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Speech Therapy Service

Speech Therapy

 

Pediatric speech therapy assists your child in improving their ability to talk and use other language skills.  The focus is to help your child express their wants and needs as well as understand what others are saying to them.  Teaching a child to effectively communicate with adults and same age peers would be an outcome in speech therapy.   It ultimately, assists children in using communication and language skill sets to build and foster lifelong relationships. 

 

Another area addressed in Speech and Language Therapy is oral motor control.  These skills are needed for communication as well as for eating safely and efficiently.

 

Consider Speech and Language Therapy if your child is having difficulty with:

  • Language Development

  • Communicating/Articulating their wants and needs

  • Making Specific Sounds

  • Feeding/Oral Motor Control

  • Stuttering

  • Building Relationships with Peers

  • Direction Following​​​

  • Conversational skills

  • Sequencing

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Happy client in speech therapy
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Speech Therapy Team
Speech Therapist

Jodie Manthei, M.S., CCC-SLP

Jodie Manthei is a Speech-Language Pathologist. She began working at Hillmann Pediatric Therapy in June of 2021 after graduating from Governors State University, where she earned a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences. Jodie spent the first three years of her career at Southern Will County Special Education Cooperative (SOWIC) before joining the Hillmann team. Jodie’s love of helping children communicate with their families was sparked by working with her own child after he received services through the Early Intervention program in 2004. She has experience working with the birth to 21 population treating children with speech sound disorders, language, fluency, autism spectrum disorder, and more. She is also a SOS trained feeding therapist specializing in the sensory and oral motor component of feeding. Outside of the therapy room, Jodie enjoys spending time with her family and friends, watching movies, listening to music, and watching her favorite sports including NHL hockey and MLB baseball.

Speech Therapist

Angela Turvey is a Speech-Language Pathologist. She began working at Hillmann Pediatric Therapy in August of 2017 after graduating from Southern Illinois University, where she earned a Masters Degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences. She has experience within the birth to 21 population treating children with apraxia of speech, dysphagia, cleft lip and palate, Down Syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, language, fluency, articulation and phonological disorders, and more. Angela’s hobbies include spending time with her pups and flipping her new home with her husband!

Angela Turvey, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech Therapist

Kelsey Mattson is a Speech-Language Pathologist. She began working at Hillmann Pediatric
Therapy in April 2013 after graduating from the University of Northern Iowa with a Master’s
Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Kelsey has worked in the clinic with the
birth-21 population and is now specializing in Early Intervention. She has a passion for
personalizing treatment for each family’s lifestyle, working alongside parents to help their
children communicate and thrive within their daily routines. Kelsey also helps families to
improve children’s feeding skills and increase their willingness to try new foods. Kelsey is
happiest when spending time with others, including her husband, two children, dog, goats, and barn cats.

Kelsey Mattson, M.S., CCC-SLP         

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Vera is a Speech-Language Pathologist who began working at Hillmann Pediatric Therapy in October 2024. She earned her Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology at Rush University in 2022 after completing the undergraduate program of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at Purdue University in 2020. During her clinical fellowship, Vera had experience providing speech therapy services within elementary schools. She has a passion for creating therapy sessions that help children to improve their skills in speech and language, allowing them to better communicate within daily activities. Vera’s hobbies include reading, being outdoors (when the weather is nice!), and spending time with family and friends.

Vera Kotelnikova, M.S., CCC-SLP         

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Lindsay Nelson is a Clinical Fellow Speech-Language Pathologist who began working at Hillmann Pediatric Therapy in June 2025. She earned her Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Northern Illinois University in May of 2025, after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Sciences Disorders at Illinois State University in May of 2023. In her graduate program, she gained hands-on experience working with a wide range of pediatric populations. She is excited as she begins her career with Hillmann, as she has a passion for helping children and their families find joy and confidence in their communication skills. 

Lindsay Nelson, M.S., CF-SLP

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