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St. Luke's Children's Rehabilitation: Meridian, E Louise Dr.

At St. Luke's Children's Rehabilitation, our team provides physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language therapy services to meet the diverse needs of the children we treat. We help children of all ages and developmental levels improve their quality of life and become more independent. 

We provide assessment and treatment services for children experiencing neurological disorders, genetic disorders, developmental disabilities, motor disorders, sensory processing and self-regulation needs, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, motor speech disorders, communication/language disorders, chronic pain, toileting needs or delays, self-care deficits, seating and technology training needs, dysphagia/feeding needs, executive functioning needs, language processing training, articulation needs, behavioral needs, voice training needs, and more.
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  • Pediatric Occupational Therapy

    Biography

    Carolyn (Queck) Blaisdell, MS, OTR/L enjoys working with children of all ages and diagnoses, and has over 10 years of experience working with autism in particular.

    Carolyn earned her master's degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, running, and backpacking. 

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Occupational Therapy

    Biography

    Molly Gallegos, MA, OTR/L is passionate about helping children become the best versions of themselves through close collaboration with patients and their families. She also strives to improve the quality of health care within our community through advanced training and leadership as well as through specialty program development. In addition to managing the St. Luke’s Children’s Rehabilitation clinic in Meridian, Molly currently leads St. Luke’s Children’s Rehabilitation’s Executive Functioning Program team. 

    Molly is ADHD-Rehabilitation Services certified and has advanced training and certification in the evaluation and treatment of sensory processing disorders. She also collaborates with developmental pediatricians within St. Luke’s Children’s Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities as a part of their multidisciplinary diagnostic team. 

    Molly earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from La Sierra University and her master's degree in occupational therapy from University of Southern California.

    Favorite Therapy Toys: Swings and bolster slide.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Physical Therapy

    Biography

    Holly Hubbard, PT, DPT enjoys working with children of all ages and abilities and has training in reflex integration, toe walking, pediatric gait, and wheelchair seating and mobility. She enjoys the challenges of her job and helping kids play and reach their potential. 

    Holly earned her bachelor's degree in health science from Boise State University and her doctorate of physical therapy from Eastern Washington University. In her free time, she enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her family and friends. 

    Favorite Therapy Toy: the bolster swing.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Occupational Therapy

    Biography

    Mary Kinman, MOT, OTR/L has experience treating children with a variety of diagnoses, including autism, down syndrome, cerebral palsy, sensory processing disorders, ADHD, and developmental delays. She enjoys working with the young adult population on executive function skills to prepare them for adulthood. She is passionate about assisting patients to achieve their highest level of functionality, and enjoys coaching and educating parents and families in order to carryover skills learned in the clinic to their home and community environments. She tailors each session to the needs of both the patient and family and what is important to them.

    Born and raised in Maryland, Mary attended Saint Francis University, where she earned both her bachelor's degree in health sciences and her master's degree in occupational therapy. In her free time, Mary enjoys hiking, trying new restaurants, reading books, and playtime with her puppy.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Speech Language Therapy

    Biography

    Kelly O'Leary, MS, CCC-SLP, PC is a speech-language pathologist specializing in childhood apraxia of speech and autism spectrum disorder. She sees kids of all ages, but primarily works with kids under the age of 5. She is certified in Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT).

    Kelly is great at keeping young patients engaged and strives to make therapy sessions fun. She is committed to preparing parents for success in helping their child at home. She is also passionate about empowering parents to be strong advocates for their child in all aspects of life. 

    Kelly earned her master's degree in speech language pathology at the University of North Dakota. In her free time, Kelly enjoys spending time with her family.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Behavioral Health

    Biography

    Annie G. Prince, MA, LCSW is a pediatric mental health therapist with specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, and mindfulness-based therapies. She also has training in cross-cultural service provision, including specialized training in serving refugee children, youth, and families. She enjoys working with children from early childhood through adolescence.

