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Southern Smiles Solutions
Southern Smiles Solutions is a contracting business that provides speech and occupational therapy services to schools across multiple states. Our team of certified speech and occupational therapists are dedicated to helping students improve their communication, motor, and sensory skills as well as achieve achieve academic success. We offer telehealth services to schools, making it easy and convenient for students to receive therapy services. Our mission is to provide high-quality, evidence-based therapy services that help students reach their full potential.
Amber Espinola
MS CCC-SLP
Amber completed her degree in Communication Disorders at Western Kentucky University in 2006. Amber has over 16 years of experience working for the public schools in Kentucky.
During COVID, Amber discovered the progress that her students made via telehealth first hand and knew that telehealth would be the future of our field. Amber created Southern Kentucky Speech Therapy, LLC which is a small company that provides telehealth services for public school districts in Kentucky. She has successfully operated and expanded the company since 2020. She is a member of ASHA's Teletherapy Special Interests group and has attended multiple national ASHA conventions to continue to develop her knowledge in this area.
Amber resides in Bowling Green, Kentucky with her husband and daughter. They enjoy traveling while spending time at the beach and golf course.
Awards, Distinctions, and Memberships
-ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC)
-Kentucky professional certificate for teaching exceptional children
-ASHA Special Interest Group for Teletherapy
-ADOS certified
-More than Words certified
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Awards, Distinctions, and Memberships
-ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC)
-Rank I certification
-Kentucky professional certificate for teaching exceptional children
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Jessica Branstetter
MS CCC-SLP
Jessica is an ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologist that has been practicing since 2004. She received her Bachelors degree, Masters degree and Rank I certification in Communication Disorders from Western Kentucky University. She has 17 years experience in the public school setting and has also worked in a variety of other settings including rehab hospital, long term care, and private practice providing tele-health services. She has taken many courses to expand her knowledge in leadership and in the field of speech-language pathology. Jessica has three children with her husband Kevin. Together they enjoy traveling and attending sporting events.
Brittany Wright
MS CCC-SLP
Brittany earned her undergraduate degree in English at the University of Louisville. It was here that Brittany stumbled upon the subject of linguistics and fell in love, eventually inspiring her to pursue the field of speech language pathology. She earned her Master of Science in Communication Disorders from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green Kentucky.
Brittany began her career as a speech language pathologist in the public school setting where she learned from amazing mentors and gained experience with many facets of the field of speech. However, as she began to notice the imminent need for clinic based services in her small hometown it began to become clear that it was time to branch out. In April of 2021, Brittany opened All Smiles Therapy, a brick and mortar therapy clinic still in operation today.
Brittany is passionate about continuing education. Her motto is that no matter how much you know, there is always more to learn! Brittany is married to her high school sweetheart, Kurtis, and together they have three beautiful children and one guardian angel. In her spare time Brittany enjoys reading, spending time with family, and being outdoors (when it's warm)!
Awards, Distinctions, and Memberships
-ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC)
-ASHA Award for Continuing Education (ACE)
-Hart County Kentucky Hometown Hero