PEDIATRIC HELPING HANDS THERAPY - Key Persons


Heike Tiensch

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Pathologist
Heike graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a B.Ed. M.Ed. She has over 20 years of experience working with children in a private practice setting. Her specialties include: oral-motor, feeding, apraxia, articulation, and language impairments. Her training includes: NDT, PROMPT, Hanan, Nancy Kaufman and Sarah Johnson-Rosenfeld (Talk Tools).

Jodie Holleman McCarty

Job Titles:
  • Speech Language Pathologist
Jodie received a B.S. in Communication Disorders from Florida State University in 1998. She received her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Lamar University in 2000. Jodie has over 13 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings including schools, hospitals, and private practice. She has provided assessment and therapeutic intervention to a diverse population including Autism, Down Syndrome, auditory processing disorders, developmental apraxia of speech, dysarthria, fluency disorders, traumatic brain injury, dysphagia, voice disorders, and cri du chat. She is licensed by the American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association and the Texas Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology. Jodie is dedicated to improving the lives of children by improving their communication skills. She strongly believes that collaboration with other professionals involved in a patient's intervention is essential to creating a successful plan of care for each individual child.

Ning Malabanan

Job Titles:
  • Doctor of Physical Therapy
Ning, earned her Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy from University of the East in the Philippines before receiving her Doctorate degree in New York. She has over 21 years of