Children's Therapy Services, Inc.

About Children's Therapy Services, Inc.

Children’s Therapy Services, Inc. is a pediatric practice with clinics in Mission and Overland Park, Kansas. The website presents the practice as providing speech therapy, occupational therapy, and psychology testing, including autism evaluations for children ages 2 to 18 and ADHD evaluations for ages 6 to 18. For speech-language services, the clinic highlights support for children with apraxia of speech, expressive and receptive language delays, articulation and speech sound disorders, fluency and stuttering concerns, autism-related communication needs, social communication and prosody goals, reading and dyslexia-related needs, and feeding or swallowing challenges. The site also notes that Spanish and English speech services are available.

The team page describes an approach centered on individualized care, family involvement, and evidence-informed treatment. Several clinicians specifically note parent or caregiver education, collaboration with families, and home carryover as part of care. Speech-language staff listed on the site include Tara Krause, SLP, owner and director; Ann Kirkland, Lead SLP and apraxia specialist; Sarah Ayers, Clinic Director and Lead SLP in Mission; Andrea Onnen, SLP; Adriana von Dorpowski, SLP, who provides bilingual Spanish-English services; and additional SLPs including Kelly Stacy, Megan Clausen, Jenna Wilson, Mady Cole, Sarah Pitzer, Serena McCown, Lauren Hampel, and Noelle Walker. The site also identifies Dr. Arianna Sparks as the clinic’s clinical psychologist for autism and ADHD evaluations. Across the staff biographies, the practice shows experience with early intervention, DTTC for childhood apraxia of speech, AAC, feeding, literacy, social communication, and a range of developmental communication needs. Overall, the website presents CTS as a multidisciplinary pediatric clinic serving families at two Kansas locations with a strong emphasis on matching children to the provider best suited to their needs.

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