Joy and Laughter Developmental Therapy

Jennifer Alva Lewis, MS, CCC-SLP

As a speech-language pathologist, I have specialized in pediatric feeding therapy for over ten years. In those years, I have sought out and trained in a variety of different approaches to feeding therapy and learned from the country’s top experts (e.g., Marsha Dunn Klein, Debra Beckman, Catherine Shaker, Diane Bahr, Lynn Wolf, Robin Glass etc.). There is no one approach to therapy that works for every child or every family. I carefully select the parts of each approach that fits best with every child I see, creating an individualized therapy plan for each family based on their unique needs and circumstances.
I treat breast, bottle, and tube fed infants using a combination of oral motor exercises, massage, and suck training. I also treat older babies, toddlers and children into their teens.