Asheville Community Therapy Center

Serving the Therapy Needs of Children Ages 0-21.

We serve the pediatric population, providing therapy evaluation and treatment to help children thrive in all environments. We are conveniently located off I-26 in North Asheville and provide therapy in a variety of settings (home, clinic, virtual).

Meet Our Team

Sharon VanDyke

MS, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist

With over 20 years experience in a variety of settings, Sharon specializes in developmental speech and language and feeding/swallowing needs. She specializes in working with children and adolescents with complex medical needs and Autism. 

Cassandra Thomas

MA, CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist

Cassandra has 20 years of experience working with the pediatric population. Her interest areas include language learning differences, social/pragmatic language skills and executive functioning skills, and phonologically based learning difficulties, including reading support as a Trained Dyslexia Professional.

Judy Falls

Administrative Assistant

Judy has over 25 years experience working in administrative roles to help children. She felt truly blessed when she became part of the ACTC team and enjoys her position tremendously. She hopes to always help you and your children feel welcome and at ease!

Lila Thomas

Administrative Assistant

Lila is currently completing her Associate of Arts at AB-Tech with plans to go onto a four-year university to study arts or nonprofit administration. She loves to help people, and hopes to make the process of accessing therapies as easy as possible for our ACTC families.

Sallie Sauvinge

PT, DPT

Physical Therapist

Sallie received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Regis University in Denver, CO (2016) and has worked in various pediatric settings over the past 8 years. Sallie has a passion for neuro- and sensorimotor development and there’s not a single baby that doesn’t make her smile. She loves to engage with her community by providing quality, evidence-based, and individualized pediatric PT services to children of all abilities. She has practiced in a variety of pediatric settings, including early intervention (0-3), school-based, outpatient clinic, and home/community-based.

Sallie provides in-home services to our early intervention clients in Haywood county.

Our Comprehensive Pediatric Therapy Services

Serving North Asheville, Woodfin, Leicester, North Buncombe and Madison Counties

Speech Sound Disorders:

Overall, 2.3% to 24.6% of school-aged children were estimated to have speech delay or speech sound disorders (Black, Vahratian, & Hoffman, 2015; Law, Boyle, Harris, Harkness, & Nye, 2000; Shriberg, Tomblin, & McSweeny, 1999; Wren, Miller, Peters, Emond, & Roulstone, 2016).

These include sound errors related to motor and phonological processes. We work to establish, generalize, and maintain correct sound production by meeting the child where they are, using techniques and activities that are fun and engaging, working with families to educate and empower, and collaborating with schools or other professionals as needed to see the most progress.

Developmental Language Disorders:

The prevalence of specific language impairment for kindergarten children has been widely cited as 7.4% overall in the United States (Tomblin et al., 1997).

Our goal for treatment is to stimulate overall language growth by working directly with our clients and their families to focus on the greatest area of need, enhance current skills, target developmentally appropriate needs, and enhance overall learning.

Social Communication Disorders:

Using different definitions of SCD, the preliminary estimates of SCD in eighth graders ranged from 7% to 11% (Ellis Weismer, Tomblin, et al., 2021)

This area includes pragmatics, social interaction, social cognition, and language processing. We aim to capitalize on strengths and embrace differences in our clients in order to meet them where they are and see improvement overall with understanding and use of social communication. We offer individual session as well as parent/caregiver consultative training sessions to help the entire team in the treatment process.

Executive Function Skills:

This is a group of interrelated cognitive processes, including but not limited to controlling initiation and inhibition; sustaining and shifting attention; organization; goal setting, and completion; and determining plans. EF can affect all areas of life from completing activities of daily living to communicating effectively with those in your everyday world. EF skills can be addressed from the ages of early intervention and go all the way to teens. Working on focus, understanding how we each interact with our world, problem solving, critical thinking skills, and planning are a few areas we focus on with clients who have needs in this area.

Insurance Information

Contact us to discuss the best option for you. Whether you have Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid or another insurance plan, we’ve got you covered. If you’re not sure if we’re in-network with your provider, just give us a call.

Plus, we’re always happy to welcome private pay clients too!

What Our Parents and Caregivers Say!

“Our family is so thankful for Sharon VanDyke. She hasn’t just helped my son, she has patiently helped our whole family understand how his brain is wired in order to best support him.”

“Sharon works with students as whole people, meeting them where they are in real life. She’s a great problem solver who doesn’t solve kids’ communication issues for them, but empowers them with tools they need to create their own solutions.”

“Sharon’s techniques have bolstered our child’s confidence in social situations and we are blessed to watch her continue to grow.”

“Cassandra is an excellent speech therapist that provides a broad range of skills. We wholeheartedly recommend Cassandra to anyone seeking an exceptional speech therapist who fosters confidence and communication skills!”

“ACTC is amazing! Thanks to Cassandra we have seen dramatic improvement in our son’s confidence, comprehension and so much more!”

“I have two special needs children that struggle with different aspects of speech. Their progress and development differences have been truly remarkable. Sharon and Cassandra are incredible! They are patient, kind hearted, attentive, and compassionate.”

“Thanks to ACTC my children’s communication skills and cognitive development have improved significantly!! Sharon and Cassandra each have a distinctive way of making their sessions fun and engaging while simultaneously remaining focused on prioritizing each of my child’s respective goals.”

“In my experience with Cassandra, she is down to earth, practical, educated, and she integrated the best practices for my two sons. Customer Service is emphasized greatly here, and not too many organizations value that anymore. You won’t be disappointed with the service and support that ACTC gives to their clients.”

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Patient Forms

Please see below for important forms surrounding consent, our policy and privacy practices

Child Intake Form
Physical Therapy Consent
Speech Therapy Consent
Feeding / Swallowing Consent
Release of Information Consent
On-Premises Policy Notice
Privacy Practice Notice

Office Address

959 Merrimon Ave Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28804

Office Hours

Mon – Fri:  8am – 5pm
Sat – Sun:  CLOSED

Phone + Fax

Phone: (828) 417-7085 | Fax: (828) 417-7059

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