I had a great experience with DTS. Lisa is incredibly knowledgeable and you can tell she genuinely…read morecares about her clients and their progress. I love that they offer teletherapy, as well. Would definitely recommend them!

Dynamic Therapy Solutions provides caring, individualized assistive technology and speech &…read morelanguage therapy services. I'm so grateful to have learned and grow as a graduate clinician under Lisa's wing and the wings of other therapists via teletherapy. It's truly dynamic- I got to work with a variety of populations with very different needs during my short time here. Every client had a therapist that was so well-matched to them and their needs. In addition to working with clients, there was ample opportunity for training. The lengths Lisa and her team have gone to provide services for clients and wonderful clinical experiences & training for graduate students is mind blowing. Thank you to the Dynamic Therapy Solutions team!

Kaiser Permanente referred my child here. I was provided an appointment and canceled on time. This…read moreoffice is clearly money hungry. They are sending me to collections for $65. Why couldn't they bill the kaiser insurance if they wanted to get paid so bad. My son was seen at kaiser panorama city instead and this place is still trying to collect money. I called the place right now too, it's Friday and it's closed. What kind of community facility closes on Fridays. I'm going to consult with an attorney. Horrible experience at this place! This is clearly fraud. Update: I filed a complaint with Kaiser for referring me to a place that commits fraud and they reimbursed me for the $60 this place ended up charging me for a legitimate cancelation excuse. Kaiser apologized and told me they will make sure not to contract with this place anymore! If you were referred to this place by your medical doctor, file a grievance or complaint with them and they might be able to pay the fees, reimburse you or stop contracting with small talk therapy so they can stop charging people illegally. Life happens people need to cancel and the least that can be done, is to give people an opportunity to reschedule once without charging them any fees! I'm happy Kaiser listens and they will follow up and file appropriate complaints with the state licensing board.

Taking my child to Small Talk Therapy is Santa Clarita has been a wonderful experience. Summer, the…read moreowner does the intake evaluation and creates your child's goals. Cassandra at the front desk always greets us with the warmest smile and is extremely helpful with answering any questions or concerns we have. Malissa, the speech therapist is friendly, warm, caring, and patient. I couldn't ask for a better a better group of people to help my child. Keep up the great work!!

Sheryl Heidt is the best speech pathologist I have had worked with. She does an amazing job with…read morechildren and adults. I worked in the public school system for 23 years and observed numerous speech pathologists in a school setting. Often times, students were put in small groups with an aide to do the therapy. At Effective Speech Therapy, Sheryl works one on one with her client. Our granddaughter had severe apraxia of speech which is a motor planning deficit. She was 85% unintelligible throughout kindergarten. She desperately wanted to play with other children, but was unable to even speak her name and had to have it written on a paper to introduce herself. Sheryl worked tirelessly with our granddaughter. We had scheduled appointments and she notified us immediately if there was a cancellation so that we could get additional treatments. Therapy started and finished on time; no time was wasted in a waiting room. Sheryl is a phenomenal diagnostician and treatment was adjusted throughout our granddaughter's therapy sessions to help her meet her full potential. Sheryl worked on motor skills with her regarding mouth and tongue formation, air movement in the mouth and nose, and the pitch and volume she used when speaking. Sheryl also worked on social cues and the ability to read body language and interact with other children and adults. Sheryl has a wealth of knowledge and a variety of interventions to use. I was able to talk with her about the previous week's challenges and she was able to weave that information into the therapy session. As a result, our granddaughter has finished fourth grade and is one of the top readers in her class. She had read the series of books titled "A Series of Unfortunate Events;" books rich in vocabulary. She even earned the first place reading ribbon in her class. Our granddaughter is social and loves to talk and interact with other children. Without Sheryl's intervention our granddaughter would have been lost in a public school setting. Sheryl has also worked with my husband who has an atypical parkinsonism; a diagnosis that leads to speech, language, and cognitive difficulties. My husband's physician at UCLA has been extremely pleased with the progress he has made with Sheryl. She has helped him to be able to access his prior language skills using theories of neuroplasticity and the creation of new neural pathways. She has helped us, as a family, to find ways to communicate with my husband to reduce the stress on him. She has given him tools to help deal with public situations. Sheryl is not the type of speech pathologist who will open a book to page 33 and next week, you will go to page 34. She is constantly listening and interacting with you, reassessing and encouraging you. With her help, my husband's quality of life has been greatly improved. There are not enough words to describe what a phenomenal speech pathologist Sheryl Heidt is and the lasting impact she has had on our family. We would highly recommend her for all your speech and language problems.

