Kelly Barrell
Kelly Barrell, SLP and owner has 20+ years experience with the pediatric population. Specializing in early language development, Autism, speech disorders, feeding, parent coaching and more.
Trainings include: Hanen, S.O.S. Feeding Approach, Lively Letters and experience with Floortime.
Her passion has been Pediatrics ever since she completed graduate school. She has has 20 years experience, working with early intervention, clinic, settings, elementary, and preschools, and private practice. After co-owning and operating a private practice in South Carolina for almost a decade, her family relocated to the beautiful north Georgia mountains. Working part time and homeschooling her five children, the idea of beginning another clinic slowly became reality. Hence, Communication Station, Ga began.
She enjoys coming alongside families, helping to empower them to teach their children. Her specialties include childhood apraxia of speech, early intervention, language disorders, AAC, fluency, autism, spectrum disorders, literacy, but not limited to those. She has experience with LAMP training, Hanen Certification, Kaufman Approach training, and S.O.S. Feeding Approach.
In her little bit of spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, kayaking, using her new SUP board, and cuddling her family’s two King Charles Cavaliers, which are in the process of becoming therapy dogs.
Suzanne Swan
Suzanne is a speech-language pathologist who has experience working in the clinical, school, hospital, and home settings.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from Central Michigan University in 2005. Suzanne continued her education at Florida State University where she received her Masters Degree in Communication Disorders in 2007. She currently holds her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as well as her Georgia State License.
Suzanne is experienced in evaluating and treating pediatric, adult, and geriatric populations. She has experience working with children who have a variety of needs, including autism, feeding, language delays, phonological/articulation disorders, intellectual delays, Cerebral Palsy, and Down Syndrome.
In her free time, Suzanne enjoys going on adventures with her son, baking, and spending time with her dogs.
Christy Hendrickson
Lead Occupational Therapist
Christy Hendrickson, a licensed and certified occupational therapist with over 20 years experience working with children and families in the North Georgia area, is pleased to be joining Communication Station in Chatsworth, Georgia!
Christy specializes in partnering with parents and caregivers to discover how a child is “fearfully and wonderfully made” and how to help them fulfill their potential.
She is skilled in evaluating the occupations of children (play, learning, caring for self and participating in family and community) specifically:
Developmental stages,
Sensory processing impacts on learning and interacting,
Play and leisure pursuits,
Motor abilities,
Learning approaches and strengths
Daily living skills and routines (including specialty in feeding)
Christy values creating relationships with children and families to collaborate in setting goals, identifying the purposeful and meaningful activities that motivate a child, and inspiring an environment where the worth and growth of the child is affirmed. She is comfortable communicating in Spanish.
Additionally, Christy has homeschooled her 3 children for the last 12 years. She often says, “Parenting and homeschooling makes me a more empathetic therapist, and being a therapist has equipped me in supporting the learning of my own children.”
On the personal side, Christy loves spending time with her husband, Erik, and their children, Seth, Jakob, and Lyla, camping, gardening, watching soccer, playing with their Sheepadoodle, Rosco, and raising chickens. She enjoys exercising, reading, and cheesecake!
Charnelle McClellan
Charnelle has been a licensed speech-language pathologist for the past 7 years and has primarily worked within the elementary school setting. Charnelle is from North Carolina and received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Charnelle is excited to join the Communication Station team as a virtual SLP as she enjoys using technology to work on targeted speech goals. During her spare time, Charnelle likes to travel, read, and spend time with her family and friends.
Alicia Butler
Alicia is a native Floridian who was very happily transplanted to reside among the ridges and mountains of the North Georgia area. She graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Event Management in Hospitality from University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality. She spent a few years working in hotels and resorts in Orlando, Florida before deciding to dedicate her time to homeschooling her children. She currently continues to homeschool her brood while tutoring in person and teaching ESL online.
Alicia enjoys putting her administrative skills learned at UCF back to task with Communication Station Georgia!
Bryn
When I am not clocked in as an SLP, I love spending time with my husband, Enrique and my dog, Jordie! We love to travel and are taking a trip to Italy this summer.
Jilian Hudson
Lead Physical Therapist
Jillian Hudson, PT, DPT brings over 15 years of experience to Communication Station. She has been working in the field of pediatrics since graduating with her DPT degree from Belmont University in 2008. She has worked in both the outpatient and school settings.
Jillian has experience with a variety of diagnoses including developmental delays, torticollis, Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Down Syndrome,Spina Bifida, and Osteogenesis Imperfecta. Her favorite part of being a PT is helping each child to be mobile and be able to participate in his or her home and community setting.
Jillian and her husband, Kyle, are both Murray County natives. They have two teenage sons, Kenneth and Kelvin. In her free time, Jillian enjoys crafts, reading, being outdoors, and watching her sons play sports.
Kristen Whaley
Kristen Whaley, originally from the great state of Iowa (GO HAWKS), graduated from Milligan College in Johnson City, Tennessee with a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy in 2008. She has been a registered and licensed Occupational Therapist for 15 years, currently licensed in Georgia and Tennessee. She began her career working in geriatrics and transitioned to working in the school system 6 years ago, where she discovered her passion for working with children.
Kristen has experience with a variety of client needs, but is particularly passionate about working with children with ADHD, Emotional Behavioral Disorder, and Autism. She is skilled in evaluation and treatment of childhood occupations, more specifically play, self-care, motor skills, visual motor integration, social skills, emotional regulation, and executive functioning.
Kristen believes the key to success as a pediatric OT is establishing a personal connection with kids and their families/caregivers. She prides herself in being flexible, patient and an excellent communicator and collaborative team member.
In her free time, Kristen enjoys spending time and traveling with her husband Jason and daughter Juliana, shopping for “treasures” at thrift/discount stores and baking sourdough from scratch.
Kinsley Hurd
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