Happy Kids Therapy

Happy Kids Therapy Happy Kids provides pediatric occupational and speech therapy services.

We serve children and their families in our Waxhaw NC office in addition to our community based services in Huntersville, Fort Mill SC, and Charlotte and surrounding areas.

Testimonial Tuesday Summer Camp edition!! We love hearing how much our families enjoyed summer camp last year. And we ha...
03/11/2026

Testimonial Tuesday Summer Camp edition!! We love hearing how much our families enjoyed summer camp last year. And we have so much planned for this summer… Join us! Link to summer camp registration is below! 😎

https://www.happykidsnc.com/summercamp

Happy Kids Summer Camps are live and we would love for your kiddo to come play with us this summer! All our summer progr...
03/09/2026

Happy Kids Summer Camps are live and we would love for your kiddo to come play with us this summer! All our summer programs are led by our skilled therapists and student volunteers who create therapeutic activities that are fun and engaging for the kids! Limited available so register today with just a $75 deposit through the link in our bio or barcodes above!

☀️ Fantasy Fun Camp June 22-25
☀️ Food Explorer Camp July 20-23
☀️ Fine Motor Camp August 10-13
☀️ Kindergarten Readiness Program June 17-August 5

Meet the ladies behind the scenes that keep Happy Kids up and running on the daily! Meet Dale! Dale is our practice mana...
03/06/2026

Meet the ladies behind the scenes that keep Happy Kids up and running on the daily!

Meet Dale! Dale is our practice manager and master behind all things admin! She’s a problem solver and a true doer; if there’s a task to be done, it will get done! Dale’s hobbies are shopping at estate sales and creating hand-sewn crafts. She has 2 kids: a Lego loving 6 year old boy and a 2 year old girl who loves her baby dolls. Dale loves spending time with her kiddos, her husband, and pets: a dog and a bearded dragon.

Meet Gwen! Gwen is our wonder office assistant who is an old soul and so helpful behind the front desk keeping all things HKT running smoothly. In her free time, Gwen loves watching older shows and classic movies, antiquing, and spending time in cozy spaces with her 5 pets close by.

Meet Ann! Ann is our insurance coordinator and has over 25 years experience with health and welfare benefits. She is a Tennessee native and has lived in many areas around the country. Ann is a proud grandmother and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, running them around town when she’s not working.

We truly don’t know what we’d do without this admin dream team! 💗

Meet our Speech Therapy Team! Meet Ally! Ally is a NC native. She has been serving kids as an SLP since 2018. She treats...
03/06/2026

Meet our Speech Therapy Team!

Meet Ally! Ally is a NC native. She has been serving kids as an SLP since 2018. She treats at various homes, daycares, and schools in the central Charlotte area. She has a special interest in AAC and speech-generating devices. Her favorite thing to do in therapy is child-led play, speech sound interventions, and giving a voice to kiddos who previously haven’t been able to express themselves well! Ally loves spending time with her husband and 1 year old daughter. In her free time she loves being outside, watching sports, traveling, and shopping!

Meet Susie! Susie has over 25 years experience as a speech therapist in public schools and outpatient clinics in Georgia, South Carolina, New York, and North Carolina. Susie enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading, doing crossword puzzles, traveling overseas, playing tennis, and going to concerts. Most of all, Susie pulls hard for the Georgia Bulldogs!

Meet Whitney! Whitney has been working as a speech language pathologist since 2012 and has experience in oral motor difficulties, early language development, articulation and phonological disorders, and cognitive delays. Whitney recently started her own speech therapy business. When not working as an SLP and business owner, Whitney loves spending time with her husband and three very busy kids. You can most likely find Whitney at a CrossFit gym, cheering on the Carolina Panthers, or on a ski trip.

We love our speechies! 🫶

Meet our OT Team (part 2)!Meet Rebecca! Rebecca has been treating kids for 10 years and bops around to different schools...
03/06/2026

Meet our OT Team (part 2)!

Meet Rebecca! Rebecca has been treating kids for 10 years and bops around to different schools and homes. Rebecca is a mom of two toddlers and finds joy in balancing home life, gardening, and being creative with her clients. She loves to travel with her husband and complete DIY projects at home.

Meet Carly! Carly is a Charlotte native and came to us with experience in inpatient rehab and a passion for peds! She loves crafting and creating obstacle courses with her kiddos. In her free time she loves yoga, paddle boarding, reading, and spending time with her boyfriend and dog Sunny.

Meet Emily, another Charlotte native! Emily loves to use a play based sensory integration approach with swings, crash pads, trampolines, and other fun tools! She is certified in reflex integration and the Safe Sound therapeutic listening protocol. Emily is a huge Auburn fan and UNC Charlotte fan as her husband is an assistant basketball coach there. Emily enjoys walking, cooking and traveling in her free time.

Meet Maria! Maria has over 30 years experience in the OT field, with the past 10 years being exclusively in peds with a passion for early intervention. MARIA has expertise with the pre-crawling infant with special emphasis on feeding and development. Maria has four daughters and enjoys traveling with them and her husband, as well as gardening, reading, and experimenting with plant based recipes.

