Trusted Care From Expert Professionals
At ABC, our thearpists are dedicated partners, bringing pediatric expertise and years of experience to your child’s communication journey.
Dedicated. Compassionate. Highly Skilled.
Betsy Eager-Kessel
Director & CCC-SLP
Betsy has a passion for working children from infancy to young adulthood with speech and language disabilities. She has more than 30 years experience and has been trained to work with children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder by the State of Georgia. In addition to her private practice experience, she has participated as a therapist for Cobb County’s Early Intervention Program, The Atlanta Speech School, Cobb County School System and Marietta City School System, and was instrumental in the development of Project Key, a collaboration of the Cobb County and Marietta School System’s Special Needs Pre-School Program. She has expertise in feeding and swallowing therapy. Betsy is a licensed Speech and Language Therapist with a Masters of Science Degree in Speech Pathology and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Speech Pathology and Audiology. Betsy is a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association and the Georgia Speech and Hearing Association.
Arielle Hoffman
CCC-SLP
Arielle is a Speech-Language Pathologist at ABC Pediatric Therapy. Arielle received her Bachelor of Science in Education at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, and completed her Masters of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Arielle has a wide variety of experience evaluating and treating neurogenic disorders, developmental delays, AAC users, language disorders, intellectual disabilities, hearing impairment, and articulation disorders within the pediatric population. She has worked in both the school setting and private practice setting. In addition, she has previously served the geriatric population within an inpatient acute care hospital setting. Arielle has a passion for working with pediatric articulation/phonological disorders, social/pragmatic disorders, and expressive/receptive language disorders. Her goal is to create a fun and comfortable therapy environment for children to learn and grow to reach their full potential.
Kirsten Morgan
CCC-SLP
Kirsten attended the University of Georgia for her Bachelor’s in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She then received her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology at the University of West Georgia. She has always had a heart for working with early learners, from working at a prek to research experience in the area of Autism. She has worked with young adult students with disabilities in Project Wolves where she supported them in independent living. After UWG, she worked in Paulding County School District Special Education serving speech students and their families for two years. At that time, she became certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association and started at ABC. Across her career, she has had experience evaluating and treating speech sound, fluency, language and pragmatic disorders. She knows each child is unique and is committed to finding creative and functional solutions for complex communication problems.
Tali Jones
CCC-SLP
Tali is originally from Nashville, TN and currently lives in Marietta with her husband and
daughter. Tali attended Indiana University for undergrad (GO HOOSIERS!) and majored in
History and Criminal Justice. Tali went on to receive her Masters degree in Speech and Hearing
Science from Tennessee State University. Tali has a passion for helping children achieve
independence through improving language. Tali has experience treating children of various
diagnoses and syndromes, as well as children across the age spectrum. Tali has training in the
following speech and language treatment strategies; PROMPT, Childhood Apraxia of
Speech/Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cuing (DTTC), Meaningful Speech (gestalt language
development), as well as Food Chaining for feeding therapy. Tali’s goal is always to make
speech a fun, playful and positive environment.
Kay Crabb
CCC-SLP
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