Michelle Bartolozzi has been a Speech Pathologist since 1995.  Michelle graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a B.S. in Communication Disorders, and from the William Paterson University in New Jersey with an M.S. in Communication Disorders. Michelle has worked in a variety of settings with both pediatric and adult patients including hospitals, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings, home health, and clinics.  Michelle moved to Atlanta from New Jersey in 2000 and worked at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta on the inpatient rehab unit with patients who had TBI, ABI and/or Spinal Cord Injury for 7 years. In May of 2007, Michelle began working for Building Blocks so that she could spend more time with her own daughters.  She  started out in the clinic and now sees patients in their homes for Building Blocks.  Michelle continues to work for Children's Healthcare on a per diem basis is a clinical supervisor in the graduate program at Georgia State University. Michelle loves working with children and their families. She has served on ad hoc committees for the national speech association to improve training for therapists in the area of pediatric feeding and swallowing and participated in peer reviews for continuing education.  She works as a mentor to help train other SLPs in working with patients who have swallowing disorders and patients who have tracheostomies and/or are on ventilators.

Brittany has been working as an occupational therapist for 6 years.  She graduated summa cum-laude with a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Medical College of Georgia.  She started out her career working in adult inpatient rehab, specializing in treatment of neurological impairments including spinal cord injury, brain injury, and stroke.  She then took her knowledge and moved to the pediatric population, where she has been working for the past 4 years.  Previous employment positions have been held at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta-Scottish Rite.   Brittany has loved her work with children and enjoys being a part of their journey.   Brittany currently specializes in sensory integration treatment, sensory feeding treatment, fine motor and handwriting, and neuro developmental treatment.  Brittany has certifications in the Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) feeding approach, Brain Gym, and is beginning training with Therapeutic Listening.  Brittany is recently married, and enjoys spending free time with her husband and their dog, Sophie.  Brittany also enjoys painting, cooking, and spending time with family.

Sarah Swafford graduated from University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in Biology and went on to pursue a master’s degree in occupational therapy from University of Washington. As a pediatric occupational therapist, Sarah has managed to combine her love of science and healthcare with her passion for working with children. Sarah has worked in hospital based pediatric inpatient and outpatient clinics for the last five years. She has had the pleasure of serving a diverse population of children with fine motor, developmental, sensory, neurological, handwriting, activities of daily living, and other needs. Sarah is currently the principal investigator of a clinical-based research project which is studying the effectiveness of an intensive outpatient occupational therapy program for young children with developmental and/or sensory processing delays. Sarah is thrilled to be a member of the Building Blocks team and is looking forward to all of the ‘fun and functional’ time she will be spending with her new friends and their families! When she isn’t having fun at work Sarah enjoys playing tennis, training for triathlons, and playing with her dog, Bear.

Jennifer Stuart graduated from the University of Georgia with an undergraduate and master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders. She also obtained an education specialist degree from the University of Georgia in reading education specializing in the treatment of reading disabilities. Jennifer enjoys working as a speech language pathologist with children with language disorders on all aspects of communication: speaking, reading and writing. She has worked in various settings throughout her career including private practice and schools and has experience treating children with language disorders, autism, traumatic brain injury, oral-motor, and developmental disabilities. Jennifer and her husband David have been residents of the Smyrna/Vinings area of Cobb County for over a decade. When she is not spending time with her husband and son, she enjoys UGA football and the Atlanta Thrashers.

Denise A. Pennington has been a Speech Language Pathologist for over 23 years. She graduated from University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1982 with her Bachelor's Degree and from Louisiana State University in 1986 with her Masters Degree in Communication Disorders. She worked in Louisiana in a wide variety of settings including private practice, schools, outpatient clinics, acute care, intensive/extensive care, inpatient rehab centers, nursing home rehab and home care. She has worked and an insurance reviewer for speech language therapy services. Denise also worked with a large rehab company reviewing Medicare and Medicaid paperwork. While living in Louisiana, she also served as an expert witness in several court cases. Denise moved to Marietta in 2001. At that time she began work in a pediatric outpatient rehab center and completed NDT training. Since then she has also worked in the school system. Denise began work as an independent contractor with Building Blocks in 2005.

Denise has been married since 1986 to Wesley Pennington. They have 3 children, Rob 21, Justin 20 and Mandy 17. Denise loves to read and spend time with her family and pets.

Joan M. Crawford has been a Speech Language Pathologist for over 25 years. She graduated from Auburn University with an undergraduate degree in speech pathology and a minor in psychology. She received her master’s degree from Memphis State University in Speech Pathology. She is certified by the American Speech and Hearing Association and licensed by the state of Georgia. Her extensive and varied experience includes being part of a preschool pediatric diagnostic team for a major school system, elementary school speech therapy, providing all of the speech services for a major hospital, clinical therapy, private practice, accent reduction, and owning a preschool screening business.

Joan is a native of Atlanta who has also lived in Dallas, Chicago, and Birmingham. She is the mother of three girls in their twenties. When not working, she enjoys travel and spending time with friends and family.