Kelly Melius, Special Education Teacher Blue Kangaroo Connection Center

Kelly is the founder of Blue Kangaroo. She is a licensed and certified special education teacher who has been educating and supporting the neurodivergent population in Billings Montana for the last 23 years.

Kelly provides home based consults and treatment sessions for those under 3 years old. She has become certified and licensed in the PLAY Project Intervention, certified in the Level 1 DIR Floortime Framework, and in the EAGALA model of Equine Assisted Learning.

Kelly Melius

our providers

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER

Quinn DeStefano, OTD, OTR/L

Quinn earned her Occupational Therapy Doctorate from University of Mary. She has experience in social cognition, mental health, emotional regulation, aquatic therapy, feeding, and sensory processing. Continuing education classes, current research articles, mentorship, and practical experience contribute to her continued growth as an occupational therapist.

Quinn DeStefano, Pediatric Therapist at Blue Kangaroo Connection Center

PEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Alyssa Mahoney, Pediatric Ocupational Therapist at Blue Kangaroo Connection Center

Alyssa is a pediatric occupational therapist who has a passion for sensory integration. While earning her doctorate, she was a member of a team to collect normative data for the Evaluation in Ayres Sensory Integration (EASI), which furthered her knowledge in sensory integration. She also has experience and training in social cognition, emotional regulation, behavior challenges, equine assisted therapy, and aquatic therapy.

Alyssa Mahoney, OTD, OTR/L,

PEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Anna Potuzak, Speech Language Pathologist at Blue Kangaroo Connection Center

AnnaPotuzak, MS, CCC-SLP

Anna is a speech-language pathologist who provides therapy to those with autism through social communication, play, and language-based interventions. She has experience in alternative augmentative communication, sensory integration to support speech and language development, cognitive communication, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, speech sound disorders, and feeding.

SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

Nancy JM Rice, MA, CCCSLP

Nancy is a speech-language pathologist bringing over 37 years of experience to Blue Kangaroo. She has gained the status of Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Specialist, is Hanen Certified, and has taken courses on using Social Thinking ™ methodology for assessment and intervention. She has worked in settings including: University, Public Schools; Rehabilitation Center; Non-profit Clinic (director); and Private Practice (co-founder).