Kailyn is a licensed speech-language pathologist in North Carolina and a certified member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). She holds a Bachelor of Health Science in Communication Sciences & Disorders from the University of Florida (Go Gators!) and a Master of Education in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of West Georgia.
Throughout her career, she has worked in public and private schools, home health, and private practice. She specializes in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of communication delays and disorders.
Kailyn works with clients with developmental delays, autism, cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and childhood apraxia of speech. She also has experience with children who have cochlear implants, use AAC devices, or have speech-sound disorders and feeding/oral-motor needs. Additionally, she supports children with learning disorders affecting reading comprehension, decoding, and spelling.
She is passionate about early intervention and working with preschool and young school-age children. Kailyn supports play-based therapy and integrates literacy into sessions, with a focus on functional communication skills.
Believing that everyone deserves a voice, Kailyn founded Play with Words to help children find theirs.
Kailyn Demich, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
