We brought our 2.5 year old to see Mandy and were with her for approximately 1.5 years. Mandy…read moreprovided just the right advice as well as engagement for our child (and as new parents, her experienced guidance and suggestions throughout also gave us peace of mind). Our toddler at the time was very shy, so her approach of play-based speech therapy was the ideal fit for a shy kiddo. He looked forward to sessions and didn't realize it was "work", but instead saw it as a fun activity where he was able to play with a variety of toys with an energetic playmate. I don't see how Mandy has the energy to play with the little ones all day, but she does--and really seems to enjoy it. The play/session environment is comfortable, welcoming, clean, and has a toy store's worth of different toys (and Mandy is always trying out new ones for the repertoire). Mandy immediately identified a structural issue that a previous formal evaluation from another speech therapist missed. Our child progressed wonderfully and is now outgoing, able to express himself clearly and with a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, and is doing advanced language and verbal work at school. We are very satisfied and highly recommend Bethesda Speech for Kids and Mandy.

Mandy has made an enormous difference in the life of my 9yo. My son has been in and out of various…read morespeech pathologist's offices since he was 4, and I could never hear or see a measurable difference in his speech until we found Mandy. The difference in a year with her is greater by far than the difference in 5 years with everyone else combined. I cannot say enough good things about our experience with her. She is incredibly effective as a speech pathologist, and the results are really clear. Even more than that, she is flexible, patient, adaptive and works with my son rather than at him. Her humor shines through steadily, and she is very kind, and my son can sense that and relaxes with her. She has specific, targeted exercises and games she goes through with him - he has only begun to figure out that the games are work - and gives us home practice in such a way that he knows what he needs to be doing and how to do it. My son can be a handful - so she works in movement breaks and tunes the games to his interests and approaches it with humor that makes him feel welcome. She gives prizes after so many stickers earned - set at a reasonable, attainable pace - and I noticed that, having figured out my son liked puzzles and stuffed animals, that the prizes being offered have quietly become things he enjoys. He vibrates for the opportunity to win them. Even the games have become quietly tuned to his needs and preferences; I've never seen so many games of Memory played. My son invented his own version of Go Fish with the articulation cards, and she went so far as to write down the rules so they could play it again. Seriously, she is *amazing*. As a note: my son went from throwing tantrums at the very idea of speech to cheerfully practicing at home and happily showing up to his speech therapy. Because she praises him for his effort and his progress and specifically what he is doing right, he can aim for that specific thing again and *believes her* when she tells him he's working and she can tell. I cannot tell you what a difference that has made. Most importantly, my son went, in less than a year, from being unintelligible unless someone had known him for years, to being a confident, talkative, outgoing kid with a lot to say. A few months in with Mandy, I stopped having to 'translate' for him. Months ago, he suddenly started talking non stop, because he could be understood and heard and participate. Before that, he only spoke that much with me, and he chose the most efficient script to short hand what he wanted to communicate, as speaking was tedious and hard work and he might have to repeat himself five times. Now, he is speaking happily and with assurance with his friends and with his teachers, and does not hesitate to step up and speak when called upon to do so. Mandy has made SUCH a difference in his life, and I am forever grateful. She is worth every penny and moment of time. I highly recommend her; you won't find a better speech pathologist.

Jennifer is fabulous! She has great energy and is extremely thoughtful and engaging. She is…read morewonderful to work with and brings phenomenal insights based on her years of practice. Simply put, she's great!

Jennifer is amazing with our daughter. Very patient and enthusiastic. We are lucky to have found…read moreher.

We contacted NTC for services and their intake department sent us an email asking for intake…read moreinformation and said they will discuss availability after receiving the intake info. We immediately replied with all the requested information, and since then we have not heard a thing from them. It has been more than a week now and we have followed up three times in email, and we still heard nothing back! No one in their intake department cares to even give a quick reply or anything. Very unprofessional and frustrating to say the least!

