About Us

Piedmont Regional Feeding & Oral-Motor Clinic is proud to offer the NOMAS, Talk Tools, and Beckman Oral-Motor Protocols. The NOMAS is a diagnostic tool to differentiate between normal sucking, disorganized sucking, and disordered sucking in infants of gestational ages from 23 weeks and beyond. Research has shown that differentiation between these categories is crucial to the future of premature babies or of older children who were born prematurely or with neurological defects. Talk Tools is a systematic approach to achieve oral and facial myofunctional success. The Beckman Oral-Motor Assessment Protocol is a diagnostic and treatment tool used to determine oral motor delays and disorders (muscle strength, muscle coordination, and reflexive movements). The Beckman Protocol is useful in helping adults and children to develop appropriate mechanical muscle responses on a reflexive level, improve range of motion, and improve strength of oral/facial musculature that are crucial components for feeding, talking, and personal hygiene.

Professional Staff

Amie Teague, MA/CCC-SLP

Speech/Language Pathologist, Sole Manager

• Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Licensed by the state of Virginia
• Licensed by the state of North Carolina
• Certified provider of the Beckman Oral-Motor Protocol
• Certified NOMAS provider (Neonatal Oral-Motor Assessment Scale)
• Vital Stim Certified Provider (May 2008)
• Certified Provider of Fast Forward Language family of programs (2001)
• Honored Member of Cambridge Who’s Who Among Entrepreneurs (2008)

Kelly Grey, MS/CF-SLP

Speech/Language Pathologist
Specializing in Child Language & Adult Language

• Licensed by the State of Virginia
• Member of American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Member of Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV)
• Past Member of Operation Smile
• Certified provider of Beckman Oral-Motor Treatment and Assessment Protocol (2008)

Kathryn Young, MS/CF-SLP

• Graduate of Radford University
• Certified provider of Fast ForWord Language family of programs (2008)
• Member of NSSHLA
• Continuing education:  EasyIEP training (2006)

Ayna Wallace, SLPA

• Strong background in child services
• Currently attends North Arizona University
• Certified provider of Fast ForWord family of programs (2008)

Support Personnel

Brenda Yeaman

Billing Administrator

Kristie Tickle, HR/AP/AR

Stephanie Bohannon,

Receptionist