About Us
Kaitlyn Shrum
Kaitlyn Shrum MA, CCC-SLP, QOM, CMT, certBBM is the founder of Southern Speech & Myo. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Kaitlyn holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, is a Certified Myofunctional Therapist (CMT), a Qualified Orofacial Myologist (QOM), and a certified Buteyko Breathing Method (certBBM) instructor. She has completed continuing education focusing on dysphagia, orofacial myofunctional disorders, Buteyko Breathing, TOTS Training, the SOFFI method, Beckman Oral Motor Protocol, and the Kaufman approach to treat childhood apraxia of speech. Kaitlyn is the author of Frankie Goes to Camp a children’s book on breathwork techniques. She has been published, for her research on pediatric sleep-disordered breathing, phonemic awareness in children with disabilities, and the benefits of dialogic book reading for vocabulary development. Additionally, Kaitlyn is a board member of the Oral Motor Institute and provides mentorship and continuing education to other SLPs, OTs, and RDHs.