The problem with speech therapy is that it's more of a relationship rather than just a paid…read moreservice, and finding the right person is really essential to the success of the therapy. When we lived in San Francisco, my son had no words at 24 months and I tried multiple therapists before settling down with a really amazing one (Jodi at Spencer & Kong). Unfortunately we had to move only 6 months into his therapy, and luckily I found Jullian Luks at National Speech. Jillian has the best upbeat and happy energy, funny with good sense of humor, nurturing and sweet, and always professional. She is amazing at what she does, even with my shy and reticent son. The other therapists there also appear to be very good, and all the parents I've spoken to in the waiting room are very pleased with their experience there. My son now no longer needs therapy, and everyone is surprised when they find that he needed it. As for the negative review about the front desk, it's true, the young man at the front desk is not proactive about greeting anyone, but he is also a little awkward and soft spoken - not rude or snobby. The waiting room and front desk is also pretty busy - lots of families and therapists coming in and out. And everyone is different, but for me, I don't care if the front desk admin didn't greet me or look me in the eye - it's all about the quality of therapy that my kid is getting, and at National Speech, it was the best.

It's been a few years but Sharon Coale is an amazing person and therapist. I just happened to see…read morethis and had to comment. My daughter saw her for several years. She had a severe speech issue. Now she's a top litigator in DC! Thanks to Sharon. My daughter thinks about her speech and all she's been though every time she speaks in front of groups or court. Thank you Sharon! We miss you. I can't say enough wonderful things about this woman. i highly recommend her.

My son has been a client at ABC Kids for almost two years now and we cannot praise them enough. My…read moreson was practically nonverbal and Marni has patiently & diligently worked with him, and he's developed by leaps and bounds. Marni was one of the few PROMPT trained therapists in the area and the back office at ABC kids has always been efficient and professional (they do all the insurance paperwork and bill you for the deductible, they have even been helpful in keeping me up to date on how many more sessions were left in the year per our insurance allotment). We have seen other therapists at the practice in the past, and all are skilled and great with kids. When COVID hit, they didn't skip a beat and we switched to virtual. Marni went above and beyond finding new games to play virtually with our young son to keep him engaged (she went so far as to put up a green screen in her own home!). Once things calmed a bit (a full year later), we started back in person and they have been excellent at Covid protocols (therapists are vaccinated and wear masks and/or shields, they stagger appointments so we don't cross paths with others, temperature checks, and hand sanitizer galore- I noticed the other day Marni sanitized her hands before and after touching my son's face to help him form a sound). We cannot recommend ABC Kids enough! They have been instrumental in the development of our sweet boy.

I was referred by another speech therapist after it was suspected that my 2 year old may have…read morechildhood apraxia of speech in March 2017. We were working with the Montgomery County Infants & Toddlers program as well (until 8/2017), but felt he was not progressing & decided to seek out more direct, private services to supplement the parent-coaching model utilized by the County. My son has been working with Rodney since March and we could not be more pleased with the progress he is making! In the past five months, his expressive communication & language skills have gone from primarily grunting & pointing to now being able to repeat multi-word simple phrases! While it is still difficult to sometimes comprehend the words, he now has the confidence to at least attempt the modeled words/phrases vs. his previous MO of shutting down completely and walking away when asked to try a word. The county's speech therapist was so impressed with the progress he was making that she even said she has never seen a child respond to private therapy and the PROMT method as well as my son. As a parent, it has been difficult to grasp the fact that this was/is not simply a severe developmental language delay - my son would not wake-up and simply have the "language explosion" associated with the 18+ month period. We know that we/he will have to work extra hard to elicit specific [verbal] sounds, but it gives us so much hope when we see the tremendous progress he has made over the past few months. (He can finally say his own name!!!) Words and a yelp review cannot express how truly grateful we are to Rodney - Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

DO NOT USE this business!!! Horribly managed!! I absolutely agree with Lindsay C.'s post. I was…read moretold that my son would be rescheduled when our therapist left and no one contacted me. I called and left messages over TEN times and never received a call back or an email response. A few months later, I began receiving a bill for an account amount that was ALREADY paid and I had proof of payment. I AGAIN spent my valuable time calling and calling in hopes to speak to someone regarding the bill and AGAIN never received a call or email in return. My hope is that Speech and Voice Experience be put out of business!! HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE please, please please avoid them at all costs!!

Nikki Emsellem Isaac is outstanding in her chosen profession of voice therapy. She is knowledgeable…read moreand skilled, at the same time patient and supportive during the time it takes for a client to improve. The treatment and exercises she prescribed and supervised restored my voice, after a period of significant illness and months of being unable to speak or sing. I'm very grateful for her expertise and kindness.

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