Meet The Lark Center team
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Founder, Executive Director, Occupational Therapist
Professional Interests: neurodiversity-affirming care, caregiver education, infant and child development, infant massage, vision rehab, reflex integration, feeding therapy, neurological and motor development, autism, authenticity, and advocacy.
Personal Interests: cooking & baking, board games & puzzles, dogs & cats, yoga & hiking, audiobooks, gardening, music, arts, and theater, and fancy restaurants.
General Summary: Miss Becca is the founder and executive director of The Lark Center. She is a licensed and registered occupational therapist, with a background in schools, early intervention, home health, and private practice. Miss Becca has a passion for neurodiversity-affirming care and promoting autonomy. She is also a certified feeding therapist. Miss Becca believes that you are never too old to play!
Becca earned a master's degree in occupational therapy from Tufts University. Prior to her career in OT, Becca held a post-bac pre-med (biology) certificate from UNC Greensboro, as well as a bachelor's of fine arts in theater from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Becca now lives in Medfield with her husband, 3 school-aged children, and 3 cats. She adores working with her incredible staff and clients at The Lark Center and is grateful that her work brings her so much joy. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her family, listening to audiobooks, tending to her garden, and participating in creative endeavors with friends.
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Director of Family Services, Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor
Professional Interests: medically complex children, medical trauma, neurodiversity affirming care, grief, parent support
Personal Interests: going to the beach, cooking, being creative with my kids, trying new restaurants
General Summary: Miss Kerry is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience working with families and individuals with complex medical needs and developmental disabilities. She has worked in multiple settings including hospitals, adult day programs, residential settings, schools, and private practice. Kerry lives in Abington with her husband, two young children, and a cat!
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Speech Language Pathologist
Professional Interests: neurodiversity-affirming care, autism, feeding therapy, speech sound disorders, language development
Personal Interests: yoga, traveling, going to concerts, trying new restaurants, and dogs
General Summary: Julia is a speech-language pathologist who has a background in public schools, rehabilitation, and private practice. Julia joined The Lark Center in January 2024, and loves the collaborative nature that The Lark Center offers. She lives with her husband and her rescue dog, Bailey.
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Therapeutic Educator
Professional Interests: Special education, inclusion work, child development, equity work
Personal Interests: traveling, spending time with my family and friends, reading
General Summary: Mrs. Katelyn has been teaching in the public schools for over 10 years as a special education teacher and has been working at The Lark Center for almost one year. She has her masters degree in special education and is certified in special education administration. She lives in Dedham with her wife, 3 daughters, 2 dogs, and kitten.
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General Summary: Mr. Matthew leads the SkyLARK program, in addition to providing special education, tutoring, and coaching support to children and teens individually and in small groups.
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Business Director
Professional Interests: neurodiversity affirming care, leadership, strategic planning, business development, and all things operational.
Personal Interests: traveling, beautiful landscapes, photography, real estate, reading, learning and spending time with the people I love
General Summary: Carolyn has a background in the financial services industry as well as education. She earned her BA from Providence College, her MBA from Boston College and her MEd from UMASS Boston. When not at work she can be found with her family, cheering on sports teams and planning her next trip. She lives in Westwood with her four children and two ill-behaved golden retrievers, Millie and Bear.
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Technical Director, Therapeutic Educator
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Art Therapist, Mental Health Counselor
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Physical Therapist
Professional Interests: Ms. Brigette has always had a passion for children. She has a special love for working with children with neurological disorders and loves babies. She also loves problem solving, which leads her to treat the whole person and not just the presenting issue or complaint. This is true for all ability levels, from child athletes to a baby having trouble crawling. She caters to the whole family and prides herself on providing approachable PT services and home programs.
Personal Interests: Spending time with family, Patriots football (Boston Sports in general), and travel.
General Summary: Ms. Brigette spent the first 12 years of her career in outpatient hospital settings working for Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton MA and then for Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston MA. She has experience with equipment clinics, bracing clinics, and specialty clinics like Myhre Syndrome, SMA, Proton Beam radiation and Down Syndrome clinics. She presented twice for the Myhre Syndrome Foundations annual conference (you can find her on YouTube!) and she was a finalist in MGH's Ether Dome Challenge which awards health care innovations with her proposal for improving care for children going through neurotoxic cancer treatments. Brigette lives in Dedham with her husband, two children and a bearded dragon.
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Occupational Therapist
Professional Interests: neuropsychology; neurodiversity affirming care; sensory processing; reflex integration
Personal Interests: nature and hiking; art such as drawing, painting, and sculpting; cooking
General Summary: Mr. Ori is an Occupational Therapist at the Lark center. He has a background in schools, home health, and private practice. Ori lives in New Bedford with his partner and many pets (4 Guinea pigs, a leopard gecko, a pac man frog, and fish).
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Clinical Director, Speech Language Pathologist
Professional Interests: Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) Trained Clinician, executive functioning, social cognitive communication, neurodiversity-affirming care, supporting young adults and teens, self-disclosure, and self-determination
Personal Interests: Running (slowly), traveling, and everything cat related!
General Summary: Danielle is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in the intersection of social cognitive communication and mental health. Her therapeutic approach is strengths- based and client-led, with an emphasis on goals that are uniquely meaningful and functional. Through her work, she employs the use of evidence-based methodologies to support clients holistically, including mindfulness, sensory regulation, and neurodiversity affirming practices. Danielle works collaboratively with families, allied health practitioners, and educators to help her clients generalize their skills beyond the therapy setting and meet goals that are important to them.
Outside of the Lark Center, Danielle loves to spend time with her family and friends, enjoy nature, and play with her two cats Lemon and Frankie.
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Occupational Therapist
Professional Interests: neurodiversity-affirming care, body awareness, interoception, emotional and sensory regulation
Personal Interests: movies, mystery books, legos, watercolor painting
General Summary: Miss Kassie is a licensed and registered occupational therapist at The Lark Center with a background in all things feelings, body sensations, and sensory. Kassie grew up in South Carolina, but decided to make Boston her home after completing graduate school at Boston University due to falling in love with everything the city of Boston has to offer.
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Speech Language Pathologist
Professional Interests: early intervention, autism, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Personal Interests: gardening, cooking, restoring furniture, puzzles
General Summary Miss Tarynne joined The Lark Center shortly after it opened. She is a licensed and registered Speech Language Pathologist, with a background in early intervention and early childhood. Tarynne lives in Westwood with her husband, 2 children and Gus the doodle.
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Therapeutic Educator
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Therapeutic Educator
Professional Interests: child development and psychology, community and parental engagement
Personal Interests: family, walking, yoga, music, movies
General Summary: Miss Miranda is the Therapeutic Educator leading MeadowLark. She has a passion for inclusion and a background in public school education. Miranda lives in Walpole with her husband and 3 children.
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