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Blooming Speech Therapy

🌿 Speech, Language, Feeding Therapy | Birth - 2nd Grade 🌿

🌿✨ Blooming Speech Therapy ✨🌿

Helping little ones grow, communicate, and thrive—right from the comfort of home! 🏡💬🌸 Specializing in speech, language, and feeding therapy for children (birth–2nd grade) in Kirksville, MO, with convenient, in-home sessions designed to fit any family’s schedule. Through personalized, play-based therapy, children gain confidence, strengthen skills, and find their voice—all while learning in a familiar, supportive environment. Parents are empowered with tools and strategies to support progress beyond each session.

🌟 Private pay | Flexible scheduling | Family-centered care 🌟

Helping children bloom—one milestone at a time. 🌷 Message for more details!

02/10/2026

💌 Little Hearts, Growing Minds 💌

Join Blooming Speech Therapy, Kirksville R-III Parents as Teachers, and the Adair County Public Library for a morning of fun, language-rich, Valentine-themed activities!

Blooming Speech Therapy will also be offering free speech, language, and hearing screenings for children ages 2-5. Please use the sign-up link at the bottom of this post to indicate interest and help us plan for the day.

Screenings are optional! Even if you’re not interested in a screening, we would still love for you to come play, explore, and enjoy a sweet morning of learning together 💕📚

📅 Friday, February 13
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
📍 Adair County Public Library

Hope to see you there! 💗

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01/23/2026

🌷 Now Accepting New Clients 🌷

Hi, I’m Miss Katy, the pediatric speech-language pathologist behind Blooming Speech Therapy. I’m based in Kirksville, and I love supporting children and families with care that feels practical, playful, and supportive of real life.

🌱 I offer services through:
• My home-based clinic in Kirksville
• Virtual therapy services

✨ Areas I support include:
• Speech & language development
• Feeding challenges
• AAC evaluations & support
• Parent education & coaching

I’m currently in-network with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, and I’m actively working toward becoming in-network with:
🪁 Healthy Blue
🪁 Cigna
🪁 UnitedHealthcare

If you’ve been wondering whether your child might need support, or you’re not sure where to start, you’re not alone. I’d love to connect and see how I can help. 🌼

📩 Send a message to get started.

01/22/2026

✨ Feeding Myth vs. Truth ✨

“Three meals a day is enough for kids.”

Children need frequent opportunities to eat.

🍎🥨 Children need 5–6 eating opportunities per day to meet their calorie needs and support growth. 🍌🧀

Small stomachs do better with meals and snacks spaced throughout the day. 🥣

01/21/2026

✨ Feeding Myth vs. Truth ✨

“Eating is easy.”

Eating is actually very complex.

🍇🧇 Eating is the only task that requires every organ system to work correctly, and it involves every muscle in the body. Eating requires coordination of the body, mouth, brain, and senses all at the same time. 🍗🥓

When even one piece is hard, eating can feel overwhelming instead of easy. 🥣

01/20/2026

✨ Feeding Myth vs. Truth ✨

“They will outgrow picky eating.”

Some children do. Many don’t.

🥕🍎 Only about 1/3–1/2 of children outgrow picky eating within 2–3 years without professional intervention. 🧀🍞

For other children, feeding challenges can persist, and they benefit from support. 🥣

01/19/2026

✨ Feeding Myth vs. Truth ✨

“Kids shouldn’t play with their food.”

What looks like play is often learning.

🍳🍍 Exploring food helps children feel safe and build familiarity before they’re ready to eat. 🫐🥐

Food exploration is part of the process, not a problem to stop. 🥣

01/18/2026

✨ Feeding Myth vs. Truth ✨

“If they get hungry enough, they’ll eat.”

Eating is a learned skill, not an instinct.

🍓🥦 Early on, babies rely on reflexes to eat. As those reflexes fade around 5-6 months, eating becomes a skill that must be learned and practiced over time. 🍗🥓

When eating feels hard, it’s often a sign a child needs support, not more pressure. 🥣

01/13/2026

Blooming Speech Therapy is in the final stages of becoming an in-network provider with UnitedHealthcare and is currently seeking a client with an active UHC plan to complete the enrollment process.

This opportunity is ideal for a family who has already been considering speech therapy services and is looking for individualized, evidence-based care in a supportive environment. All services are provided by a licensed, ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and tailored to each client’s specific needs.

If you or someone you know has UnitedHealthcare insurance and is interested in speech therapy services, please reach out to learn more about availability, services offered, and next steps!

01/04/2026

A few days fashionably late, just in classic Miss Katy style… 🤷‍♀️

2025 deserves a pause.

2025 was the year Blooming Speech Therapy became real.
It wasn’t just a dream for the future anymore. It wasn’t just a conversation about “someday.” In what felt like the blink of an eye, Blooming Speech Therapy went from a wild idea to my full-time job.

An LLC. A caseload. A clinic space.
Community events. First public appearances. And more learning than I ever expected.

Most of what I know about running a private practice, I taught myself along the way. Not perfectly. Just one decision, one round of trial and error, one documentation form, one “I’ll figure this out” at a time. There were moments of doubt, but also so much growth that came from figuring things out as I went.

Each learning curve shaped something solid. Each challenge nudged me forward. All of it led me here… running a practice I’m proud of, serving families I love, and building a business that aligns with my values.

Some of the most important work from this year isn’t visible yet. But it’s there. It’s growing.

2025: roots were planted.
2026: this one’s for blooming.

🌱🌸🪁 Thanks for coming along for the Blooming journey!

12/23/2025

2025 was for planting seeds.
2026 is for watching them bloom 🌱✨

One of the biggest seeds I planted this year is access.
Starting January 1, I’ll officially be an in-network provider with Anthem Blue Cross, with additional insurance enrollments in progress. To start, I’ll be accepting a very limited number of Anthem policy holders as I learn the insurance billing world and all the behind-the-scenes pieces that come with it. 📣Contact me today if you’re interested in one of the limited insurance openings! 📣

Blooming Speech Therapy will remain primarily private pay for now so I can continue to offer the flexibility, quality, and heart of care my families know and love, while expanding access in a thoughtful, sustainable way.

✨ Another exciting seed ✨
In 2026, I’m also stepping into a new role as an Adjunct Clinical Supervisor at Truman State University 🤍 I’m beyond excited to mentor graduate clinicians and help them fall in love with this work the same way I did.

There are more Blooming surprises growing quietly in the background 💘 Stay tuned.

Seeds planted. Roots growing.
Here’s to a year of blooming together 🌷

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