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Welcome. I'm glad you're here.
My name is Amanda Smith. I'm a Speech-Language Pathologist based in Sandy Springs, Georgia. I hold a Certified Myofunctional Therapist credential, one of a small number of CMTs in the Atlanta metro area. I'm also LSVT LOUD certified, a gold-standard protocol for Parkinson's rehabilitation. Before opening this practice, I worked in hospital-based acute care treating stroke, traumatic brain injury, and Parkinson's patients. And I'm a homeschooling mom, which means I've spent a lot of time thinking about how families receive and process clinical information.
That combination is why I focus specifically on myofunctional therapy for families coming through the orthodontist referral pathway.
A few years into private practice, I noticed something. Families were coming in with referral slips that were weeks old. Sometimes months old. They hadn't acted on them not because they didn't care, but because nobody had made the next step clear. I decided that explaining the pathway is part of the clinical work, not something that happens before it.
Here's what you'll get from these emails.
Over the next two weeks, I'll send you a short sequence of emails covering the things I wish every family knew before their intake consult. What tongue posture and swallowing patterns have to do with orthodontic outcomes. What myofunctional therapy actually addresses, and what it doesn't. What a free intake consult looks like and what you'll walk away knowing. No sales pressure, no jargon you'll have to decode.
After the welcome sequence, you'll hear from me about once a week. I share clinical observations, things I notice in practice, and practical information about pediatric speech development and myo therapy. You can reply to any of these emails. I read them.
If you want to explore what we do before the next email arrives, the link below has everything in one place. Credentials, intake process, and what to expect from a first visit.
More coming in two days.
Amanda Smith, SLP
Lasting Language Therapy
Sandy Springs, GA
amanda@lastinglanguage.net
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