Dr. Katelyn Spencer is a board-certified Speech-Language Pathologist, Feeding Specialist, and Certified Oromyofunctional Therapist through the Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy. She is a four-time award American Speech-Language Hearing Association winner for continued education beyond 200 hours. She holds her Clinical Certification of Competence through the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association and is a licensed and registered member of the Texas Speech-Language and Hearing Association.
As a speech-language pathologist, Katelyn has worked in various settings: public education, private practice, home health, in-patient, and outpatient rehab for children and adults. She has evaluated and treated a broad range of speech and language disorders, including speech sound disorders, apraxia of speech, feeding, swallowing, expressive, receptive, and social language disorders, stuttering, voice, and myofunctional disorders. She has worked with special populations such as individuals with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, hearing impairments, ADHD, TBI, epilepsy disorders, hydrocephalus, and more.
Areas of intense study include sensory-motor feeding issues, orofacial myology, and swallowing. She has specific training for feeding using the CAN-EAT approach, Lori Overland Feeding Therapy, and Hallie Bulkin’s Feed the PEDS course. She has experience with Beckman Oral Motor and the S.O.S. Feeding approach. She is a Level 3 Talk Tools Therapist for Oral Motor and Feeding Therapy. She is trained in PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets), which focuses on motor movement when forming sounds into words. She has also taken coursework through the International Association of Oromyofunctional Therapy (IAOM), The Breathe Institute with Sarah Hornsby, Orofacial Myology Training for Sandra Holtzman (QOM certification track), SimonSaysSpeech, and the Chrysalis TOTS training to address oromyofunctional disorders and how to recognize tongue/lip/cheek tethers. She is on track to become a Certified Lactation Consultant (CLC) through the Center for Breastfeeding.
Katelyn is also trained in Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices (AAC) such as switches, Dynavox, the Proloquo2Go app on the iPad, and the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).
Katelyn is passionate about helping all patients reach their full potential in life, including in speech and language, feeding, and overall health. She coordinates with dentists, orthodontists, ENTs, physical therapists, and chiropractors around the DFW area to holistically address the needs of patients of any age.
“Welcome to MarvelMyo & Speech! I am the owner, Dr. Katelyn Spencer, EdD, M.S., CCC-SLP, AOMT-C, and I look forward to meeting you. I started MarvelMyo & Speech after being a speech therapist in the school system and seeing how little the kids were being given appropriate services. The lack of progress compelled me to want to help families navigate the overwhelming space of seeing specialists. I personally have dealt with breathing, sleep, speech, and feeding issues and have experienced the frustrations of trying to address the root cause for why my pains were evident. I chose the word MARVEL to represent my office because I want patients to know that they are getting the utmost care. I am married to my sweet husband, and we have a Boston terrier named Mahomie, who was given the namesake after none other than Patrick Mahomes of the Chiefs! I absolutely love baking and playing word games (your typical speech therapist appreciations)!”