Meet Brittany! Brittany is a Jersey girl originally, but moved to the Carolina’s 8 years ago. She works with a variety of diagnoses and is passionate about advocating for neurodivergent families. Outside of work, Brittany loves the outdoors, cooking, interior design, and spending time with her husband, her pups, and her new baby girl.

Meet Tia! Tia is our newest team member, an Occupational Therapy Assistant who has a passion for working with kids and a special interest in sensory and emotional regulation, as well as fine motor and improving activities of daily living. Tia was born and raised in SC and when not working, she enjoys spending time outdoors, coloring, cooking, and doing Pilates.

Meet our OT Team (part one)! Meet Meghan! Meghan has worked at Happy Kids since the beginning and working in peds since ...
03/06/2026

Meet our OT Team (part one)!

Meet Meghan! Meghan has worked at Happy Kids since the beginning and working in peds since 2011. She has a passion for parent education and certifications in Handwriting Without Tears and Zones of Regulation. Meghan was raised just North of Charlotte in Lake Norman, She’s is a busy mom of two and enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and cooking.

Meet Brooke! Brooke is one of our Occupational Therapy Assistants and has a passion for school based therapy and collaborating with teachers to help kids be successful in the classroom. Brooke also does social media and marketing for Happy Kids. She’s a Charlotte native and loves spending time with her husband, who is a small business owner, and her two busy kiddos. You can also find her on the yoga mat, or working on needle art with her Doodle and cat nearby.

Meet Sidra! Sidra has worked as a pediatric OT for 20 years with expertise in fine motor and sensory strategies. Sidra speaks several different languages including Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi. She also helps with admin and operations at Happy Kids, is a photographer, and a mom of 3 kids. She loves reading, baking, and traveling with her sports loving husband.

Meet Katie! Katie works in the clinic, at schools and daycares. She has a passion for feeding therapy and parent education. Katie grew up in Maryland and moved to Charlotte 4 years ago. She enjoys exploring Charlotte with her new husband, who works in finance, and their Australian Shepard. Her hobbies include playing pickleball and baking sourdough.

Meet Sarah! A Florida native and a jack of all trades. Sarah enjoys working with kids in their natural environment and she loves to get in the kitchen and bake with her clients! Sarah is a newlywed and a professional dancer! She enjoys reading, learning new languages, and watching anime with her husband.

It’s fun Friday around here which is the perfect time for another Happy Kids roll call… but make it AI!! First up, the H...
03/06/2026

It’s fun Friday around here which is the perfect time for another Happy Kids roll call… but make it AI!!

First up, the Happy Kids owners, both amazing OTs and successful business owners that we’re so proud to call ours!

Abby has over 20 years experience in occupational therapy, mainly in pediatrics. From her start in Florida to here in North Carolina, Abby has a passion for children with sensory processing disorder and feeding difficulties. Abby enjoys spending time with her three daughters, her husband, who works in IT, and her two Maltese pups. She considers herself a foodie, enjoys traveling, and loves to watch football, especially the FL Gators!

Megan has been working as a pediatric occupational therapist for 17 years. Megan is a Charlotte native and has a passion for working with kids in the community she grew up in. Megan enjoys being outdoors, practicing yoga, traveling, reading, going to concerts, and spending time with her husband, who is in medical sales, her two daughters, and their sweet dog Luna.

Abby and Megan teamed up and created Happy Kids Therapy in 2020, opened our clinic in Waxhaw in 2023, and now have a 19 employees that make up this thriving women owned business 💪

Welcome Tia! We’re excited to introduce HKT’s newest therapist! Tia is joining the occupational therapy team as a COTA w...
02/27/2026

Welcome Tia! We’re excited to introduce HKT’s newest therapist! Tia is joining the occupational therapy team as a COTA who has worked in the pediatric population and has experience treating a range of diagnoses. She has a special interest in fine motor development, sensory processing, and emotional regulation. Tia is a Carolina girl, original from SC, and loves the outdoors, practicing pilates, and cooking. We’re so happy to have her! 😍

Testimonial Tuesday 💕 and we’re feeling all the love today from these sweet families! 💗 Click link to leave us a Google ...
02/24/2026

Testimonial Tuesday 💕 and we’re feeling all the love today from these sweet families!

💗 Click link to leave us a Google Review 💗

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02/23/2026

Bring it on Monday! Let’s GOOO!

Happy Kids Summer Camps are live and we would love for your kiddo to come play with us this summer! All our summer progr...
02/20/2026

Happy Kids Summer Camps are live and we would love for your kiddo to come play with us this summer! All our summer programs are led by our skilled therapists and student volunteers who create therapeutic activities that are fun and engaging for the kids! Limited available so register today with just a $75 deposit through the link in our bio or barcodes above!

☀️ Fantasy Fun Camp June 22-25
☀️ Food Explorer Camp July 20-23
☀️ Fine Motor Camp August 10-13
☀️ Kindergarten Readiness June 17-August 5

We’re all in on these few days of the winter Olympics!  wins the gold every time for fine motor activities 🥇
02/19/2026

We’re all in on these few days of the winter Olympics! wins the gold every time for fine motor activities 🥇

Address

105 A Waxhaw Professional Park Drive
Waxhaw, NC

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5am
Tuesday 8am - 5am
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+17042519112

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