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Pediatric therapists. Results driven. Compassionate. Round head enthusiasts.
Each one of us, no matter the role, has a commitment to our patients to make the road to a round head and normal development as easy as possible. This starts with the initial process of referring a baby, figuring out the insurance game and then starting treatment as quickly as possible. We pride ourselves on formulating home programs that cater to a family’s individual lifestyle and schedule. We have proven that modifying day to day activities can have huge impacts on a baby and their overall well-being.
we know our stuff!
Baby Begin has treated over 6000 babies worldwide since 2008 and we are just getting started!
After working for the leading helmet provider for 8 years, Jennifer saw there was a clear gap in education for new parents regarding plagiocephaly and torticollis. They just were not getting essential information about conservative treatment for these conditions and their babies were ending up with significant skull deformities. Her goal of ending plagiocephaly started then and now her mission is to eradicate flat head syndrome – worldwide.
She has become an expert on treating torticollis and correcting flat heads without a helmet and trains passionate therapists all over the world to do the same.
the team
Jennifer Barnard
Occupational Therapist/Founder
Occupational Therapist/Founder
Jennifer has been a pediatric Occupational Therapist for over 20 years and really, just loves babies. Always has. She is married, has three daughters, 2 dogs and 8 turtles. She loves a good bike ride, walks with the pups and connecting with friends over a cool margarita.
She thrives on making a small but significant difference in families’ lives and seeing the improvements in head shapes STILL makes her giddy. She loves to teach other professionals and is ready to build her army of therapists worldwide to change the way plagiocephaly is treated.
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Jennifer Barnard
Occupational Therapist/Founder
Occupational Therapist/Founder
Jennifer has been a pediatric Occupational Therapist for over 20 years and really, just loves babies. Always has. She is married, has three daughters, 2 dogs and 8 turtles. She loves a good bike ride, walks with the pups and connecting with friends over a cool margarita.
She thrives on making a small but significant difference in families’ lives and seeing the improvements in head shapes STILL makes her giddy. She loves to teach other professionals and is ready to build her army of therapists worldwide to change the way plagiocephaly is treated.
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Leah Marshall
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Leah grew up in Louisiana and graduated from Louisiana State University where she majored in Kinesiology and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center where she majored in Occupational Therapy. She has 20 years of experience as an occupational therapist, with the majority of those years in the pediatric setting. She and her husband have three active boys.
Her favorite thing about her job is seeing amazing outcomes when parents are given the tools to help their babies. She loves the reaction every day when a parent sees their baby comfortable with tummy time.
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Leah Marshall
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Leah grew up in Louisiana and graduated from Louisiana State University where she majored in Kinesiology and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center where she majored in Occupational Therapy. She has 20 years of experience as an occupational therapist, with the majority of those years in the pediatric setting. She and her husband have three active boys.
Her favorite thing about her job is seeing amazing outcomes when parents are given the tools to help their babies. She loves the reaction every day when a parent sees their baby comfortable with tummy time.
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Jana Burke
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Jana has been a pediatric occupational therapist for 26 years. Being a mother has been the joy of her life. She has raised two boys and is blessed to be a grandmother to her 7 year old grandson.
Jana loves working for Baby Begin because she loves seeing the progress in the babies and showing parents how to help their little ones.
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Jana Burke
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Jana has been a pediatric occupational therapist for 26 years. Being a mother has been the joy of her life. She has raised two boys and is blessed to be a grandmother to her 7 year old grandson.
Jana loves working for Baby Begin because she loves seeing the progress in the babies and showing parents how to help their little ones.
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Kerri Covington
Parent Educator/Newborn Care Specialist
parent educator/newborn care specialist
Kerri received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University and has a vast range of work experience over the years while she primarily stayed home to raise her own 4 babies. Now that her kids are older, she is excited to join forces with Baby Begin again as a Parent Educator/Newborn Care Specialist. She enjoys sharing her expertise with babies as well as what she has learned from working with Jennifer. Her favorite thing about this job is helping parents feel empowered to confidently and positively care for their babies' development and then see the amazing outcomes we can help them achieve.
In her free time, Kerri loves to read, go on long walks or bike rides with her kids, sit and talk with friends, create things, and travel.
