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BY JOVANNA AGUILAR
Michelle Martin said her father built the wooden rocket ship located at Launch Pediatric Therapy.
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Aside from Michelle Martin, Launch Pediatric Therapy has 12 therapists on sta.
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Launch Pediatric Therapy serving Jersey Village Michelle Martin found her calling as a speech pathologist in college while taking an elective course at The University of Texas.
Launch Pediatric Therapy serves children of all ages in Jersey Village.
What they oer Launch Pediatric Therapy is operated alongside a team of 12 speech, feeding, occupational and physical therapists. The therapy center oers therapy for children of all ages. With a focus on speech and feeding therapy, Martin said she spends most of her time working with children on the oor. Utilizing creative methods associated with posi- tive reinforcement and experiences, children with cognitive dierences and developmental delays are gradually introduced to foods they typically reject, walked through communication develop- ment and taught how to regulate their emotions.
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“I took this phonetics class, and I fell in love with speech pathology, so I changed my major, and I never looked back,” Martin said. After earning a degree in speech pathology, Martin began practicing in 2007 and opened her own practice, Launch Pediatric Therapy, in Jersey Village in October 2023. Staying local Martin said her roots in the community led her to return to serve the area she grew up in. “It’s just been so nice to be in the community that I already love,” Martin said.
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