Your Own Clinical Mentor

“There were certain characteristics that I sought of my mentor including open communication between her and me, availability for consultations, supportiveness of my learning style and clinical experiences and enthusiasm towards the field of speech-language pathology. While working for Boothby Therapy Services I was assigned a mentor who encompassed all these qualities”
-Jessica Butler, MS, CCC-SLP

Every company talks a good game about the clinical support you will receive. Boothby Therapy Services is different. Our President, Maren Boothby, MS, CCC-SLP is a therapist herself and has recruited Clinical Managers who are both outstanding therapists and super people.

Clinical Manager: Speech Therapy NH

“The most rewarding part of my job is partnering with other talented clinicians,” says Boothby Therapy Services founder and Speech Clinical Manager, Maren Boothby, MS, CCC-SLP. “Eight years in the schools taught me just how broad our field of speech and language pathology really is. The best school-based speech and language pathologists are generalists who know a lot about a lot different types of speech and language disorders. We all benefit from a sounding board or another set of eyes on our most challenging students. I love supporting therapists in this manner and connecting them with other SLPs in our community of therapists who have different areas of expertise.” Maren came to the schools after starting her career in the skilled nursing and rehabilitation settings. Her exposure to the medical model, working with adults and children with neurological and developmental deficits, provided a valuable skill set to apply to children in the school setting. “I know I don’t know all the answers,” Maren says, “but I like searching for them, and I am continually amazed and excited by the wealth of knowledge held by the therapists with whom we work.” Maren brings her own strengths in evaluation and managing the needs of large caseloads of children with speech and language needs to the forefront for all the clinicians which whom she works.

Clinical Manager: Occupational Therapy NH

Jennifer Benjamin, MS, OTR/L, is an enthusiastic advocate for the valuable role of occupational therapy in the public schools.  In her ten years of working in public schools, Jen has witnessed first-hand the positive effects occupational therapy can have on the educational and functional performance of students of all ages.   Jen has a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a Master's degree in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan, and a Master's degree in Occupational Therapy from Boston University. Jen has more than ten years of experience in public school settings in Michigan, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Her clinical interests and areas of expertise include teaching educational professionals about Sensory Integration and linking occupational therapy to functional skills in the school setting. Jen especially enjoys collaborating with classroom teachers, paraprofessional aides, and speech-language pathologists to create and implement integrated programs for students of all ages and skill levels. Jen lives in Concord, NH, with her husband Jonathan and her two delightful children, Hannah (six years old) and Oscar (two years old).