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Kerri Covington
Parent Educator/Newborn Care Specialist
parent educator/newborn care specialist
Kerri received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Texas A&M University and has a vast range of work experience over the years while she primarily stayed home to raise her own 4 babies. Now that her kids are older, she is excited to join forces with Baby Begin again as a Parent Educator/Newborn Care Specialist. She enjoys sharing her expertise with babies as well as what she has learned from working with Jennifer. Her favorite thing about this job is helping parents feel empowered to confidently and positively care for their babies' development and then see the amazing outcomes we can help them achieve.
In her free time, Kerri loves to read, go on long walks or bike rides with her kids, sit and talk with friends, create things, and travel.
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Katie Winston
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Katie grew up in Midland, Texas and graduated from The University of Texas with a BA in Biochemistry and Texas Woman’s University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She has 8 years of experience as a physical therapist in a range of settings within pediatrics, including outpatient, acute care, intensive care, and her favorite, NICU. In all settings, she has seen first hand the effects of deliberate repositioning and purposeful play, and is thrilled to help support and empower parents and caregivers to help their babies progress. Nothing beats helping babies learn and grow! When not working, she can be found chasing her 2 active kids with her husband, in a Pilates studio, playing tennis, or painting.
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Katie Winston
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Katie grew up in Midland, Texas and graduated from The University of Texas with a BA in Biochemistry and Texas Woman’s University with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy. She has 8 years of experience as a physical therapist in a range of settings within pediatrics, including outpatient, acute care, intensive care, and her favorite, NICU. In all settings, she has seen first hand the effects of deliberate repositioning and purposeful play, and is thrilled to help support and empower parents and caregivers to help their babies progress. Nothing beats helping babies learn and grow! When not working, she can be found chasing her 2 active kids with her husband, in a Pilates studio, playing tennis, or painting.
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Ellen Enright
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Ellen loves helping parents help their babies have a great start to meeting their developmental milestones. Ellen enjoys meeting wonderful people and most of all, loving on lots of sweet babies! She’s always worked with children.
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Ellen Enright
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Ellen loves helping parents help their babies have a great start to meeting their developmental milestones. Ellen enjoys meeting wonderful people and most of all, loving on lots of sweet babies! She’s always worked with children.
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Jackie Rollier
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Jackie’s favorite part of her job is helping parents help their babies...and also have FUN with their babies! She loves it when a parent “checks in” with her just to brag on something awesome their baby did.
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Jackie Rollier
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Jackie’s favorite part of her job is helping parents help their babies...and also have FUN with their babies! She loves it when a parent “checks in” with her just to brag on something awesome their baby did.
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Rachel Harris
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Rachel is passionate about helping families to ensure their little one has the best start at life possible. She is dedicated to our mission to eradicate plagiocephaly and loves working with parents to support their baby’s overall development.
Rachel’s favorite part of her job is supporting parents and baby’s development! With Baby Begin she loves working with families in their home environment and fitting into their life/schedule. She thinks that is part of the secret of why Baby Begin is more successful than typical outpatient!
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Rachel Harris
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Rachel is passionate about helping families to ensure their little one has the best start at life possible. She is dedicated to our mission to eradicate plagiocephaly and loves working with parents to support their baby’s overall development.
Rachel’s favorite part of her job is supporting parents and baby’s development! With Baby Begin she loves working with families in their home environment and fitting into their life/schedule. She thinks that is part of the secret of why Baby Begin is more successful than typical outpatient!
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Alison Jacob
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Alison is originally from Texas but grew up primarily in a suburb of Chicago, IL. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor’s of Biology and from Texas Woman’s University with a Master’s of Occupational Therapy. She has been a pediatric occupational therapist for 15 years. She is married to her husband, Matt, and has three children. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, traveling with her family and flower arranging.
Alison loves to help parents feel at ease and empowered as they care for their babies.
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Alison Jacob
Occupational Therapist
occupational therapist
Alison is originally from Texas but grew up primarily in a suburb of Chicago, IL. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor’s of Biology and from Texas Woman’s University with a Master’s of Occupational Therapy. She has been a pediatric occupational therapist for 15 years. She is married to her husband, Matt, and has three children. In her spare time, she enjoys photography, traveling with her family and flower arranging.
Alison loves to help parents feel at ease and empowered as they care for their babies.
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Lauren Spelman
Director of Sales
Director of Sales
After many years in supply chain management in corporate America, Lauren fell in love with sales and leaped into taking Baby Begin to the next level! She has loved growing referral sources, managing the Instagram page, and working for a small business. Her favorite part about her job is seeing how happy our patients are when we can keep them out of helmets. In her spare time, you can find her on the tennis court (@catchusonthecourt) and spending time with her husband, Joseph, and puppy dog, Charlie.
