Our Administration

Administrative Manager
Sharon McManus Comkowycz, M.S. CCC-SLP

Sharon is a veteran speech language pathologist with 25 years of varied clinical experience. She began her career in 1977 as an itinerant therapist and diagnostician working in the Polk County School System.

From 1980 - 1990 she was the Supervisor of Speech and Language Pathology for the Polk County School System while under her direction innovative programs such as the Language Intervention Program for Secondary Students (LIPSS) were developed. Specialized programs were showcased at local, state and national conventions.

From 1990 - 1998, Sharon utilized her administration and management skills in a medical setting where she became the Divisional Director of Rehab Services at Winter Haven Hospital-MidFlorida Medical Services. During her tenure at this 500 bed acute care facility she lead the team of physical, occupational and speech language pathologists, case management nurses and physicians who worked to expand a small acute care therapy team into a comprehensive rehabilitation continuum which included: 24 bed comprehensive rehab unit specializing in brain injury; 30 bed subacute rehab team; an out patient brain injury program modeled after the school system's severe speech and language classes and called it ESTEEM, Experience Success After Trauma - Evaluation, Education and Management; and separated the inpatient/outpatient physical therapy program to provide a curbside friendly outpatient musculoskeletal program staffed by a team of physical and occupational therapists. Each new program became CARF (Commission for Accreditation of Rehab Facilities). Sharon went on to become a CARF and ASHA surveyor and continues to survey in and out patient rehab programs across the United States.

Sharon has consulted with highly recognized flagship hospital such as Tampa General and North Broward Medical Center to help them prepare for CARF accreditation.

In 1998, Sharon decided to focus her efforts on a needed community project, pediatric rehabilitation. Full time effort was put into making this pediatric practice efficient, effective and responsive to the needs of the community. Her goal is to expand the needed rehab services to children in central and east Polk County while working with the community to secure funds through grants, donations and endowment funds to provide Our Children's Rehab with the necessary resources needed to provide high quality programs. As a CARF surveyor, quality, efficiency, effectiveness, and customer satisfaction are a priority. Therefore, her goals include accreditation by CARF and ASHA in the near future.

Clinical Coordinator
Dot Kirkland M.A. CCC-SLP/MBA

Dot Kirkland began her 15 year career as a speech and language pathologist working at CSI Pediatric Rehab in 1987. Seeking a broader clinical base, Dot moved to an employment setting with a medical model in Wauchula, Florida working in a private practice. In 1991, she advanced to a supervisory position working for Rehab Works in Lakeland, Florida. Following corporate mergers and consolidations, she returned to Winter Haven and accepted an Administrative position working with Sharon at the pediatric practice supervising physical, occupational and speech language therapists.

Dot joins Our Children's Rehab with a wealth of clinical and administrative experience. Her background is varied and she too shares the goal of CARF and ASHA accreditation.