February

Newsletter

Employee and
Therapists of the
Quarter
Amie Dougherty
PT, DPT

“Amie formerly worked in our Dallas market,

then came on as our first hire upon opening
the Colorado region. She has been an essential
part of the growth and development of this
branch since before her date of hire. Amie is a
fabulous PT, who displays the upmost in
professionalism, excellent clinical skills and
true compassion toward the children and
families that she serves.
She manages a full-caseload, is always willing to help other therapists and will
train/take-on students or assist new hires. Patient families have absolutely
wonderful and gracious things to say about Amie anytime they are given the
opportunity. As a member of the Colorado team, Amie has gone above and
beyond to make sure that we are solidifying a skilled, trained and supported
group of therapists to extend the excellent reputation of KidsCare Home Health
to the Denver market. There is no doubt that KCHH Colorado would not be the
same without Amie Dougherty!”

- ErinClinical
CarterManager

Lauren Ingram
COTA
“Congratulations to Lauren Ingram on
being named OT of the Quarter! It has
been a pleasure seeing Lauren grow
clinically and professionally during her first
year of practice as a COTA with us. I have
observed Lauren working with several
challenging patients in terms of level of
impairment and behavior, and she always
demonstrates a “can-do” attitude with a
level of dignity and compassion for her
patients not always seen in newer
clinicians.
She has been receptive to learning new skills/techniques and receiving feed-
back from her direct supervisor and myself. Lauren works independently and
reliably with her patients and they are pleased with her services. Despite the
challenges of growing her caseload, she has hung in with us and is a vital part
of our OT team. I am so glad that she is part of the KidsCare in Houston and
look forward to her continued growth.” - Angela Marunowski, Clinical
Manager-Houston

- Angela Marunowski
Clinical Manager

Whitney Taylor
M.A. CCC - SLP

“It has been such an honor to work with our

Austin Lead SLP, Whitney Taylor, since I joined
KidsCare four years ago. Whitney was actually
the first therapist to venture into the Austin
territory before I came on board. We now have
24 ST’s, OT’s and PT’s just for Austin, and
Whitney has been instrumental in helping with
the growth of this area.

Whitney always says “YES” to any request for help, and she does this with the
most positive attitude each and every time. Whitney steps in to help train new
therapists and trouble-shoot issues for therapists when I am unavailable, she
takes on Supervision when we are desperate for help and when her own case-
load is overloaded, and her communication skills are exemplary whether it is
with a parent, a fellow therapist, or our office staff. I can count on Whitney –
always without fail. Whitney Taylor deserves to be recognized. She is the con-
summate professional and it is truly a pleasure to work with someone of her
caliber. Thank you Whitney Taylor for going above and beyond continuously and
seemingly without fatigue; you make it look effortless and our Austin Team
would be sorely lacking without your presence.”

- Victoria Jackson
Clinical Manager

Maira Perez
Client Service Supervisor
“Twenty-five years of managing up to 500
people at a time taught me quickly to
recognize the employees that have those
certain qualities that makes them an
integral part of the companies’
infrastructure and success. Maira has those
qualities.
She is up for whatever gets thrown at her and she does it with a smile and
grace that makes all the other departments happy to work with her. She truly
cares for our clients and their families and she will take whatever time is
needed to make sure that their QA problems are resolved.
Maira doesn’t know the meaning of the word no which has led her to being
cross trained to help other departments. She is eager to learn whatever is
needed to get the job done no matter how menial. I’m proud and thankful to

- Katherine Anders
have her on KidsCare’s Team.”

Alternate Director of Nursing

New Hires

Sarah Cuddihee Bryan Muensch Charlsie Lucich,

M.S. CCC-SLP PT, MPT, PCS Healthcare Recruiter

Emily Lent Dragan Petri Shanni Ponce

M.S. Intern SLP OTR-L PT, MBA

William Miller Shenerika Jones Genelle Mills

M.S. SLP Intern LVN OTR, MOT

Haley Pankonien Holly Swannie Jennifer Gibson

M.S. SLP-CFY M.A. CCC-SLP M.S. CCC-SLP

Kacie Sterling Keely Perkin Kelsey Kuykendall

M.S. SLP-Intern M.S. CCC-SLP PT, DPT

Kenyatta Duffin Kimberly Wade

Kristen Raiford
LVN RRT-NPS M.S. SLP Intern

Martha Linyard
Margaret Keys Monica Mwangi
M.A. CCC-SLP MOTS
LVN

Valerian Veronica Looney

Bilingsley-Garay M.S. SLP-CFY
M.A. CCC-SLP

Birthdays &
Anniversaries

8
years
Andrea Cox

6
years
Wendy Mabry
Karen Hoelter

5
years
Stacy Contreras

4
years
Jeanette Reinert
Victoria Jackson

Samantha Barrera
3
years
Shannon Levandowski
Ashley Reinert

Michele Lee
Kari Rhodes
Valerie Becker
2
years
Zachary Aldredge
Marycarmen Ruiz
Jency Chacko
Mitra Shirmanesh

Erika Morgan
1
years
Laura Tewmey
Megan Meyers
Tina Phe
Bria Dillard
Ashley Fox

BIRTHDAYS

1 Emily Dibble
1 Rosa DeAlarcon
1 Stephen Mayo
2 Carmen Torres
2 Mary Rasner
5 Marci Hebert
6 Kimberly Clark
11 Lindsey Sorrell
11 Teri Arnold
12 Samantha Barrera
14 MJ Roark
16 Christina Sinskichott
18 Claudia Meza
18 Kathleen Walker
18 Megan Gorena
20 Sandra Slaughter
20 Sasshey Valdez
21 Dustin Thompson
21 Natalie Cantwell
21 Tracy Robinson
23 Joanne Stegawski
25 Emma Grimes
25 Holly Swannie
28 Christy Curtis
28 Laura Pickett
28 Warren Kyle

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