Who We Are
Clinical Director & Founder
Meaghan Chicoine is the owner and primary speech and language pathologist of MidCoast, LLC. Meg has been a practicing speech language pathologist all over New England since 2015. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology with a minor in Deaf Studies from Ithaca College and went on to receive her Masters of Science in Education from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY. She holds the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) through ASHA and is licensed to practice in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont.
Meg has experience working with multiple early intervention programs and private practices across states. She has treated individuals with needs in receptive and expressive language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), fluency, social skills, pragmatic language, and articulation. Meg has worked with children with a variety of developmental and medical diagnoses including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, hearing impairments, developmental delays, stuttering, ADD/ADHD, and Specific Language Impairment.
In her spare time, Meg enjoys time with her husband and their three young children, reading, and being at the beach.
Speech and Language Professionals
Our speech and language pathologists (SLPs) all hold licensure through the state of Maine Board of Speech, Audiology, and Hearing, which requires receiving a masters degree from an accredited program. Additionally, all hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the nation's leading professional, credentialing, and scientific organization for speech-language pathologists, speech, language, and hearing scientists, audiologists, audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel, and students.
What We Treat
Speech and language services target:
- Receptive language delays and disorders
- Expressive language delays and disorders
- Mixed expressive and receptive language delays and disorders
- Articulation disorders
- Phonological disorders
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Fluency and stuttering
- Executive functioning
- Social pragmatic impairments
Associated Disorders
- Developmental delays
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
- Down Syndrome
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Learning disabilities
- Cerebral Palsy