About Us
Hi there! Meet our team!
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Jillian Pendergast M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist/Owner
Miss Jill is an ASHA certified Speech and Language Pathologist. She has over 8 years of experience working in pediatric outpatient clinics and elementary schools throughout the Bradenton area. She specializes in early language development, gestalt language processing and speech sound disorders. She is also now trained and certified in Orton Gillingham to support children with reading. Miss Jill also has extensive training using various AAC devices, such as LAMP and TouchChat.
Things Miss Jill loves!
going to Starbucks to get an iced caramel macchiato
hanging out with her husband and two dogs
exploring new restaurants in the Sarasota/Bradenton area
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Jackie Long M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Miss Jackie is an ASHA certified Speech and Language Pathologist. She has over 10 years of experience working in home health, elementary and middle schools throughout Texas and Florida. She specializes in speech sound disorders, phonological disorders and using a play based approach while treating early language development, .
Things Miss Jackie loves!
spending time wither her husband and two children
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Huntyre Pimentel OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
I am trained in Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) Approach to Feeding and Trust Based Relational Interventions (TBRI).
In my free time, I enjoy
hanging out at the beach
spending quality time with my 2 year old daughter, husband, and dog
I enjoy sports, traveling, shopping, and a nice iced coffee.
How We Can Best Support You
Therapy Services
Parent coaching
Iep consulation & advocacy
therapy for children with
Varying Diagnoses
We specialize in the evaluation and treatment of children with a range of speech and language diagnoses, including Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), cerebral palsy, receptive and expressive language disorders, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), fine motor difficulties and sensory regulation disorders.
We have extensive training and experience in the evaluation and implementation of AAC systems, including picture exchange communication, in addition to high-tech speech generating devices with varying language software programs (e.g., LAMP words for Life and Proloquo2Go)
We believe in child led and neurodiversity affirming practices at Edge Therapies!