From the owner: Effective Speech Therapy is a private practice specializing in young children who have significant…read morecommunication and/or behavior problems. I treat children who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and/or other developmental delays. Therapy is intensive, behavioral, and effective. My clients are highly motivated families who believe that their children are capable of big changes. I support and encourage high expectations for your child. With treatment, your child learns to be an attentive, enthusiastic learner who self corrects and "figures things out." In addition to treating articulation, language, learning, and fluency (stuttering) disorders, I also address auditory/visual processing, social problem solving, and attention deficits. As necessary, I replace or extinguish problem behaviors (non compliance, tantrums, physical aggression, whining, etc.). Additionally, I provide effective solutions to normal developmental challenges such as feeding, bedtime, separation, and toilet training. **Office hours are by appointment only.** Due to the scope of behaviors I address, and the current shortage of speech pathologists, my schedule is generally full. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. **Please call to find the status of the schedule and our current location**

We had a wonderful experience with Susan. She is extremely knowledgeable and skilled at what she…read moredoes. Thanks to her expertise, my daughter's frontal lisp has been completely corrected. The progress was amazing, and we're so grateful for the dedication she showed throughout the process. Not only is she an excellent speech pathologist, she genuinely cares about both the children and the families she works with. I highly recommend her to any family looking for an exceptional speech therapist!

Susan Kasdorf is an extremely knowledgeable SLP. Her evaluations were thorough and her approach was…read morevery effective. We saw real progress thanks to her expertise.

My daughter Sydney just completed her speech therapy at Family First, and we had an AMAZING…read moreexperience. Brittney, Cheryl, Marcy and the rest of the team were so helpful from the start. Marcy (who works in the front desk) is very knowledgeable about the regional center and has contacts to help expedite the process. We've worked with Brittney for about a year and a half, and she has been instrumental in helping my daughter gain the confidence and skills to work on her expression. The therapy is play based and she makes it fun! We consider her more than our therapist, but a friend. Cheryl is amazing as well. She is sweet and is great at getting shy kids to open up. If you're looking for a speech therapy center in the Pasadena/La Canada area look no further!!

Words can't express how thankful I am to the staff our speech therapist Mavea and the front desk…read moremanager Marcy. Their care and attention towards us and our family was always so kind and caring. Mavea our speech therapist was sharp and very engaging the whole session. She was creative and found way to build rapport with my daughter and just make her feel comfortable. I highly recommend this place for speech therapy. It's an incredible place and very caring. They want the best for your child and their growth.

I have been taking my 3 year old son to speech therapy at the Valencia location for almost a year…read morenow. My husband and I are extremely happy with his progress. He has an excellant speech therapist whom he loves to work with every week. They also have great socialization and early intervention classes with wonderful teachers who are patient but firm with the kids. They have a pleasant staff and great therapists. I would recommend the Valencia office to everyone.

Please don't go there!! You will not like there... some of Staffs are not friendly... and some of…read moretherapists are not doing good job... and they changed everyone's schedules which can impact ... Not Worth it.. Please don't go over there.. they are bad place

Karina is an AMAZING speech-language pathologist! She worked with my 7.5 year old daughter for…read morealmost a year and was a knowledgable encouragement every step of the way! My daughter has now graduated from Karina's speech program and has a solid handle on her R sounds! I really appreciated Karina's willingness to go above and beyond by researching options and connecting our family with additional resources to help my daughter with her migraine challenges that are associated with her speech struggles. I also appreciate Karina's flexibility in meeting with us via ZOOM! I cannot recommend Karina enough for anyone looking for a speech-language pathologist! Thank you, Karina, for all of your help in my daughter's speech therapy journey!

