I was searching for a knowledgeable, caring, attentive and innovative Speech Therapist that could connect with my two year old son. From day one, it was an instant connection with my son, he was a bit shy at first, but with Melanie's warm personality, big smile and patience, made all the difference. He get's all excited when it's time for his therapy sessions, he runs to the door and can't wait to bring his special teacher in! It's been six months of dedicated therapy and my little boy has made tremendous improvements in both receptive and expressive language skills and talk about his renewed self confidence! He's beaming! Also a huge plus, is that all therapy done is at that comfort of your own home, no schlepping around town! Thank you so much for all your hard work Melanie! read more

When our newborn had a tongue tie preventing her from breastfeeding without pain we had it revised. Her latch still wasn't 100% afterwards so We called Melanie. Melanie suggested a detailed list of oral motor exercises to strengthen her tongue and cheeks as well as desensitize her mouth. And voilà! We are now breastfeeding with no pain after 5 days of the exercises. Thank you Melanie!!!! read more

I was skeptical about speech therapy after our son A.'s negative experience of physical therapy engendered a strong aversion to therapeutic relationships and clinical settings. But when Melanie was offering a free screening, we decided to go and see what it was like since we had concerns about his language and social skills. She handled A. (3 yrs old) so well that he developed an immediate affection for her and cooperated with her. She was much more attentive to background information from us than other therapists we have known. Since Melanie made such a good first impression, we paid for an assessment and then therapy. It helped enormously that CAP Speech Therapy works in the child's natural environment, so A. did not have to deal with going to a clinical setting. We may have avoided therapy rather than subject him to another clinical setting, but he has done well meeting in libraries and parks. The improvements in A. after beginning therapy have been rapid and dramatic. He has become significantly more verbally expressive and his social skills are improving. Before starting therapy, we had tried to play board games with him, but it went nowhere. After therapy began, he became interested in playing games. Before therapy, he had developed serious anxiety surrounding social events (esp birthday parties and the like). Speech therapy focused on social skills and helped him overcome this anxiety so that the first birthday party after starting therapy (about two months in) went delightfully smoothly. He had also developed an anxiety about trains and transportation generally, and CAP speech therapy has worked remarkable improvement there too. He used to refuse to answer wh-questions, but now does so with increasing confidence and less echolalia. He used to speak to no one outside his parents, but is now speaking more and more to other people. We had tried on our own to deal with all these issues, but made little progress. Melanie's intervention has produced dramatic results in a short amount of time. A. generalizes the results of speech therapy in significant measure because Melanie has the foresight to involve other people (tutors, assistants) in his therapy and to encourage group play dates with therapy to foster interpersonal skills. And all this happens in a natural rather than clinical environment. Consequently, the benefits of therapy are not specific to A.'s relationship with Melanie, but extend throughout his life. It also helps that Melanie identifies areas for us to work on at home with specific instructions on what to do. Melanie is an excellent and dedicated speech therapist who has deep knowledge and wide experience. She clearly strives to understand what is happening in the mind of the child she is helping and creatively devises various strategies to elicit improvement. Most importantly, her interventions have proven to be highly effective. read more

We have been blessed to have found in Miami such a professional service for our child. Our needs were quite specific and we have seen CAP Speech Therapy address them simply perfectly. Always on time, making the sessions look fun, our child was waiting for his ST moment every week. Thanks Melanie and Stephanie for such a good (ongoing) work! Olivier read more

Our son is deaf with cochlear implants and he had speech therapy twice a week for one year. His progress are good and was always pretty happy to work because she was making the cession fun and rewarding. Overall, we had a great experience, are very happy and will resume soon. read more

I'm so happy I found cap speech. Cap speech has help my son with autism so much from learning to play with toys to communicate with proloquo2go. read more

We were so lucky to find this top rated speech therapy group. They were extremely helpful and did a great job helping our grandson with his speech delay. He was always very happy to see his speech therapist. She always made the speech sessions fun for him. They are very caring and take the time out of their busy schedules to explain everything. They are very professional. We had a great experience with them and would highly recommend them. read more