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18 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • May 2016 Ask the Expert a sk t h e e x p e rt Q: Please tell us a little about Fleming Therapy Services. Fleming Therapy Services, Inc. is a private, locally-owned and operated pediatric practice providing speech, occupational, and physical therapy to children 12 months to 18 years old. We also provide feeding and augmentative alternative communication therapy. Augmentative alternative communication includes all forms of communication (other than oral speech) that is used to express thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas. Starting in summer 2016, we will be offering aquatic therapy as well. Our focus is on helping families with children who have difficulty with articulation, language, sensory processing, fine motor, gross motor and overall developmental milestone challenges. We also have the capability to manage and oversee multiple therapies in complex and medically-involved children who would benefit and grow from all three main services, speech, OT and PT. Our services are often provided in a one- on-one setting; however, if appropriate and desired by families, we can provide these services in a small group setting to increase social interactions amongst the children of the same age and similar conditions. Q: What areas do you specialize in? We have a superior team of over 35 therapists across Northern Virginia who are available to provide assistance on any one case in a collaborative, nurturing and car- ing environment. Our team specializes in working with children who have autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy and a range of medically fragile needs. We have therapists who specialize in treating apraxia, feeding disorders, interactive metronome, neuromuscular disorders and reading difficulties, and who have prompt training, PECS training, early childhood development training or certification, Fluency, ABA (applied behavior analysis) and Aquatic Therapy training or certification. Those with Fluency training have had addi- tional courses and interests in gaining the knowledge on how to provide treatment for those that stutter . With over 100 years of therapy experience across our Northern Virginia offices, we pride ourselves on focusing this knowledge, keeping therapy in sync and meeting milestones. Q: Fleming Therapy Services offers a family-friendly environment. What does that mean? Our family-friendly environment is some- thing I feel is unique. As the owner of Fleming Therapy, mother of six children and a military spouse, I am proud of how I have been able to shape my company to ensure that our families feel at home and know their children are well taken care of by our staff. Not only do the therapists take this loving, nurturing approach, but our front office administration and billing departments take the approach in making sure our families are heard and taken care of from a scheduling to a financial perspective. As a parent, there's nothing more meaningful than knowing you are taking your child to a place where people truly care for your child's entire well-being, your family and your family's financial need. It's more than customer service. It's understanding and caring for our families that set us apart. We have a history of our families making long- lasting friendships with other families and with us at Fleming Therapy Services. Are you concerned that your baby may have a developmental delay? Do you have questions about your child's feeding disorder, or are you looking for a new speech therapist? Since 2004, Fleming Therapy Services has supported families using a unique in-house collaborative approach. This family-owned business cov- ers several areas of therapy in four separate locations — two in Fredericksburg and two in Northern Virginia. Carrie Fleming M.Ed., CCC-SLP, CEO and president of Fleming Therapy Services, talked about her company's approach to treatment. INTERVIEWED BY BRENDA SAPANGHILA Carrie Fleming M.Ed., CCC-SLP, owner, founder, CEO and president of Fleming Therapy Services. Pediatric Therapy in Sync