About Us
Play & Thrive Speech Therapy is a family-centered speech and language therapy practice, with a focus on supporting children’s needs through play. From helping pre-verbal toddlers with their first words to helping older elementary learners with inferencing and summarizing, all children learn best when they feel connected and engaged.
Our Office
Our office is located in Arnold, in the Bay Dale shopping center, with easy access to US-50 and Ritchie Hwy. We are located on the second floor, above Rise-Up Coffee and Bay Hills Eyecare. Our two offices have adult, child, and floor-level seating, adjustable lighting levels, and gross-motor sensory equipment.
Virtual Platform
Play & Thrive Speech is proud to provide teletherapy via Ambiki (æmbɪki), a platform designed by and for therapists. The Ambiki therapy room is secure, does not require an account or log-in information, and uses the same link for each session. Integrated games and apps make it easy to engage even our youngest learners.
Anne Marie Flood
MA, CCC-SLP
After 5 years as a Spanish teacher, including earning a master's in Secondary Education, Anne Marie found her passion in the form of Speech Language Pathology. She returned to pursue a master's degree at the University of Maryland following the birth of her oldest children. Between virtual, school-based, and private practice experience, Anne Marie has worked with children with speech and language impairments, and their families, all across the US.
Anne Marie founded Play & Thrive Speech Therapy in January 2022 in the hopes of offering families more flexibility and collaboration. She believes in partnering with families to help early learners improve their speech and language skills through play. She currently lives in Arnold MD with her husband. When not in the clinic, she can be found homeschooling her two older kids or running with the youngest in the stroller.
Kelsey Hudgins
M.S. Ed, CF-SLP
Kelsey graduated from The University of Mississippi with an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She received her Masters in Speech-Language Pathology from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. Kelsey started her career working with elementary and middle school students with a variety of speech and language impairments. She enjoys working with children and helping them create foundational language skills that will help them navigate life.
Kelsey loves helping children and their families through their journey. She currently resides in Baltimore, MD, and loves exploring the DMV area. When not in the clinic, she can be found binging her Netflix show, painting, or hanging out with her friends.
Annie Loscalzo
MA, CCC-SLP
Annie graduated from James Madison University with an undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She then moved to Maryland and received her Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Towson University. Annie enjoys working with children of all age levels to empower them to be successful communicators. One of Annie’s favorite parts of being an SLP is using multimodal communication to help children learn how to express their wants and needs.
Annie is from Long Island, NY and currently resides in Annapolis. She loves spending time by the water, working out, cooking, or with her family and friends.
loves helping children and their families through their journey. She currently resides in Baltimore, MD, and loves exploring the DMV area. When not in the clinic, she can be found binging her Netflix show, painting, or hanging out with her friends.
Taylor Wach
MA, CCC-SLP
Taylor graduated from Towson University with an undergraduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology. She continued at Towson University and received her Speech-Language Pathology Masters, go TU! Taylor began her career at a pediatric clinic, working with children of various ages and speech and language impairments. She is passionate about making therapy a fun environment where children can excel.
She currently resides in Columbia, MD with her cat and an energetic dog. She loves hiking, reading, dancing, and exploring new areas with her friends and family.
Taylor Schwebach
MS, CCC-SLP
A Miami native, Taylor received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Florida State University before spending four years living and working in Madrid teaching English as a foreign language. Here, she discovered her love for language and working with children, relocating to Baltimore to attend Loyola University Maryland's master's program for Speech-Language Pathology. Taylor is especially passionate about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), neurodiversity-affirming practice, and disability acceptance.
Taylor currently resides in the Locust Point neighborhood of Baltimore. Outside of her SLP duties, Taylor is passionate about travel, sustainability, reading, and all kinds of food.
Vanessa Rojas
Administrative Assisstant
Vanessa is a Registered Nurse from the Philippines who worked in the field for about 2 years and has decided to work remotely and attain a healthier work-life balance. Vanessa has worked with various clients offering different services and started working with Play & Thrive Speech as an Admin Assistant in 2022. She loves meeting new people and is always happy to help.
As Adam Grant said, Vanessa also believes that the most meaningful way to succeed is to help others succeed. When not working, she loves to travel to explore new places as well as enjoy her adrenaline-pumping activity, freediving.