Physical Conditions
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Amy Kageals, DHSc
Amy KagealsDirector, DHSc, MS, CCC-SLP
Director
Amy KagealsDirector, DHSc, MS, CCC-SLP"Carilion Children’s Pediatric Therapies is a collaborative and innovative team that provides therapeutic interventions to children to support a community free from limitations."
Early Intervention
This is a program organized by the Commonwealth that Carilion Children's partners with to provide in-home services to infants, birth to 3 years of age, to support development and help children meet goals set by the family and developmental team.
Meet Wali, a Saint Francis Facility Dog
Wali, the region’s first dedicated pediatric facility dog, supports young patients at Carilion Children’s Tanglewood Center. As a Saint Francis Facility Dog placed with Carilion Children’s Tanglewood, Wali works alongside clinical psychologist Tara Mitchell, Ph.D., and physical and occupational therapists to help create a comforting environment for patients.
Watch the videoAVT
AVT, Auditory Verbal Therapy, is a specific approach to speech therapy to help children with hearing loss to use their residual hearing capacity (with supports of hearing aids or cochlear implants) to learn to develop listening and spoken language skills.
Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing
We have speech-language pathologists that specialize in a realm of feeding and swallowing areas for infants and children. These clinicians offer clinical and instrumental assessments, such as Modified Barium Swallowing Study (MBSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES).
Tone Management Clinic
This clinic provides assessment and management of challenges that are unique to children with complex neurological impairments by a skilled pediatric physical therapist and rehabilitation physiatrist.
Aquatic Therapy
Our pediatric Physical and Occupational therapists utilize pools as a treatment approach to support meeting goals and functional abilities.
Early Intervention
This is a program organized by the Commonwealth that Carilion Children's partners with to provide in-home services to infants, birth to 3 years of age, to support development and help children meet goals set by the family and developmental team.
Meet Wali, a Saint Francis Facility Dog
Wali, the region’s first dedicated pediatric facility dog, supports young patients at Carilion Children’s Tanglewood Center. As a Saint Francis Facility Dog placed with Carilion Children’s Tanglewood, Wali works alongside clinical psychologist Tara Mitchell, Ph.D., and physical and occupational therapists to help create a comforting environment for patients.
Watch the videoAVT
AVT, Auditory Verbal Therapy, is a specific approach to speech therapy to help children with hearing loss to use their residual hearing capacity (with supports of hearing aids or cochlear implants) to learn to develop listening and spoken language skills.
Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing
We have speech-language pathologists that specialize in a realm of feeding and swallowing areas for infants and children. These clinicians offer clinical and instrumental assessments, such as Modified Barium Swallowing Study (MBSS) and Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES).
Tone Management Clinic
This clinic provides assessment and management of challenges that are unique to children with complex neurological impairments by a skilled pediatric physical therapist and rehabilitation physiatrist.
Aquatic Therapy
Our pediatric Physical and Occupational therapists utilize pools as a treatment approach to support meeting goals and functional abilities.
Opening October 2021, the fully accessible Carilion Children’s Tanglewood Center brings Carilion Children’s outpatient practices together to better serve our young patients and their families. Together with Pediatric Medicine, 18 specialties and services will be available at the new location. The facility is located at 4348 Electric Road in Roanoke.
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