Meet the Delaware Team
Get to know our incredible speech-language pathologists who work out of the Delaware area.
Speech Language Pathologist & Owner
Jennifer Metaxas, M.S. CCC-SLP
Jennifer Metaxas (Less) is the owner and founder of Speech and Language for Kids LLC. She is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist licensed in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. A Chicago native, she received her Master's degree from Northwestern University and Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She moved to Delaware in the summer of 2018. She currently resides in Garnet Valley, PA with her husband and 3 children.
Jennifer has worked as a speech-language pathologist in both the private practice and school setting. Through education and experience, Jennifer has had the opportunity to work with a variety of populations, ages, and disorders. She is listed on www.apraxia-kids.org as an apraxia specialist. She is formally trained in PROMPT. Jennifer has experience using a variety of high tech communication devices, including Proloquo2Go, ChatFusion, and Tobii Dynavox.
Jennifer has a passion for working with children and their families. She is highly collaborative and compassionate, and truly cares about the progress of her clients and the treatment they receive.
Speech Language Pathologist
Seth Martin, M.A. CCC-SLP
Seth is an ASHA-certified Speech-Language Pathologist licensed in the state of Delaware. He earned his Master of Arts in Speech-Language Pathology from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from Bob Jones University in South Carolina.
Seth has clinical experience across school-based, private practice, and outpatient settings. He has provided evaluation and treatment services for children from kindergarten through high school, addressing speech sound disorders, expressive and receptive language disorders, pragmatic language difficulties, and fluency disorders.
He is committed to creating engaging, individualized therapy sessions that promote meaningful connections while targeting essential communication skills to support each child’s success.
Speech Language Pathologist
Ann Marie Gardner, M.S. CCC-SLP
Ann Marie is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist in Delaware. She is from Hershey, Pennsylvania and received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Penn State University. Her graduate degree was funded by a training grant designed to prepare pre-service speech-language pathologists to support individuals with the most complex communication needs, many of which require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to communicate.
Ann Marie has practical and clinical experience with a variety of AAC devices such as iOS systems (iPads), Tobii I-Series, PRC Accent systems, mid-tech switches as well as communication applications/software programs such as TouchChatHD, LAMP Words for Life, Boardmaker, Proloquo2Go, ClickerConnect/ClickerSentences, GoVisual, SnapScene, Predictable, Compass, Communicator 5, and GoTalkNOW. She has worked with individuals with a wide range of speech and language disorders from birth to adulthood, in both the school system as well as in-patient rehabilitation setting. Ann Marie is also proficient in American Sign Language (ASL).
Ann Marie’s clinical approach follows the neurodiversity paradigm by utilizing compassionate therapeutic treatment methods that promote self-autonomy and self-advocacy. All modalities of communication are honored and encouraged for all individuals. She is passionate about giving all her clients the ability to communicate what they want to say, how they want to say it, when they want to say it, and to whoever they want to say it.
Speech Language Pathologist
Teresa Huff, M.S. CCC-SLP
Teresa Huff is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist in Delaware with over 25 years of experience. She received her bachelors from then Loyola College in Baltimore and her masters from Gallaudet University. She has provided speech and language services to individuals across all ages and settings but has found her professional focus to primarily be with birth to 5; early intervention. She has formal training and experience in using augmentative and alternative communication systems and approaches for complex communication needs (e.g. PECS, Floortime, TouchChat, LAMP, Hanen, Social Thinking). Teresa continually participates in educational courses and webinars to enhance knowledge and skills across speech and language areas.
Teresa believes in the importance of a play based, child/family centered approach to early intervention that follows the child’s lead, eliciting engagement and motivation to promote carryover of communication skills beyond each therapy session.
Speech Language Pathologist
Eliza Milnes, M.S. CCC-SLP
Eliza Milnes is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist licensed in Pennsylvania and Delaware with nearly 20 years of experience. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and gained valuable skills as a school-based-travel therapist in Illinois, California, and Pennsylvania during the first 5 years of her career.
Originally from Lancaster County Pennsylvania, Eliza now lives in North Wilmington, DE and works full-time at a school district in Delaware County, PA. She has been formally trained in PECS, PROMPT, and TouchChat and participates in numerous continuing educational opportunities related to the field of speech and language pathology each year. Eliza has experience working with clients of all ages, disorders, and disabilities. She believes that therapy should be fun and functional and strives to provide her clients with the skills, strategies, and interventions to be successful communicators across their lifetime.
Occupational Therapist
Kristy Williams, MS, OTR/L
Kristy graduated from Misericordia with a master’s degree in occupational therapy. She holds licenses in both Delaware and Pennsylvania. Kristy has 25 years of experience providing occupational therapy services to individuals across all ages and settings including outpatient and school-based services. She continues to participate in educational course to expand her knowledge base. She believes therapy should be individualized, child led, and play based as well as functional to allow clients to develop skills and strategies to be successful across settings.