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Meet Our Team
The Caring Group is a private practice specializing in a variety of therapy services for infants, toddlers, children, pre-teens, and young teenagers. We have 20 years of experience for all stages of a child’s development. No matter your child’s diagnosis or reason for referral they will receive our individualized care and compassion as we work with them to meet their goals .
Beth A. Mueller, MS, CCC-SLP
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist
OWNER
For over 20 years, Beth has been practicing speech language and her speciality lies in the birth to teen population. Her smile, upbeat personality, and caring nature make her a favorite of all of her patients.
Kim Wallace MS, CCC-SLP
OWNER
Kim offers over 20 years of proven experience working with children from birth to early teen in in-home and center-based environments. Her positive attitude, awesome t-shirts, and fun energy make her an asset to families and their children.
Jodi Sienkiewicz OFFICE MANAGER
Jodi has worked in pediatric therapy for many years. She loves connecting with the children and getting to know their families. Jodi is inspired by all of the kids that come to the clinic and is proud to see what they accomplish!
Alex Klein, MS, CCC-SLP
NLA Trained Clinician
Alex has been a licensed speech language pathologist since 2017. She builds trust and engagement with her clients through child-led therapy. Her special interests are early language development and working with neurodivergent children. She encourages communication skills around self-regulation and self-advocacy.
Caitlin Churchill, MS, OTR/L
Trained SOS Therapist
Caitlin was a teacher for 5 years before becoming an occupational therapist. She has experience in schools, home health, and the hospital setting as an occupational therapist. Caitlin's special interests include: sensory processing, fine motor, visual motor, activities of daily living, and emotional regulation.
Emily Kempter, COTA/L
Emily is a licensed COTA. She has experience in early childhood education, as well as providing therapy for a local retirement home. She has special interests in feeding, reflex integration, and sensory processing. Her son, James, is her inspiration behind becoming a pediatric COTA. He allows her to connect with the children and families on a caring and personal level.
Emma Wuest, MS, CF-SLP
Emma has been a Speech- Language Pathologist since May of 2025. During grad school, she had a student placement at The Caring Group and loved it so much that she couldn’t pass up the chance to come back! She is passionate about child-led, play-based therapy and making speech fun for every kid.
Jerica Patek, MS CCC-SLP
Jerica has been a speech therapist since 2016. She has special interests in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), literacy, early and school age language, and social language. She has a genuine sweet and silly personality that her patients are able to connect with.
Karly Phipps, COTA/L
Karly Phipps has been a licensed COTA since 2018 after several years of working in the school systems. She has previous COTA experience in a variety of settings: home-health, outpatient, EI and schools. She has special interest in sensory processing and regulation, and fine motor development.
Kaylie Riley, M.S., CCC-SLP
Kaylie has been a speech therapist since 2018. She has experience working with autistic students K-12 requiring a variety of support. Her special interests include augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), functional communication, emotional language/regulation and advocating for self skills. She uses a neurodiversity affirming approach to therapy and believes that all brains learn and work differently.
Kenzie Dixon, COTA/L
Kenzie has been a licensed COTA since 2022, with previous experience in school-based and ABA therapy with children ranging from preschool to high school levels. She enjoys helping children develop essential life skills while also navigating emotional and behavioral exploration. Kenzie’s special interests include fine motor skills, activities of daily living, and sensory processing.
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Korinne Christner, COTA/L
Trained SOS Approach to Feeding & Total Motion Release Provider
Korinne has been a COTA since 2018, after working for 3 years in schools with children who have special needs. Her interests include working with children who have difficulty with emotional regulation, fine motor skills, and sensory processing.
Meaghan Moriarty, MS, OTR/L
​Meaghan has previous experience in outpatient pediatric therapy and outpatient neurological rehabilitation. In the pediatric setting, she has worked with a large population of children from 10 months to age 21. She has special interests in fine motor skills, visual perceptual skills, sensory processing, emotional regulation, and motor planning.
Sydney Tucker, COTA/L
Sydney has experience working in outpatient settings, working with people from ages 18 months-75 years old. She decided to become a COTA because she wanted to help people become as independent as possible in their daily lives. She enjoys creating a happy environment for kids to learn and communicating with parents. She has a special interest in emotional regulation, activities of daily living, executive functioning, and sensory regulation.
Ashlee Gottlob, M.S, CCC-SLP
Ashlee has been a speech therapist since 2016. She has 9 years of school-based experience working with preschool-middle school students. Her special interests include: early and school-aged language, articulation and phonological disorders, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Growing up with a repaired cleft lip and palate, she experienced firsthand the benefits of receiving speech therapy. This experience ignited her passion for helping children overcome their speech and language challenges.
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