About Meredith Taylor, SLP

Who I Am

Welcome! My name is Meredith Taylor, and I am a licensed speech language pathologist with over 22 years of experience. I hold a Master’s degree from The Ohio State University and am certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). I live in Indiana with my husband and two teenage daughters. 

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Throughout my career, I have worked in early intervention, private practice, outpatient pediatric rehab and public schools, focusing on preschool through fifth grade students. I love spending time with my family, traveling (specifically to Disney World), organizing and decorating our home with DIY projects.

Known for juggling"a million tabs" in my brain and on my computer, I enjoy creating innovative materials for my speech and language caseload. 

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My favorite areas within our wide field are articulation disorders, particularly apraxia, and I also have a growing interest in language, AAC, and cognitive materials for those with dementia. As a former  caregiver for my late grandmother with Alzheimer's, I am passionate about supporting others in similar situations. 

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Why I Do What I Do

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I tend to be a perfectionist. Every year, as I analyze my caseload's goals, I search for the best materials for treatment, but I often find gaps in school-provided materials.  My goal is to create materials that students love using and that empower them to understand their goals and the steps needed to acheive them - TOGETHER. 

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Too often, commercial products focus heavily on "quiz-style" activities without enough emphasis on teaching the skill itself. My mission is to develop a comprehensive "Speech and Language Capsule" filled with teaching and treatment materials that can support an entire year of speech therapy for preschoool and elementary caseloads. 

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What Inspires Me

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Success. Smiles. Laughter. Hugs. Learning. Growth. Communication. 

Trials. Tribulations. Problems. Gaps. Goals. Deficits. IEPs. Substitutions. Sound Errors. Data.

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For me, nothing is more inspiring than the cycle of speech and language therapy. I love knowing we are making a difference in the lives of our students. It begins with identifying the pain points in a student's communication system and setting clear treatment goals based on assessment data.

From there, we build a comprehensive treatment plan, educate parents and teachers and implement systems that foster a child's growth. Watching each student's progress through this ycle is the most rewarding part of being a speech-llanguage pathologist. Every student, and every cycle, is a joy to experience.