Archives: Therapists

Lindsay Ellender

Lindsay Ellender earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. She then graduated with her Masters of Arts in Speech Language Pathology from The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City in 2020.

Kacey Hernandez

Kacey R. Hernandez earned her Bachelors of Science from Nicholls State University and her Masters in Communicative Disorders from Louisiana State University-Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA. She began working as a speech-language pathologist at The Center for Pediatric Therapy in 2021.

Meagan Pitre

Meagan Pitre earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Communicative Disorders from Nicholls State University and her Masters of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the Southern University in Baton Rouge.

Sydney Matherne

Caroline Falcon, MOT, LOTR holds her Bachelors degree in Allied Health Sciences from Nicholls State University. She attended occupational therapy school in New Orleans at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she received her Master of Occupational Therapy degree in May of 2021.

Kristen Klapatch

Kristen graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Boston University with a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. She has been practicing at the Center for Pediatric Therapy since the Spring of 2019 and has worked in pediatrics in a variety of settings including outpatient, schools and early intervention.

Anna Catherine Hymel

Anna Catherine Lee Hymel, MOT, LOTR holds a bachelors degree in Allied Health Sciences, which she obtained from Nicholls State University in 2014. While attending Nicholls, Anna Catherine worked at CPT for several years as a tech. After graduating from Nicholls, she began occupational therapy school in New Orleans at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. She received her Master of Occupational Therapy degree in 2017. Anna Catherine started her career as an occupational therapist in Baton Rouge, where she practiced in an outpatient pediatric clinic. She happily rejoined her CPT family in 2019.

Corrine Pitre

iversity of Louisiana at Lafayette. In August 2015, she began practicing as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the school system. Corrine began working at The Center for Pediatric Therapy in January 2018. Corrine has earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence through the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed by the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology (LBESPA).

Lacey Clement Richard

Lacey Clement Richard holds her Bachelors of Science in Biology from Nicholls State University and her Masters of Occupational Therapy from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA. Lacey completed her pediatric occupational therapy clinical rotation at the Center for Pediatric Therapy from January thru April of 2012. After graduating, Lacey began practicing in Thibodaux in 2012 and began practicing at the Center for Pediatric Therapy in 2014.

Dana Bourgeois

Dana Bourgeois earned her Bachelors of Science in Communication Disorders from Nicholls State University and her Masters of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, LA. She began working as a speech-language pathologist at The Center for Pediatric Therapy in July 2013.

Caroline H. Blanchard

Caroline H. Blanchard earned her Bachelors of Science from Nicholls State University and her Masters in Communicative Disorders from Louisiana State University-Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA. In May 2010, she began practicing as a clinical fellow speech- language pathologist at The Center for Pediatric Therapy. In February 2011, she earned her Certificate of Clinical Competence and became certified by the American Speech- Language and Hearing Association (ASHA). In addition, she is licensed by the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology (LBESPA). As a therapist at The Center for Pediatric Therapy, Caroline is also a speech- language therapy provider for Louisiana’s early intervention program, Early Steps.