Gabby, SLP, provides bilingual services for Elite Therapy Center

Speech Therapy

Elite Therapy Center’s speech and feeding therapies are operated by ASHA certified Speech-Language Pathologists and our primary objective is to provide quality, comprehensive speech-language therapy to the public. [Read More]

Emma, OTR, provides therapy through play in our toddler gym

Occupational Therapy

Occupational Therapy (OT) puts the “fun” back into functional by providing skilled treatment with a variety of congenital, developmental, neuromuscular, skeletal, or acquired disorders/diseases perform functionally and achieve/restore mobility at the highest level possible. [Read More]

Shae, PT, treats a youth in sports therapy

Physical Therapy

Elite Therapy Center’s physical therapy team is dedicated to assisting in early detection of motor development problems and identifying concerns with movement, posture, strength, developmental delays, body position, and functional independence in children with any degree of impairment. [Read More]

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Elite Careers

Looking for part time workload with FULL time benefits? Temple, Harker Heights, and Killeen are three of our fast-growing Central Texas clinics located on I-35 and Hwy 14. looking for PTs, OTs, and SLPs. Perks include signing bonuses, flexible scheduling, and medical/dental/vision benefits! [Read More]

One of my greatest joys is watching kids participate in extracurricular activities like sports and school organizations and succeed despite their limitations.

Kari McKown

Co-owner, Clinical Director of Occupational & Physical Therapy, Elite Therapy Center

Driving Suggestions and Easy Navigation

THANK YOU for the dedication to your child’s ELITE commitment to therapy and navigating the continued construction.

May traffic updates have been shared from TxDot with new revisions beginning Monday, May 22nd. Please click on the graphic or link below to follow up-to-the-last-minute information regarding closing and openings of roads off Hwy 6. We look forward to the continued progress of your child’s therapy as well as the roads leading to our clinic. Please call with any questions.

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254-399-8255

8:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Our six convenient clinic locations in Waco, Gatesville, Temple, Harker Heights, Killeen and West allow us extended reach to serve both urban and rural communities Monday through Friday. Therapists also treat in private schools, after school programs, daycares, and parent day out programs.

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Welcome to Elite Therapy Center

Heather Field, Lauri Cole, and Kari McKown, co-owners and directors of Elite Therapy Center, were each called over a decade ago to serve children and families through physical, occupational and speech therapies. Speech pathologists, Lauri Cole, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Heather Field, M.S., CCC-SLP, and occupational therapist, Kari McKown, MOT, OTR, have a long history of treating children with disabilities, intellectual challenges and behavioral disorders. Together as professionals and friends, these three servant-leaders created Elite Therapy Center, founded on the principle of helping families on a journey of hope and healing.