Who We Are

Kerry Fitzpatrick, M.A. CCC-SLP is a board-certified Baltimore based dynamic and bilingual speech language pathologist with 14 years of expertise providing speech therapy to children with autism, speech and language delays and disorders, as well as developmental differences and disabilities.

She is trained in multi-lingualism and a fluent English and Spanish speaker. Kerry has an innate capacity to connect with and form strong bonds with children, which is the foundation of her therapeutic connection and treatment.

Her experience includes 7 years as an SLP in the public elementary school setting and more recently 6 years working in early intervention with Infants and Toddlers. Kerry utilizes a robust therapeutic skill set, evidence-based intervention and adept clinical decision making in order to best treat, serve, and support children with many communication needs.

In 2015, she started her small private speech therapy practice in Baltimore and began providing direct, home based services for children referred to her by word of mouth in the greater Baltimore community. She officially founded North Baltimore Speech Therapy in 2017.

Education

Kerry’s completed her undergraduate training at University of Maryland, College Park. In 2011, she graduated with a master's degree in Speech Language Pathology from the University of Texas, Austin and completed their Bilingual and Multicultural Program with a Spanish language focus. There, Kerry was awarded the Sally C. Paul Award for exceptional performance in theoretical and applied areas of speech/ language.

She completed clinical training at both The Texas Schools for the Deaf and the Blind as well as Bilinguistics, Inc (well known for bilingual Speech and Language services). Her thesis contributed to the development of the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment (BESA), a standardized language evaluation.

Kerry's experiences working with children with language differences started over 20 years ago during a daily internship in 2004 at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Achievements program. There she learned foundational methods of intervention and supported intervention for children with autism in a small classroom setting at the Center for Autism and Related Disorders.

Additional Training

AEIOU: An Integrated Approach to Pediatric Feeding

Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC)- treatment for children with moderate to severe Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Hanen More Than Words: Program for Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum/ social communication needs

Leaders Project Cleft Palate Speech Therapy: Evaluation and Treatment Modules in English and Spanish

Project Impact: Coaching Parents of Young Children with Autism and Related Social Communication Delays

PROMPTs for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets: a tactile-kinesthetic articulation treatment approach

Training for Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs): evaluating and treating lip and tongue ties

Behavioral theory and techniques including:

Virtues Language Project

Choice Theory

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention and Prevention

Sensory Regulation

Continuing Education in:

Stuttering interventions

Serving children with down syndrome

AAC and best practices for working with Children and toddlers with autism

Symposiums focused on Bilingualism and Cultural Humility

Kirwan Institute Implicit Bias Module Series

Best practices for assessing and providing therapy to children with diverse language backgrounds

Professional Development

Passionate about speech pathology and serving diverse and global communities, Kerry has sought out additional experiences to grow and serve within the realm of SLP. She has most recently served on two cleft palate repair missions to Guatemala City with Austin Smiles and has volunteered at Wings Melaka, a center for children with disabilities in Malaysia as well as Incawasi, a local children's development center in the Andes of Peru.

To further advance the field, Kerry was the chairperson of the committee to develop and launch the Maryland Speech and Hearing Association (MSHA) Mentorship Program for SLPs and Audiologists for 3 years. Additionally, Kerry has mentored graduate SLP student clinicians as well as an SLP in their clinical fellowship year.

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