Meet Karen
Karen Williams, M.S. CCC-SLP is the owner of Homegrown Speech and a speech-language pathologist. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina and grew up here, in the triangle. She enjoys baking legendary chocolate chip cookies, singing, being outside, learning to speak Spanish, learning to play the piano, trying new restaurants, and spending time with her husband, kids, and their cat.
KAREN’S CREDENTIALS
Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Northeastern University
Certificate of Clinical Competence with the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)
Permanent License with the North Carolina Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies and a Minor in Choral Music from the University of North Carolina Wilmington
Trained in diagnosis and treatment of orofacial myofunctional disorders through an approved course by the International Association of Orofacial Myology
Trained in the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding
CPR Certification by the American Red Cross for Adult/Pediatric CPR
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Our Services
All speech and feeding services, including evaluations and therapy sessions, take place in the home environment or in your child’s preschool in order to facilitate efficient carry-over of skills and strategies learned in sessions. To see our menu of services that are currently available, visit our services page.
Billing and Reimbursement
We are able to accept payment by check, credit/debit card, HSA cards, and FSA cards. If you have private insurance, we bill you directly and can provide you with a superbill (receipt) that you may use to submit for reimbursement if you choose to do so as an out-of-network service. We always recommend checking with your insurance company to be clear on your out-of-network benefits.
For private pay rates, visit our services page. We are not currently in-network with any insurance companies.
More About Karen
Karen feels grateful to now be focused on the pediatric population, as she enjoys empowering children in their journey of speech and feeding development. Her clinical experience includes providing therapy in the hospital, private practice, preschool, home, and school settings with people of all ages. Her specific interests include pediatric feeding, language development, articulation, and voice disorders. While pursuing her graduate degree in Boston, Karen was a member of the Northeastern University Student Speech Language and Hearing Association, as well as the National Speech Language and Hearing Association. Karen has enjoyed the opportunity to provide therapy to children diagnosed with Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, Dysphagia, Phonological Disorder, Childhood Onset Fluency Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Apraxia, Down Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy. Karen has enjoyed clinical experiences working in the Boston public school system in a language literacy program with children in Kindergarten, as well as in the Malden public school system in Massachusetts to provide evaluations and therapy to kids in grades K-12.
Karen spent time at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary working with patients on vocal rehabilitation and post-laryngectomy care. While there, she completed voice evaluations, conducted voice therapy, and assisted with tracheoesophageal prosthesis care. Karen discovered her passion for pediatric speech and feeding therapy during her time at a private practice in Beverly, Massachusetts, that conducted feeding and swallowing evaluations, speech and language evaluations, and therapy with children and adults. She actively observed many instrumental evaluations that included FEES and videostroboscopy feeding evaluations, as well as conducted feeding, speech and language, and voice therapy.