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The Charis Team

Our Story

We serve North Central Vermont

We proudly offer a team of skilled professionals with over 30 years of experience in Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Mental Health and Wellness. 

The Charis Learning Center Team

Mary Asper, CCC-SLP, ASD-CS

Mary’s primary focus is on language and social communication disorders.   After working in schools for most of her career, Mary is now the Clinical Director for Charis Learning Center Inc. and offers evaluation and therapeutic services directly to children, adults and families. She is a national presenter for the Bureau of Education and Research (BER) and PESI as well as a Hanen certified Speech-Language Pathologist.

Suzy Shedd, MA MA Licensed Psychologist – MA

Suzy has lengthy experience in diagnostic evaluation, tutoring students with neurologically based processing differences, and providing mental health support around inclusion, self-regulation, social interaction.  Suzy provides practical, effective coaching for parents who need support. She has extensive knowledge of academic programming and regularly collaborates with other specialists for the support around language and processing disorders.