Providing Creative Therapy Strategies to Children and Their Families in the Boulder-Denver Communities.
Our Approach Combines Purposeful Movement, Play-based learning, and Family Coaching.
Serving Boulder-Denver Communities
Boulder, Superior, Louisville, Lafayette, Niwot, Longmont, Erie, Broomfield
Pediatric Speech & Feeding Therapy Locations
( Birth - 12 years )
Within the Family & Child's Home, and community settings
Office/Clinic locations: North Boulder & Northeast boulder & south boulder
Telehealth sessions: ONLINE SPEECH THERAPY & FEEDING THERAPY
About Our Team of Therapists
Creative Strategies Inc. is proud to provide therapy services that integrate the needs of the family and support the whole child.
We believe learning happens through movement and play; we strive to honor the neurodiversity of all people.
all our therapists are certified by the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and Hold Colorado State Licensure through Dora
ALL OF OUR THERAPISTS HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED UNDERSTANDING OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING CONTINUED EDUCATION IN SUPPORTING SENSORY PROCESSING SKILLS, SELF-REGULATION, AND USING MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT LEARNING. Learn more about why movement and family coaching matter.
Cathy Lauderbaugh, M.A., CCC-SLP
Cathy Lauderbaugh received her master's degree in Speech-language Pathology from CU Boulder in Colorado. She has worked as a speech therapist in early intervention (infants and toddlers), family coaching and counseling, preschools, and school-age settings. Her practice includes feeding support for infants, toddlers, and young children—with training from the SOS Approach to Feeding. She enjoys forming partnerships with families, and developing therapy strategies that value input from caregivers and support children in their everyday lives. She is passionate about supporting family dynamics and helping children find internal motivation to learn. She believes movement and play make learning joyful, meaningful, and more effective.
Cathy is also an avid equestrian, with many years of experience teaching riding, including maintaining status as a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor (CTRI) from PATH Intl, and training horses across multiple disciplines. She is thrilled to be able to support children's therapy goals in equine-assisted environments, and through the use of equine movement as a treatment tool (Hippotherapy).
Completion of SOS Approach to Feeding, as well as additional specialized training in feeding challenges; member of the International Association for Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing.
AHCB Certification in Using Equine Movement and Completion of AHA (American Hippotherapy Association) Level 1 and Level 2 Hippotherapy Courses
Experience working with a variety of communication needs; including Apraxia of Speech, with Recognition on ApraxiaKids.org, DTTC-trained, & PROMPT trained
Trainings in Breath Support, Postural Control, and Body Mechanics, including courses with Mary Massery, PT.
Cassandra McClenaghan, M.A., CCC-SLP
Cassandra received her master’s in Speech-language Pathology from the University of Colorado at Boulder; she has experience working in family-coaching and early intervention, as well as in the public school system. She uses her knowledge of the school system to support school-readiness skills while balancing the needs of the family. Cassandra is fluent in Spanish, and as a bilingual, bicultural therapist, she is sensitive to the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse clients. Her practice is motivated by the relationships and trust she builds with her clients and their families.
Her areas of speciality and interest include:
Cultural and linguistic diversity; fluent in Spanish
Articulation & Apraxia of Speech (DTTC trained)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (including TouchChat Partner)
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Gestalt Language Processing
Neurodiversity affirming approaches
Early language development with an emphasis on family coaching
Feeding therapy (SOS Approach to Feeding trained)
Fluency/Stuttering
Emily Guttmann, M.A., CCC-SLP
Emily received her master’s in Speech-language Pathology from the University of Northern Colorado. She has worked with children and adults across a variety of educational and clinical settings. In addition to working with Creative Strategies, Emily currently works part time in Boulder Valley School District and part time for the Center for Stuttering Therapy. Working across these three distinct settings allows Emily to contribute a unique perspective of the home-school-private therapy dynamic. Emily’s approach to speech and language intervention includes a family-centered system that builds on trust and engagement as a pathway to individual client growth and self-acceptance. Additionally, Emily works beyond the family unit to build a collective understanding of what disability is and how members in the general community can work towards reexamining our attitudes and environments to confront outdated stigmas.
Emily’s speciality areas include:
Feeding Therapy (SOS Approach to Feeding trained),
Apraxia of Speech (PROMPT trained, and DTTC trained)
Fluency/Stuttering
Neurodiversity-Affirming Approaches to Autism Spectrum Disorder
B.A. in Music-Voice Performance (CU Boulder) supports foundational skills for speech learning (breathwork, posture, etc.)
Ali Davidson, M.S., CCC-SLP
Ali received her Master’s of Science in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University, and has worked with children from infancy through high-school. She joined Creative Strategies after moving from New York back to Colorado where she was born and raised. She is thrilled about the opportunity to support children and their families in the Boulder community so they can thrive academically and socially.
Ali’s well-rounded expertise includes the speciality areas of:
Early language development
Articulation disorders and Apraxia of Speech (DTTC trained)
Autism spectrum disorder
Literacy skills.