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Lauren Spelman
Director of Sales
Director of Sales
After many years in supply chain management in corporate America, Lauren fell in love with sales and leaped into taking Baby Begin to the next level! She has loved growing referral sources, managing the Instagram page, and working for a small business. Her favorite part about her job is seeing how happy our patients are when we can keep them out of helmets. In her spare time, you can find her on the tennis court (@catchusonthecourt) and spending time with her husband, Joseph, and puppy dog, Charlie.
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Erin Wood
Physical Therapist
physical therapist
Erin grew up in Texas and graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a major in Kinesiology and went on to pursue a Doctorate of Physical therapy following graduation at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. She has 11 years of experience as a Physical Therapist with the majority of her work spent with the pediatric population. She and her husband have a 6 month old son, a dog, and a cat. They enjoy cycling, hiking, playing sports, and pretty much doing anything outdoors.
She finds the most reward in working as a physical therapist in seeing her patient’s make great progress towards their goals and helping parents become comfortable with the hands on portion of home exercises to achieve even greater success in the treatment plan.
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Erin Wood
Physical Therapist
physical therapist
Erin grew up in Texas and graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a major in Kinesiology and went on to pursue a Doctorate of Physical therapy following graduation at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. She has 11 years of experience as a Physical Therapist with the majority of her work spent with the pediatric population. She and her husband have a 6 month old son, a dog, and a cat. They enjoy cycling, hiking, playing sports, and pretty much doing anything outdoors.
She finds the most reward in working as a physical therapist in seeing her patient’s make great progress towards their goals and helping parents become comfortable with the hands on portion of home exercises to achieve even greater success in the treatment plan.
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Karilyn Todd
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Karilyn has enjoyed watching Baby Begin grow from an idea to a thriving business, helping families all over the world. She is the proud mother of Jennifer and enjoys helping with Baby Begin operations wherever she can.
She is a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court, and loves to travel and spend time with her family.
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Karilyn Todd
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Karilyn has enjoyed watching Baby Begin grow from an idea to a thriving business, helping families all over the world. She is the proud mother of Jennifer and enjoys helping with Baby Begin operations wherever she can.
She is a force to be reckoned with on the tennis court, and loves to travel and spend time with her family.
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Ann Griffith
Insurance Coordinator
Insurance Coordinator
Ann comes from a background in finance, ministry and healthcare. She loves working with parents and helping them understand their benefits for the new members of their families. "Life goes quickly, so if I can answer these questions so they can enjoy the important stuff, it's a win."
She shares her life with her husband, David, and two teenagers, Grace and Josiah. In her spare time, she knits, runs, and reads.
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Ann Griffith
Insurance Coordinator
Insurance Coordinator
Ann comes from a background in finance, ministry and healthcare. She loves working with parents and helping them understand their benefits for the new members of their families. "Life goes quickly, so if I can answer these questions so they can enjoy the important stuff, it's a win."
She shares her life with her husband, David, and two teenagers, Grace and Josiah. In her spare time, she knits, runs, and reads.
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Jodie Thompson
Patient Coordinator
Patient Coordinator
Jodie’s favorite part of her job is getting to see all the amazing improvements in before and after photos on a daily basis. She is still in awe of how Baby Begin's repositioning techniques have such incredible results. She also enjoys the flexibility to work at home around her family's schedule.
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Jodie Thompson
Patient Coordinator
Patient Coordinator
Jodie’s favorite part of her job is getting to see all the amazing improvements in before and after photos on a daily basis. She is still in awe of how Baby Begin's repositioning techniques have such incredible results. She also enjoys the flexibility to work at home around her family's schedule.
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Laura Eckle
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Laura is a happy Houston transplant originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Laura studied Kinesiology at Louisiana State University and graduated from the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. With over 10 years of clinical experience, Laura is committed to helping support babies and families in those early months and years. In addition to her training as a physical therapist, she is also a Certified Lactation Counselor. In her free time Laura, enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.
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Laura Eckle
Physical Therapist
Physical therapist
Laura is a happy Houston transplant originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Laura studied Kinesiology at Louisiana State University and graduated from the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences. With over 10 years of clinical experience, Laura is committed to helping support babies and families in those early months and years. In addition to her training as a physical therapist, she is also a Certified Lactation Counselor. In her free time Laura, enjoys spending time with her husband, daughter, and two dogs.
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