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The Speech Spot of South Florida Team

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Jami S. Genson, MA, CCC-SLP, CMT®

Owner, Speech-Language Pathologist

Jami received her undergraduate degree in linguistics from Duke University and her graduate degree in speech-language pathology from CUNY Queens College. She has served individuals of all ages in schools, daycares, homes, and private practice.

Jami began her private practice in 2008 as a solution to the growing need for high-quality, convenient, and family-centered therapy in her community. As a mom and as a therapist with over 2 decades of experience, she understands how busy life is and how important it is to families to have a trusted resource to guide them through their child's development.

Jami founded The Speech Spot of South Florida in 2020. She provides direct therapy as well as manages a team of dedicated therapists who help her reach more families throughout Florida. Jami's approach to therapy combines research-based methods with engaging and creative activities to keep her clients motivated and having fun! For the past several years, Jami has honed her skills in her specialty areas of tethered oral tissues (tongue, lip, and buccal ties), orofacial myology, and feeding (from birth through adulthood). She completes well over the required hours of continuing education (including classes through the IAOM - International Association of Orofacial Myology), for which she has received the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Award for Continuing Education (ACE Award) multiple times.

When Jami isn't focused on serving her clients, she enjoys playing tennis, cooking, and spending time with her two daughters, husband, and their dog, Remi.

Jessica Kiesel, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Jessica attended the University of Central Florida, where she received her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. She went on to earn her graduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Adelphi University. She has worked with a variety of clients in schools, daycares, homes, and clinics.

Jessica graduated from her master’s program at the top of her class in 2018 and immediately started her work in the school system as a therapist for students in the Autism Cluster. She provided receptive, expressive, and pragmatic language therapy to a neurodiverse caseload. Since then, she has been working in the private practice setting serving students of all ages in need of therapy to treat language disorders, speech sound disorders, apraxia, pragmatic language disorders, feeding disorders, dysphagia, and aphasia.

Jessica is skilled and educated in the Natural Language Acquisition framework and gestalt language processing through Meaningful Speech.

She understands how to work with children who communicate with delayed echolalia (scripting), and is able to help them on their journey towards communication through the production of novel sentences. As a clinician who reached "mastery", she is part of the Meaningful Speech registry. https://www.meaningfulspeechregistry.com/

Jessica works as a team with family members and other therapists as needed, to best implement a functional therapy approach to foster communication for her students. She enjoys staying up to date on current research in the field and best practices to apply during therapy. She strives to incorporate fun, engaging, and, most importantly, functional therapeutic tasks for her students.

Aside from her commitment as a speech-language pathologist, Jessica enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her dog (Ziggy), as well as baking and participating in CrossFit.

Kirstin Wright, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Kirstin received her undergraduate degrees in English and English Secondary Education and her graduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Western Carolina University. She served as a high school English teacher for two years before returning to school to become a speech-language pathologist. She has worked with individuals of all ages in homes, daycares, schools, hospitals, and private practice.

Kirstin began her career in speech-language pathology working in early intervention. She quickly fell in love with the 0-3 age group as she formed close bonds with the families and children she served. As a new mom, she is more sensitive to the needs of young families and holds a passion for supporting and guiding them to best support their children. She has had the opportunity to work with children with expressive and receptive language delays, autism, cerebral palsy, apraxia, and genetic variations. Kirstin enjoys meeting families where they are while making therapy fun, engaging, and relevant to her students.

During the past 2 years, Kirstin has discovered her passion for orofacial myology and tethered oral tissues. This was due to a personal experience with her son who was born with severe tongue and lip ties. His ties affected his ability to feed adequately and his overall comfort. Kirstin learned to advocate for herself and her son to get the support they needed to overcome these challenges. Kirstin now has a strong urge to help other clients of all ages and their families who have difficulties due to myofunctional disorders and tethered oral tissues. She has completed numerous continuing education courses and trainings to strengthen her skills in this area to best support her clients.

When Kirstin isn't focused on serving her clients, she enjoys spending time with her husband and son, baking, gardening, listening to music, being outside in any capacity, and eating ice cream!

Madison Steinman, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist

Madison attended Florida State University (Go Noles!), where she received her undergraduate degree in Communication Science and Disorders in 2021. She graduated from Florida International University with a Master of Science Degree in Speech Language Pathology in summer 2023.

Madison has always had an interest in understanding the background of communication disorders and thus, a research based curriculum was an important component of her collegiate experiences. In undergrad, Madison had the opportunity to conduct research for the FSU Autism Institute. This experience allowed her to examine the impact of early intervention on language development in toddlers diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. More recently, Madison served as the lab coordinator for the Hearing Empowerment and Linguistic Diversity (HELD) research lab. She also co-authored a paper on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and virtual reality, which was selected as a poster presentation for the upcoming American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) annual convention.

Shortly after graduating from her master's program, Madison began working for Broward County Public Schools as a Speech Language Pathologist. She works with children ranging from elementary to high school as well as hospital homebound students treating and evaluating various speech sound, fluency, and language disorders. Madison is passionate about helping children with diverse abilities develop their speech, language, and cognitive skills. Whether they are facing challenges with articulation, fluency, language comprehension, or social skills, she is committed to providing personalized support and evidence-based therapies.

Madison’s goal is to empower children to express themselves confidently and effectively, fostering their growth and success in all areas of life. She recognizes the importance of collaboration and strongly believes that effective communication and therapy require a strong partnership between the child, their family/caregivers, and therapists of other disciplinaries.

In her free time, Madison loves spending time with family and friends, traveling, finding new restaurants, going to yoga classes, and shopping!