Katie Hinkle, MS CCC-SLP

Katie is the Owner and Lead Speech-Language Pathologist/Therapist (SLP) of Einstein Speech Therapy. Katie founded Einstein Speech Therapy to provide top tier, smart & joyful, individualized therapy. She has a tongue-tie herself and is very passionate about helping infants and children overcome related issues.

Katie loves getting to know kids of all ages and their families. She values making connections.

She has experience with Myofunctional therapy, Feeding therapy, Articulation/Phonology disorders, Language delays/disorders, Social skills/pragamatic therapy, Literacy, Stuttering/Dysfluencies, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)/speech-generating devices, and Aural training. She has worked with a variety of populations, including Down Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Cerebral Palsy (CP), Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), Cleft palate, and Deaf/Hard of Hearing.

Katie started out as a behavior therapist working in-home with Autistic children. She is a proponent of the Autism rights/neurodiversity movement. She earned her BS and MS degrees in Communication Sciences and Disorders from CSU Sacramento. She completed internships at an elementary school with a high Deaf/HOH population and in the ICU and inpatient rehab setting at UC Davis Medical Center. She has worked as an SLP in preschool, elementary, middle, and high school settings, as well as in outpatient pediatrics. She currently independently contracts for local school districts.

Katie enjoys traveling to new places, long walks with her husband and dog around the park, and has a major sweet-tooth.