Who We Are

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 Carolyn is a graduate of the University of Georgia and has a Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology.  She is licensed with the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).  Carolyn was certified by the National Center for Speech Telehealth in 2015. She has 27 years of experience providing services to children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders.  In her free time she loves gardening, hiking, skiing, and exploring the beautiful outdoors! 

    Karen Richard has been a speech-language pathologist since graduating from the University of Wyoming in 2011.  Prior to this, she served as a Board-Certified Music Therapist (MT-BC) in the Denver-Metro area for several years. She is a Registered MBSImP Clinician and holds voice therapy certifications in Lee Silverman Voice Therapy (LSVT) LOUD and LSVT eLOUD.  Karen has served populations in a variety of school based and medical settings, both in person and via telepractice.  She is an active member of the Wyoming Speech Language Hearing Association, having served as Telepractice Committee Chair and currently as President Elect. In her free time, you will find Karen enjoying nature, creating music, making pottery or knitting. 

Erin graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Moderate-Severe Disabilities from the University of Kentucky in 2007.  With this degree program, Erin gained experience working with children as a paraprofessional, therapeutic recreation counselor, and finally as a special education teacher.  During her time as a special education teacher, Erin developed a passion for helping her students develop and maximize their communication skills.  To further purse this passion, she obtained her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology (SLP) from the University of Wyoming in 2014.  She received her Certificate of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 2015, and maintains licenses to practice in the states of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Alaska.  She has provided and supervised SLP and SLPA services in Part C (ages birth to 3), Part B preschool (ages 3-5), public school (K-12), and University and private clinic settings. She is experienced in conducting in-person and telepractice evaluation and therapy sessions with individuals of all ages.  Professionally, Erin’s particular areas of interest include school-age expressive and social language skills, speech sound development, and use of augmentative/alternative modalities for functional communication.  In her free time, Erin prefers to be hiking in the beautiful mountains surrounding her Laramie, Wyoming home.  She also delights in fishing, yoga, and healthy cooking.

 Rachel graduated from California State University at Fullerton with a Master’s Degree in Communicative Disorders in 2013. She is a state licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in CA, CO, and WY (pending approval) and is certified with the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). She has experience working with children preschool through 12th grade in the school setting. Rachel enjoys working closely with her students to see each individual thrive and achieve their communication goals. Her area of expertise includes implementing speech-language therapy for students with communicative disorders in order to maximize effective communication in the academic environment. Her areas of professional interest include: language development and disorders, speech-sound development and disorders, autism spectrum disorders, & augmentative and alternative communication. In her free time, Rachel enjoys going on adventures with her husband and their four children. She enjoys trail running, swimming, hiking, and camping.