Unravel, Embrace, Empower
Finding Clarity, Together
Colby Taylor, Ph.D.
Adele Dunkin, M.C.D., CCC-SLP, IMH-E®
With over 18 years cumulative experience as developmental specialists, Adele and Colby bring honed insight to the table when considering the possibility of developmental delays.
They strive to create an accepting and comfortable space to nurture growth in learning and understanding yourself or your child better, and guide you through the evaluation process with empathy and compassion born from lived experience and dedicated practice to listening to lived narratives.
Providing speech-language evaluation services for ages 12 months to 18 years, and developmental evaluation services (including autism, ADHD, executive function, and adaptive behavior) for ages 18 months through adulthood, as appropriate.
Areas of Focus
Diagnostic Evaluations for Speech-Language Delays, Autism, and ADHD.
In-Services, Professional Developments, and Consultancy for Support Teams in Schools, Daycares, Private Clinics, or Independent Practices.
Our experience and training allow us to bring a discerning and thorough eye to diagnostics, and we have decided to specialize our practice to focus on evaluations for neurodevelopmental delays across the lifespan and childhood speech-language delays. We are well-versed in the administration of many different assessment tools, both standardized and criterion, and utilize a mix of published and qualitative measures in our evaluation process.
In addition to providing direct diagnostic services to clients and families, we are also available for consultations to both individuals and group entities, as well as for in-service and professional development trainings around our areas of focus, including trauma-informed principles of care and team collaboration to best benefit individuals who have these developmental delays.
Reach out today to see how we can help meet your needs!
Services Offered
Evaluation is a multi-step process, ensuring that we gain an accurate picture of the strengths and support needs.
After all data has been collected and analyzed, we will meet for a feedback session to discuss the findings of the evaluation in depth and at a comfortable pace.
Evaluations include individualized recommendations for next step support, as well as educational resources tailored to each client’s needs.
Recommendations and resources will be reviewed at the feedback session.
Speech-Only OR
Language-Only Evaluation
Evaluation of articulation/speech sounds and fluency/stuttering
OR
Evaluation of language comprehension and expression
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Comprehensive Speech-Language Evaluation
Evaluation of both components of speech (articulation, voice quality, fluency) and language (comprehension and expression)
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Developmental Only Evaluation
Evaluation to consider the possibility of autism, ADHD, executive function, or adaptive behavior delays. The process also considers the presence of other commonly co-occuring conditions to developmental delays.
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Comprehensive Developmental Evaluation
Covers components from a Comprehensive Speech-Language Evaluation and a Developmental Evaluation, including a joint team approach as needed.
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Consultation
Start here if you are not sure which service best fits your needs, you are interested in supplemental assessments, or you are seeking a second opinion.
Select if you are interested in a speaking or training engagement.
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Who Are We?
Adele Dunkin
M.C.D., CCC-SLP, IMH-E®
Hi, I'm Adele! I am a late-diagnosed multiply-neurodivergent speech-language pathologist with over 10 years of experience diagnosing speech and language disorders and developmental delays, including autism. Full-time, I work as an Assistant Clinical Professor and Co-Director of Clinical Education in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Memphis. Prior to this appointment, I conducted initial diagnostic evaluations at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Center on Developmental Disabilities for four years, and taught a graduate course on autism at the University of Memphis as an adjunct member of the clinical faculty.
I serve on the board of the Arc of Tennessee, hold an endorsement in Infant Mental Health through AIMHiTN, and am an active member of several professional and advocacy organizations.
My passion is helping families navigate autism diagnoses and services, promoting disability rights, advocating for and educating about trauma-informed and neuroaffirming practice, and expanding accessibility of information and support.
Outside of work, I love to read, cook, and listen to a variety of podcasts. My husband, Scott, and I are also honored to raise two beautifully chaotic and multiply-neurodivergent children, along with three dogs (Molly, Bear, Sunnie) and a hamster (Sunnie the Hamster).
Hi, I'm Colby. I received my Ph.D. In School Psychology from the University of Memphis in 2015. I completed an APA-accredited internship with the Hawaii Psychology Internship Consortium on the beautiful island of Kauai, balanced my clinical work with snorkeling and standup paddleboarding. Returning to Memphis, I completed my postdoctoral training with both Memphis-Shelby County Schools and the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC).
I am a licensed psychologist in the state of Tennessee, an associate professor of behavioral sciences at Christian Brothers University, and a psychologist at the Center on Developmental Disabilities at UTHSC. I am passionate about autism and serve on the board of directors for Students Tackling Autism-Related Syndromes.
My wife, Lauren, and I have three young children, two dogs, a cat, chickens, and fish (basically a zoo). I enjoy fishing, reading, exercising, and forecasting the weather.
Colby Tayor
Ph.D.
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