Welcome to
Sprouted Roots
Therapy & Wellness
Our mission is to provide support, knowledge, and inspiration to children and their grown-ups so that every child has the opportunity to communicate and engage with the world in the way that works best for them.
What We Do
At Sprouted Roots Therapy & Wellness, we create custom neurodivergent-affirming therapy materials and resources. We also provide virtual speech therapy and AAC device customization for children living in Oregon and Washington.
From Our Blog
Digital Store (more coming soon!)
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Canva Templates
Create and customize your own communication boards and therapy materials!
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Interactive Activities
Interactive digital games that are completely customizable for your students!
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Interactive Core Boards
Simple to use, video-based interactive communication boards for young children and gestalt language processors!
Our Free Membership
We provide access to materials and resources to anyone who joins our free membership.
*More resources coming soon!
Meet Our Team
KARAH SMITH (SHE/HER) MS CCC-SLP, CO-OWNER
KARAH SMITH (SHE/HER) MS CCC-SLP, CO-OWNER
Speech-Language Pathologist, RYT-200
Hi there, I’m Karah!
I’ve been a speech-language pathologist for 10 years. I received my undergraduate degree in communication sciences and disorders from Penn State University and my masters degree in speech and hearing sciences from The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
I spent the first few years of my career supporting adults with neurological conditions that impacted their speech, language, and swallowing skills. I slowly became burdened by seeing my clients at the end of life, and I transitioned to working with young children instead. I thought about my own experience as a child with a speech and language disorder and social communication differences. I dreaded being pulled out of my classroom each week. I felt ‘othered’ because I was the only child pulled from the classroom and my peers made fun of me. I never want another child to feel the way I did. That’s why my core practice as a speech therapist is building and maintaining a strong relationship with a child so they trust me and feel safe to take communication risks with me.
In 2018, I co-opened Sprouted Roots as a part-time passion project, and love having the opportunity to support children and their grown-ups without the restrictions that come along with working in public education in the United States. I received my registered yoga teacher and children’s yoga teacher certification the same year. I began blending speech therapy and yoga as a way to engage children and support their learning.
I have the following additional certifications: Yoga Calm (Youth and RYT-200), & Child and Adolescent Trauma-Informed Professional, and I have completed the Authentic AAC and Meaningful Speech courses. As an autistic-ADHD SLP, I thrive when having the freedom to combine my creativity and passions to develop unique solutions to best support neurodivergent children. Outside of work, I enjoy nature photography, design work, and playing video games.
LEAH TOTTEN (SHE/HER) MS CCC-SLP, CO-OWNER
Speech-Language Pathologist
Hello and welcome, I’m Leah!
My path to becoming a speech-language pathologist was somewhat unconventional. I received my Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Occidental College in Los Angeles and went on to earn a Master’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in developmental psychology, specializing in early cognitive development. But after deciding my true passion was to make a direct impact on children’s lives, I entered the Master’s degree program in communicative disorders at the California State University, Northridge while also working as a special education instructional assistant in Beverly Hills.
Since graduating in 2008 with a Master of Science in Communicative Disorders, I have been lucky enough to work in a variety of settings with children. My experience includes providing outpatient speech and language therapy at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, serving as a member of the aforementioned Craniofacial and Cleft Palate Team, providing speech and language therapy in families’ homes and in rural schools in Northern California, teaching preschool speech and language groups, consulting to educational teams providing specialized services to children with varying abilities, and conducting multidisciplinary evaluations for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
I have specialized training in the following areas: Yoga Calm (Youth), Simon Says OMT, ADOS-2 administration, and Trauma Informed Care. My current passion is learning more about neurodiversity, Natural Language Acquisition, and Gestalt Language Processing. Outside of work, I enjoy reading, drawing, and camping.
