MEET OUR THERAPISTS
Clare Coates, M.S. CCC-SLP
Speech - Language Pathologist
Clare received a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from The University of Arkansas. She received her Masters of Science in Communication Disorders from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Prior to starting Creating Voices, Clare has served children in the early intervention, clinic based, hospital, and home health settings.
Clare has experience in serving children with articulation impairments, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down syndrome, expressive and receptive language impairments, feeding impairments, medically complex conditions, pragmatic language impairments, and various genetic disorders.
She enjoys treating infants with feeding impairments to increase their ability to obtain nutrition, meet growth expectations, and increase social engagement with caregivers. Clare enjoys working closely with caregivers to empower them to provide for their child's nutritional and communication needs.
She is certified to provide neuro-muscular electrical stimulation (VitalStim) therapy to aid in pharyngeal dysphagia. Clare is PROMPT trained to serve children who experience Childhood Apraxia of Speech.
Clare is from Little Rock, Arkansas and has enjoyed living in Dallas since 2009. She enjoys spending quality time with her husband, two sons, family, and friends. She also enjoys coffee, traveling, and trying new restaurants throughout Dallas.
She is currently accepting new patients. She looks forward to meeting you and your child!
Megan Davidson, M.S. CCC-SLP
Speech - Language Pathologist
Megan graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders. She received her Masters of Science from the University of Texas at Dallas.
She became interested in becoming a speech-language pathologist because two of her brothers are on the Autism Spectrum Disorder. Megan has experience serving children in Early Childhood Intervention (ECI), clinic based, hospital and home health settings prior to starting Creating Voices.
She has experience in treating children with various developmental differences such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Down syndrome, rare genetic disorders, pragmatic language impairments, articulation impairments, Childhood Apraxia of Speech and receptive and expressive language delays/impairments.
She is PROMPT trained to aid in serving children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. She has worked with children who have dysphagia and feeding difficulties. She is certified in providing neuro-muscular electrical stimulation (VitalStim) to address pharyngeal phase dysphagia. She also enjoys helping children gain communication abilities with AAC devices. Megan is dedicated to serving every child and their family to the best of her ability.
Megan is originally from Houston, TX. Megan and her husband have enjoyed living in Dallas since 2009. They have two boys and are loving every second of parenthood! She also enjoys yoga, reading fiction novels, and spending time with family, friends, and her precious puppy.
She is currently accepting new patients. She looks forward to meeting you!