Emily Sonzogni, M.S., CCC-SLP founded Prickly Pear Pediatric Therapy as a practice centered on evidence-based treatment for Childhood Apraxia of Speech — a motor speech disorder that is frequently misdiagnosed or undertreated in general school-based and outpatient pediatric speech programs. CAS requires specific assessment protocols and targeted treatment approaches that not all SLPs are trained to deliver; Prickly Pear is structured specifically around that competence.
The service scope extends beyond CAS into the full pediatric speech, language, and occupational therapy range — articulation, language delays, social communication, and occupational therapy for children from 18 months through 18 years — but the CAS specialization is the anchor. In 2025, the practice won the Quality Business Award for Best Occupational Therapist and Best Speech Pathologist in St. George, which represents independent peer and patient recognition rather than self-reported marketing.
The practice is at 321 N Mall Drive, Building N, in North St. George, within the medical and therapy corridor that has developed along the Mall Drive spine. Services are cash-pay and insurance-based; the practice accepts patients on a referral or self-referral basis.
**Verification notes** Website live; Emily Sonzogni confirmed as SLP owner with M.S. CCC-SLP credentials; address 321 N Mall Dr Building N confirmed across Yelp and NPI registry (NPI 1386371797); 2025 Quality Business Award wins confirmed via OpenPR press release.