About Us

Alison McCuen M.A., CCC-SLP

Alison McCuen founded Eastern Shore Speech Therapy in 2012 to assist families with obtaining quality speech therapy services without having to go to a hospital setting. She has completed internships in hospital, private practice, and preschool settings. Alison has implemented group therapy sessions to improve socialization, language attention, behavior, and sensory skills in children with mild to severe autism. She has evaluated, diagnosed, and treated adults and geriatric patients with various communication, cognitive, and swallowing deficits.

Alison worked in a private practice setting with both children and adults for two years prior to founding Eastern Shore Speech Therapy.  She currently focuses on making sure that every client receives the best speech therapy and that Eastern Shore Speech Therapy maintains its high standard of excellence.

In working with children, Alison centers therapy on developing functional language skills to ease the frustration in communication for both the child and parents. As each child is unique, Alison aims to conduct therapy sessions in a way that will spark the child’s interest and meet individual learning needs. She integrates her enthusiasm and creativity into each therapy session to make sure clients gain as much from each session as possible.

Megan Thorburn M.S., CCC-SLP

Megan Thorburn joined Eastern Shore Speech Therapy in May of 2015. Prior to joining Eastern Shore Speech Therapy, Megan completed internships in the infants and toddlers program, elementary school, middle school, private clinic, and nursing facility settings. Her private clinic experience dealt with a large population of Down Syndrome, Autism, and developmentally delayed children.

Megan worked at a private practice for one year prior to joining Eastern Shore Speech Therapy; working with clients aged 2 years through geriatric. Megan has assessed and implemented treatment for clients with cognitive, swallowing, speech, and language deficits and delays.

Megan has several years experience working with young children aged 2-6 years in individual and group therapy sessions. She has dedicated herself to working with young children to help provide them with the tools and confidence to participate in daily activities to the highest of their abilities. Megan aims to carry out therapy sessions that inspire a desire to learn skills that will help them in the classroom, with their peers, and at home.