    Annie earned her bachelor's degree in religion from Northwestern University, her first master's degree in psychology from the New School for Social Research, and her second master's degree in social work from Boise State University.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Speech Language Therapy

    Biography

    Molly A. Reider, MA, CCC-SLP/L specializes in autism spectrum disorders. She was the first therapist in Idaho to become certified in the Early Start Denver Model, and is a co-leader for the St. Luke's Children’s Rehabilitation autism team. She has experience and training in motor speech and other developmental disorders. 

    Molly loves treating with a team approach. She is passionate about working closely with families to become their child’s best teacher and cheerleader.

    Molly earned her bachelor's degree in Biblical studies and communication disorders from Biola University, and her master's degree in communicative disorders from California State University at Fullerton. In her free time, she loves creative endeavors and spending time with family and friends.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Speech Language Therapy

    Biography

    Annie Searcy, MS, CCC-SLP specializes in autism spectrum disorders. She is certified in the Early Start Denver Model and is a co-leader for the St. Luke’s Children's Rehabilitation autism team. Annie has experience and training in a variety of speech, language and other developmental disorders and has worked as a speech pathologist for over 15 years.

    Annie loves working alongside families to help them learn and understand how to communicate with their child in the best way possible. 

    Annie earned her bachelor's degree in communication sciences and disorders from Washington State University, and her master's degree in communication sciences and disorders from Idaho State University. In her free time, Annie loves spending time with her family and doing anything outdoors.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Occupational Therapy

    Biography

    Ann Short, MS, OTR/L is passionate about helping children reach their full potential. She believes in taking therapy beyond the walls of the clinic and working closely with the family to ensure carryover of therapeutic techniques to help meet goals. She has experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings, private clinics and home-based therapy, and has designed innovative products for occupational therapists.

    Ann is experienced in working with children with Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and sensory processing disorders. She also works with global developmental delays, oculomotor vision deficits, handwriting difficulties, and sensory-based feeding disorders. She has worked in both in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation, private therapy clinics, and home-based therapy.

    Ann also has advanced training in sensory integration, the Greenspan DIR/Floortime Approach™, Handwriting Without Tears®, sensory/behavior-based feeding disorders, and NDT principles. She is certified in the administration of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Test (SIPT), advanced therapeutic listening, the Listening Program®, and interactive metronome.

    Ann participates as a staff member at the annual AAC Camp, a week-long summer camp that helps kids learn to use their augmentative alternative communication devices. At the camp, she provides fun motor activities, as well as sensory processing and regulation support to campers, their parents, and camp counselors. 

    Ann earned her master's degree in occupational therapy from Washington School of Medicine. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, biking, singing, and spending time with her family and pets.

    Favorite Therapy Toy: the trampoline.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     
  • Pediatric Speech Language Therapy

    Biography

    Rebecca A. Strong, MS, CCC-SLP works with children (ages 18 months - 13 years) who have a wide range of diagnoses including hearing impairment and/or receptive and expressive language disorders such as speech articulation and phonology challenges, fluency/stuttering, and hypernasality. She has experience working with patients who have Down syndrome, autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, and who have experienced a brain injury.

    Rebecca's primary goal is to help improve a child's functional communication. She works with both patients and families to determine which tools will be most effective for them and explores options such as sign language, augmentative communication, the use of trained phrases, and increasing the use of spontaneous speech.

    Rebecca began her career at Elks Rehabilitation, caring for children with a wide variety of conditions, including many with cerebral palsy. She enjoys volunteering at the Augmentative Communication Camp and participating in community outreach events like the Run for Autism and the annual Dr. Seuss reading event at Barnes and Noble.

    Rebecca earned a bachelor's degree in speech pathology and audiology, as well as a master's degree in speech-language pathology, from Idaho State University. She completed her clinical fellowship at Idaho Elks Rehabilitation Hospital.

    In her free time, Rebecca enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, walking her dog, and going to movies.

    Availability

    Accepting new patients
     

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