Amy Crenshaw, MS, CCC-SLP/L

Amy Crenshaw, speech therapist at Center for Pediatric Therapies in South Boston, Virginia with a patient

Amy Crenshaw is a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Center for Pediatric Therapies. Based at our location in South Boston, Virginia, Amy provides speech therapy services to children from birth to 21 years of age in South Boston, Halifax County, and surrounding areas. She also works with Building Blocks Center for Autism in Danville, Virginia.

After graduating from Longwood University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science, Amy earned a Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Radford University in 2000. Amy holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed by the state of Virginia. She is a certified provider of the Beckman Oral Motor Protocol and a certified Early Intervention Specialist for the Infant and Toddler Connection of Virginia.

Amy’s areas of clinical expertise and interest include: apraxia of speech, articulation disorders, autism, developmental delays, expressive and receptive language disorders, feeding disorders, and oral-motor difficulties.

Amy lives in South Boston with her husband, Jay, and their two daughters, Morgan and Avery.

Phyllis A. Behrer, MHS, CCC-SLP/L

Phyllis Behrer is a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Center for Pediatric Therapies. She is the Clinical Manager at our Lynchburg, Virginia location.  Her passion is language therapy for early intervention and with children with autism.

Phyllis is certified in the Beckman Oral-Motor Protocol. Recent continuing education topics include Sensory Oral Sequential approach to feeding; Kaufman Early Intervention Program: Children with Apraxia of Speech; and Picture Exchange Communication System.

Phyllis holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delaware and a Bachelor of Health Science from Governors State University in Illinois. Phyllis earned a Master of Health Science from Governors State University, where she was awarded the Lee Edward Travis award for outstanding graduate student in 1999.

Originally from Long Island, New York, Phyllis now lives on Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta, Virginia. Outside of work, Phyllis enjoys reading, cross stitching, writing, boating, swimming, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their three grown daughters.