, and communication disorders. Child specific, individualized programs may focus on speech, language, feeding aversions and swallowing difficulties, oral motor and tethered oral tissues, voice, fluency, cognition and nonverbal communication.
Therapists on staff have expertise in the area of augmentative communication (LAMP certified), in the field of CAS (Recognized for advanced training and expertise by Apraxia Kids), ILS (Integrated Listening System) and TOTS (Tethered Oral Tissue) specialty training.ESP provides augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) evaluations and therapy for children and adults with complex communication needs. This includes individuals with a diagnosis ASD, CP, ALS, Voice, Head/Neck Cancer as well as other neurological and motor speech disorders. A variety of low-mid, and hi-tech options will be explored using numerous AAC devices and applications during the evaluation process.
The goal of the pediatric occupational therapist is to promote independence in children in the areas of home, school, play, and self-care. Programs focus on fine motor skills, sensory integration, handwriting skills, feeding skills, and motor coordination.
Our occupational therapists are diverse in their background and knowledge base. They treat sensory processing disorders, fine motor delays, neuromuscular disorders, and feeding disorders. Our therapists also work with adaptive and assistive equipment and positioning. Areas of specialty at ESP include: Neurodevelopmental Training (NDT), Integrated Listening System (iLs), Interactive Metronome, Handwriting Without Tears, and Bal A Vis X.The goal of the pediatric physical therapist is to maximize the child’s independence with functional mobility and fitness. Based on an individualized program, the physical therapist works to improve the child’s ability to move about their environment in a safe and effective manner.
Physical Therapy addresses the following movement and mobility, developmental activities, strengthening, range of motion, motor learning, balance and coordination, equipment evaluation for mobility and positioning, tone management, posture and positioning, and orthotic evaluation and fabrication.
