Alison Abay, M.S. CCC-SLP | Co-Founder
Alison Abay has been working as a Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist since 2012 across various settings including outpatient facilities, schools and private practices. She graduated from Boston College with a degree in Human Development before obtaining her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Columbia University. Ali has extensive experience working with exceptional children with a variety of communication disorders and diagnoses such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Down Syndrome, Craniofacial Disorders, Verbal Apraxia of Speech and disorders of Expressive and Receptive Language.
Her early experience with audiological testing of newborns sparked a profound interest in early language development and how early detection and intervention impacts language across the lifespan. She holds particular interest in working as part of a comprehensive feeding team with Occupational Therapists to treat oral sensory feeding difficulties with children of various ages. As an active member of the American Speech and Hearing Association she continually seeks and engages in professional growth by collaborating with co-workers and staying up to date on practice trends. She has attended courses on early developmental skill sets, alternative and augmentative forms of communication and pediatric feeding including the SOS Approach to Feeding and The AEIOU Systematic Approach to Pediatric Feeding.
Ali has dedicated her career to helping children grow and gain independence through building caring and trustworthy relationships with each child and their family.
Allison Smith, OTR/L | Co-Founder
Allison Smith is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist who graduated with her master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Stockton University in New Jersey. She has been a pediatric practitioner for more than a decade and has worked in a variety of settings including early intervention centers, home-based early intervention, handicapped preschool programs, private practices, outpatient centers, and special needs schools. Her passion, as well as area of expertise, is working with children with sensory integration disorder and children on the autism spectrum.
Alli has taken a variety of continuing education courses focusing on sensory integration disorder, sensory based feeding difficulties, sensory based anxiety disorders, etc. Her biggest accomplishment was receiving a scholarship from the Sensory Processing Disorder Foundation which allowed her to travel to the STAR center in Colorado and attend an intensive mentorship program on treating children with sensory integration disorders under Dr. Lucy Jane Miller. She learned from the experts in the field and observed the strategies and techniques they use, such as the Integrated Listening Program, the SOS Approach to Feeding, Interactive Metronome, and others.
Alli's passion is helping children be comfortable and confident in themselves and participate to the best of their ability in their everyday routines.
Lauren Pryzbylkowski, Co-Founder | Business Manager
In recent years, Lauren Pryzbylkowski has pursued an entrepreneurial path. She has a passion for helping others, especially children and families, discover a service or solution that enhances their life. As co-founder and business manager at Haddon SPOT, Lauren is dedicated to building a development center that provides engaging services and experiences for kids and their families.
With more than 15 years of experience in the retail and financial services industries, Lauren has a unique perspective on developing a strong team, building relationships and communicating authentically. Throughout her career, Lauren has partnered with c-suite leaders to design and implement programs that enhance executive visibility and deliver strategic goals. Her expertise includes brand visibility, speech writing and coaching, internal communications campaigns and storytelling, team member engagement and event planning.
She holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and a master of business administration degree in Marketing and Strategic Management from Villanova University.