Speech, Inc

Our son has been going to Speech Inc for the past six months for his speech delay and they are absolutely wonderful. As a health care professional myself, I tend to be an overprotective mom that asks a lot of questions and also questions everything. Speech Inc has definitely earned my trust. Highly recommend!

Our son was three years old when we came to the realization that he had a severe speech delay. We started him at Speech Inc. and a year later he has made incredible progress. The therapists are very caring and genuinely seem to like children. Our son is lucky to have an amazing therapist who has built a strong trusting relationship with him. He is very excited to go and works very hard. Going to Speech Inc was the best decision we made.

I’m writing this review because I cannot give a higher recommendation for the speech therapy my son received at Speech Inc. He hasn’t been at speech in more than a year and is probably one of the most articulate and fluent students in his Kindergarten class. You see, he started at Speech Inc. about three years ago when he was only 2 years and 10 months. He was a stutterer. We were assigned to speech therapist Laura Foster. We couldn’t have been luckier. Not only is Laura educated and current in her techniques as a speech therapist, she’s incredibly tuned-​in to her students. I truly believe my son’s success had as much to do with her «tuning in» to him than her skills’ therapy. We worked with her for 9 months in a traditional manner and I saw some good progress. At one point, I no longer saw as much progress and was starting to get concerned for my son, but I knew he was getting something out of meeting with Laura so it was a struggle on my part about what to do next. Laura understood my concerns and shared with me the details of a new approach to stuttering called Lidcombe out of Australia. We both decided to give it a try. By that time, I think we spent another 6 – 9 months at Speech Inc. My son became smoother every week and I think the Lidcombe method really worked for him. On the very rare occasion that I hear my son struggle with bumpy speech again (believe me it’s rare), I use the techniques that I learned from Laura to make sure he keeps on track – and he has beautifully. The most wonderful thing is that he will probably never remember that he was a stutterer. For that, I am forever indebted to Laura, her commitment to my child and to Speech Inc. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
PS – Laura also worked with my son to prepare him for Kindergarten. She identified several areas where he needed extra help – which has enabled him to transition quite smoothly.

I found Speech Inc. to take a one size fits all approach when it comes to speech therapy. The therapists are just starting out in their career and while the directors of the center are involved in providing the initial evaluation, they take a hands-​off approach. I found the Speech Pathology Group to be much more effective than Speech Inc.

My 7 year old daughter just graduated from Speech Inc., and she continues to be sad she is not still attending! She started in January to correct her pronunciation of «r» sounds and to improve her speech saliency. All the therapists she worked with are wonderful, and in particular, my daughter loved her longtime therapist, Mariela, and Brooke, whom she had been seeing since September. At Speech Inc., the clients are initially evaluated for therapy needs, and then a list of specific goals are set. Every three months, you meet with the head therapist (in our case, Mariela) and one of the Speech Inc. partners to review the progress against goals and then to discuss a new goal set. This makes the process easy to understand, so you can see exactly what your child needs and how they are doing. In my daughter’s case, because the goals are broken down into manageable components, and because her therapists were so excellent, she made gratifyingly rapid progress. This made her feel good about herself and personally invested in continuing to do well. She also bonded strongly with her therapists, and while she was so happy to complete her therapy, she was really bummed to not see them anymore. She told me many times that she thought speech therapy was fun. It was a burden on me to shlep her to speech therapy twice a week (I have two other kids) but I have to say that in the end I was a little bit sad, too, to stop therapy, as it was such a tremendously positive experience. I will also add that I spent a lot of time in the waiting room chatting with other parents and caregivers, and I only ever heard that other parents and kids were having similarly good experiences at Speech Inc.

I can’t believe we have been going to speech inc for almost 3 years! the staff is amazing! the directors top knotch! they even helped us find an aide for my son! I have such a good relationship with everyone there! My son has thrived under their care. they have become wonderful advocates for me and my son and given me excellent advice on many things including kindergartens and IEP plans. I can not say enough good things about this place. they are the best! If you have a child with any sort of speech issues this is THE place to go. they are very good about responding to email and have always been flexible with scheduling. Just go! you will be blown away!

I completely agree with the other posts. My son loves going to his sessions — which is a big deal for a child with apraxia — and the therapists are so good. We’ve worked with other groups and Speech Inc. is truly the best.

If you have a child with a speech disorder, look nowhere else. These folks are the best of the best! My daughter (ASD) was a client for 3 years and they just know what they are doing there! She made more progress there than with any other speech therapist (with exception to Mitra Ahani w/​route 2 language). They also had a great graph system to track progress that I thought was helpful.

My son has been going here for two years, and has made amazing progress, much more quickly than anyone initially thought he would. They are professional, systematic, and wonderful with the kids. I can’t recommend them enough!

I can’t tell you how hard it can be to find outstanding services for children in any area. Speech Inc really shines at working with kids and older kids with needs that can be treated by speech therapists. My son loves the hard working women he has met here. Its on my short list of places that were wonderful from day one.