Mount Pleasant Pediatric Therapy

Mount Pleasant Pediatric Therapy is a pediatric therapy practice in Mt Pleasant, SC. Serving the Charleston, SC area since 2015, the clinic provides play-based, child-directed occupational, physical, and speech-language therapy services. The team treats children from birth through 21 years of age, delivering care in the child's home, daycare facilities, or within the clinic itself. The practice has won awards for occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech therapy for five consecutive years, spanning 2022 to 2026.

The clinic is led by owner Annmarie Leahy, a speech-language pathologist, and her husband Frank Leahy, a physical therapist. Their multidisciplinary team collaborates closely with parents, caregivers, and other professionals to build individualized plans of care. The approach focuses on maximizing a child's growth and progress by meeting each child at their specific developmental level. Therapists customize sessions to promote progress through play, ensuring a comfortable environment that motivates the child. The practice emphasizes the carryover of learned skills, encouraging children to use what they have learned in daily life. All clinicians are licensed to practice in SC and remain active participants in continuing education opportunities. The clinic also features Olive, a Golden Retriever who serves as a companion to help greet families.

Located at 1051 Johnnie Dodds Blve, Unit G, the practice serves the Lowcountry region. The team offers comprehensive evaluations and treatment for a wide range of needs, including social skills, sensory integration, handwriting, fine and gross motor skills, balance, gait, and strength. Speech-language services address articulation, fluency, and language acquisition, while feeding and swallowing therapy is provided by occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. The clinic supports children with various diagnoses, including apraxia of speech, auditory processing disorders, and orthopedic injuries, aiming to help each child communicate wants and needs in the most functional way possible.

Mount Pleasant Pediatric Therapy combines a collaborative, family-centered philosophy with specialized clinical expertise to support the developmental goals of children in the Mt Pleasant community.