Sidekick Therapy Partners Acquires Speechcenter

Sidekick Therapy Partners (“Sidekick”) announced that it has acquired Speechcenter, a provider of speech therapy services in Western and Central North Carolina. 

The two companies share more than a state border. Sidekick has over 40 years of experience delivering high-quality speech and language services for patients in dozens of public-school districts and private schools across the state of Tennessee, as well as an outpatient clinic in Knoxville. Speechcenter has provided speech services in schools and daycares across the mountains and foothills of North Carolina since 1982. 

Sidekick’s Chief Executive Officer, Dave Hanson, stated, “We are truly excited to welcome our new Speechcenter teammates to Sidekick. Speechcenter is a perfect culture match, and this acquisition will help Sidekick further our mission: ‘to empower our clients to live full and purposeful lives,' by providing high-quality speech services to an additional 1,000+ children throughout North Carolina and Tennessee.”

These two speech providers are united by more than an extensive history of providing high-quality care: they each share similar values. 

Both companies focus on providing an excellent Clinical Fellowship program as a high priority. Both companies are working to expand healthcare access in underserved areas both in person and through innovations in teletherapy. Both companies have worked for years to provide access to training and other resources to parents and clinicians alike. And both companies have leaders engaged in healthcare advocacy and certified in healthcare compliance at the state level. 

Speechcenter’s President, Joy English, also said, “We are thrilled Sidekick Therapy Partners will be continuing the 42-year legacy of Speechcenter’s services to our patients in North Carolina. Their vision of what makes a speech-language pathology practice excellent matches our vision, and I believe this is an outstanding fit for our team and theirs.”

Speechcenter’s entire team, led by Jeri Bates, Michaela Greene CCC-SLP, and Caitlin Craven CCC-SLP, will join Sidekick’s team, led by Krissie Self, Jessica Lenden-Holt CCC-SLP, and Ryan Camarata. Speechcenter’s branding will become "Speechcenter, A Sidekick Company.” 

Both companies are excited about their shared vision of providing excellent service and empowering their clients from Charlotte and Winston-Salem to Nashville.