Jessi Fustos, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech, Feeding, Occupational & Physical Therapy. Children
Learn Best from Play... We Make Therapy Fun!
Lowcountry Therapy Center is a brand new pediatric therapy center offering speech therapy, feeding therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy. Our facility is complete with sensory integration gyms, including climbing walls, zip-line and tumble pits, and multiple therapeutic room swings. We have specially trained speech and occupational therapists heading our comprehensive feeding program that addresses everything from picky eaters to trouble swallowing. Parent and family participation is a big part of what we do here. Parents are always invited and encouraged to attend all sessions and our therapy rooms have one-way viewing systems to ensure skills introduced in therapy are observed by parents and carried over at home. Lowcountry Therapy Center is proud to offer a number of groups and camps, including our "Little Peanuts" group - focusing on social speech and language skills expected in preschool and Kindergarten - that begins on September 2. We are conveniently located in the heart of Bluffton. We offer free screenings for parents who are unsure about whether or not their child could benefit therapeutic intervention. Lowcountry Therapy Center's therapists embrace the fact that children learn best through play. We make therapy FUN.
Education/Training
Jessi Fustos is a graduate of Montclair State University, New Jersey, where she received a Master of Arts in Speech Language Pathology. After receiving her degree, Jessi worked in the Northern New Jersey area for two years before moving to the Hilton Head Island in 2008. During her time in Northern New Jersey, she worked as a speech language pathologist serving clients across the lifespan and in various settings, including Head Start schools, private office, skilled nursing, and acute care facilities. Jessi has a Bachelor of Arts in Human Ecology, specializing as a Certified Child Life Specialist with experience counseling children and families with disabilities and terminal illness. She is also a registered Early Interventionist in the state of New Jersey.
Bio
Jessi L. Fustos (soon to be Dolnik)
MA, CCC-SLP
Founder
She is enthusiastic about creating an environment of mutual respect for the therapist, child and caregiver relationship to grow. She embraces an evidence- and outcome-based practice approach. She specializes in a phonological approach to reading and writing. Jessi also has training in P.R.O.M.P.T.® (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) technique, DIR/Floortime Model® for play-based, affect-related learning, TalkTools® oral motor intervention for feeding and articulation, Auditory-Verbal Therapy for deaf and hard of hearing children, sensory- and ABA-based learning techniques.
Memberships
Jessi is an active member of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), the South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing-Association (SCSHA), and the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology (AAPPSPA).
Payments Accepted
Cash, check, debit, insurance
Hours:Monday - Saturday, 7:30am - 6:00pm
License:SC 4343
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Practice Areas/Issues Treated
 Speech-Language Therapy
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Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders
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Apraxia
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Raspy Voice / Muscle Tension Dysphonia
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Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Selective Mutism
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Child Speech/Language Disorders
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Speech Sound Disorders
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Developmental Delays
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Stuttering
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Language-Based Learning Disabilities
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Swallowing Difficulties / Dysphagia
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Learning Disabilities
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Stroke
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Motor Speech Disorders
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Vocal Coaching for Singing and Performing
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Online / Video / Teletherapy
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Voice Disorders
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Licenses/Certifications
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ASHA Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP)
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Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (State)
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