Carolina Pediatric Therapy - Waynesville

10/09/2025

👻🎶 Let’s Boo-gie! 🎶👻
Our October theme at Carolina Peds is all about spooky fun and creativity! Speech Therapist Sally James’s kiddo was ready to “boo-gie” with their scary cat craft 😺 and show off their bat hat decorated with speech words on the wings! 🦇💬

Sally loves finding fun, themed ways to help her kiddos practice their speech sounds and we think this one is fang-tastic! 🧡✨

10/06/2025

🎉 October Birthdays at Carolina Peds! 🎂

Help us celebrate our amazing team members with October birthdays! 🧡 We’re so grateful for all the joy, compassion, and care you bring to our families and kiddos every day.

Drop a 🎈 in the comments to wish them a happy birthday!

10/01/2025

🌟 October is Physical Therapy Month 🌟
We’re celebrating our amazing Carolina Peds Physical Therapy Team! 💙🧡
From helping children take their very first steps to reaching new goals and growing stronger every day, our PTs make a lasting difference in the lives of our families. 💙🧡

Let’s celebrate the impact of physical therapy and the amazing therapists who make it possible!

09/29/2025

🌟Introducing Safe & Sound Protocol at Carolina Peds 🌟

The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) is an evidence-based listening therapy designed to help calm the nervous system and support:
💙 Emotional regulation
💙 Connection with others
💙 Resilience in everyday life

👉 Our nervous system is built to protect us from danger. But after trauma or prolonged stress, it can sometimes misread safe situations as unsafe keeping us stuck in “fight, flight, or freeze” mode.

Even highly sensitive kids may feel unsafe in non-threatening environments, which can lead to anxiety or overwhelm.

✨ That’s where SSP comes in! This program gently retrains the nervous system, helping children (and adults!) move out of survival mode and into a place of safety, calm, and connection.

If you’d like to learn more about how SSP could support your child, reach out to our team at Carolina Pediatric Therapy. We’re here to help. 💙

Click the link below to learn more and connect with us!
https://hubs.ly/Q03LrnDM0

Safe & Sound Protocol

09/24/2025

🌟 Autism Society Carolina Peds Giving Back! 🌟
We’re so proud of our amazing team members who participated in the Autism Society of WNC’s fundraising 5k! 🏃‍♀️💙

✨ Speech Therapists Hanna Snyder and Sally James volunteered their time to support this wonderful event.
✨ Occupational Therapist Kelly Johnson laced up her running shoes and earned 3rd place in her age group for the second year in a row! 🎉👏

Way to go, team thank you for representing Carolina Peds in our community with such heart! 💚

09/23/2025

🎉 Please join us in giving a warm Carolina Peds welcome to our 3 new therapists who joined the team this week! 💙 We’re so excited to have them on board and can’t wait to see all the wonderful things they’ll bring to our kiddos and families. ✨

09/19/2025

Our Asheville clinic had a Bake Off today, and it was extra sweet! 🍪🧁🍩 From cookies to cakes (and everything in between), our team baked up a storm. The best part? Getting to taste all the yummy creations together! 💖 It was such a fun way to connect, share treats, and sprinkle a little extra joy into our day. ✨

09/10/2025

🎉 We are so proud to share that 67 amazing kiddos graduated in August! 🌟👏

Here’s a special shoutout to one of our Occupational Therapy graduates, who worked with our wonderful OT MaryAnn Riley throughout his journey with us. 💙✨

Congratulations to all of our graduates you inspire us every day! 🎓💫

09/08/2025

🎉 Please join us in giving a warm Carolina Peds welcome to our new Speech Therapist, CJ Snyder! 🗣💙 We’re so excited to have CJ on our team and can’t wait to see the amazing impact CJ will have with our kiddos and families. 💫

Welcome to the Carolina Peds family, CJ! 💚

08/29/2025

🦙✨ Llama Day 2025 ✨🦙
We had such an incredible time at Llama Day this year! Families enjoyed so many fun activities including our bubble station where Noelle Frost Our Speech Therapist was the bubble queen We also had face painting, and even a visit from the fire station with their fire truck 🚒. Of course, the stars of the day were the llamas, who brought smiles to kids and adults alike! 🦙💛

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us—it was a day full of laughter, community, and unforgettable memories!

08/28/2025

✨Llama Day 2025! 🦙🍦
Here are some more fun snapshots from our Llama Day celebration!

📸 First up: Lori Ordway, our Assistant Director of Behavioral Health!
💛 We also captured moments of our kiddos enjoying activities, our employees spending time with the llamas, a little one brushing a llama, and of course a beautiful llama posing for the camera!

We had such a wonderful day full of smiles, laughter, and furry friends. 💕

06/19/2025

🌟 Welcome Carla Burdette to the Carolina Peds family! 🌟
Carla began her journey with us as an intern, and we’re so excited to now have her on board as our new Psychometrist. We’re thrilled to see her grow with our team! 💙

06/18/2025

🌿 A fresh pick from the garden! Our Director of Occupational and Physical Therapy, Courtney Carriveau, spent some time enjoying the sunshine at our Asheville clinic and harvested a radish! 🥕 We love seeing our team get involved in the spaces our kiddos help cultivate.