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Our Mission
Our Mission
Serving the needs of our community by providing quality speech and language therapy with expertise, empathy, and compassion.
Our Vision
Our Vision
Empowering children with effective communication skills to confidently navigate and actively participate in the world around them.
Values
Empowerment: We believe empowering parents and caregivers through education, training and guidance is of utmost importance for enhancing our children's communication skills and overall well-being.
Collaboration: Team work makes the dream work! Together we can help our children reach their full potential.
Compassion: We believe that our children and their families deserve to be treated with compassion. We treat all of our clients like family, because we are.
Acceptance: We accept and acknowledge that we are all different. We embrace and encourage everyone to be themselves.
Advocacy: We are our children's biggest advocates. We strive to ensure they have access to necessary resources and support.
Happiness: We prioritize the well-being of our children. We foster a loving and encouraging environment where each session is tailored to our children's needs.
Meet our SLP!
Meet our SLP!
Josie Muñiz Padilla, M.S., CCC-SLP
Josie is the owner and founder of Mustard Seed Therapy, PLLC.
She is a bilingual therapist who was born and raised in Del Rio, Texas. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin and her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University.
With five years experience in speech pathology, and an additional three years experience as a certified special education teacher, Josie has grown a passion for helping individuals with disabilities enhance their communication skills. Josie has worked with individuals of all ages, from pediatrics to geriatrics.
Josie is licensed to practice speech language pathology in the state of Texas and has her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. She has experience treating individuals of various ages and disabilities, such as speech/language delays and disorders, swallowing and feeding disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome, other genetic disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Dementia, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and stroke survivors.
Although she loves and enjoys working with a wide range of disabilities, Josie has grown a passion for providing services to children on the Autism Spectrum. Josie is sensory-certified and incorporates sensory activities/strategies into her therapy sessions to help her clients regulate and maintain focus/attention. Josie is also trained in Natural Language Acquisition for Gestalt Language Processors. If you are seeking a therapist who is knowledgable in this area, Josie is the therapist to contact.
Trainings/Certifications:
-Inside Out Sensory Certificate
-Natural Language Acquisition for Gestalt Language Processors
-AAC for Gestalt Language Processors
-VitalStim Therapy and Beyond: DINES (Dynamic Integration of NMES and Exercise for Swallowing) Certificate
-A Sensory-Motor Approach to Feeding
-Talk Tools Oral Motor Therapy
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