Karina entered our lives at one of the most vulnerable times as parents. Our son was 2 years old…read moreand talked a few words. As soon as he started services with her, we noticed the rapid change in his speech. She gave us so many helpful tips with how to help him annunciate phonic sounds, words, and just overall how to meet him at his speech level. They worked very well together and he always looked forward to his sessions with her. It's so nice to be able to have our children learn through play. That's exactly what Karina did - meet him where he was at and initiated play. We did try the in-office speech prior to meeting Karina and that did not go so well. Luckily, we were able to get services with her. She cares so much about every child she works with. She is also a great advocate and gave us and his teachers tools to utilize while in the classroom. Our son has come a VERY long way from when he first started with her. He is now able to engage in conversations, finish his sections (3-4 sentences) and has slowed down A LOT. Thank you, Karina for ALL of the work you've helped us with. We are so grateful for you!

This company is one of the best companies that have ever worked with my autistic grandson. They…read morehave been an asset to his life. The quality of care, the exceptional compassion knowledge is beyond belief.... This is the best ABA services that my grandson has ever had. I recommend this company to anyone looking for this service...

we were with the Nurture and Nature for over 10 yrs. the best! Cecilia is amazing as well as the…read morewhole team. 10 STARS

To start off, I am clearly biased and would give 20 stars if I could. My son has been with Teresa…read moreat SGV Speech for approximately 4 years. When he first attended he was 3yo and nonverbal, showing capacity for speech but not yet using any words. Prior to Teresa we had two other SLPs and the fit and match was never quite right (either with my son nor us as parents). Teresa has been phenomenal from the start - patient, calm, warm, engaging, and incredibly apt in her assessment and interventions with my son. He graduated from speech two months ago and the relationship he built with Teresa is so clear from his fondness of her. He has made tremendous progress, which is evident from going from nonverbal and using sounds to communicate to sentences, correct pronunciation, context, and ongoing conversation. Teresa is knowledgeable, sharp, and creative in the methods she utilizes to engage with my son. Additionally, Rosa (office staff extraordinaire) is so easy to work with and communicative. We have never had issues with scheduling, cancellations, and each visit she is so friendly that my son was disappointed if she wasn't there during a visit. All the staff are generally extremely friendly as we've had some one-off sessions with other providers over the years due to availability. For a very very brief period of time my son also had OT services but the OT therapist left the clinic and they have since stopped taking my insurance for OT. While we are extremely grateful and thankful that my son no longer meets criteria for speech services, we are sad and definitely miss the visits and relationship with Teresa and everyone at SGV speech. Highly highly highly recommend.

My son just graduated out of speech and we are over the moon…read more As I'm writing this, I'm reflecting on the mind blowing progress my son has made in just 3 years with the incredible help of Mrs. Teresa. When we first started here, my son was speech delayed and no one understood the few words he did say. Mrs. Teresa was able to target his problem areas and gave my son the tools he needed to communicate clearly and effectively. Mrs. Teresa is kind, gentle, patient, stern when needed, and truly invested in my son's growth and progress. They worked hard together during sessions, and she always rewarded my son with play time at the end which he appreciated. She always pushed and challenged him -- every session the improvement was undeniable. My son is a better speaker, a more confident communicator, and is able to focus and apply himself so much more now. I have a daughter at a different clinic who has now seen several different therapists, and I truly don't think with them all combined they could do what Mrs. Teresa does. She is an expert in the field and my son and I were truly blessed to work with her! Shout out to Miss Rosa who runs a tight ship! She truly keeps everything running smoothly, handles everything from scheduling to billing to whatever else falls on her lap, and she always does it with a welcoming and warm smile. She's the first and last face we see -- the face of the company. It's bitter sweet to say goodbye. Thank you sooooo much to Mrs. Teresa & Miss Rosa for being a part of our lives for the past 3 years.

Very caring professional, attentive knowledgeable and helpful staff…read more I especially like the app that I can use on my phone with all my exercises and a video guide so I do my exercises correctly and so I don't forget what I'm supposed to do daily. I was only authorised for 12 visits. I sure hope I get more because I am making progress slow and steady!

It seems like I've made my rounds with physical therapy in my area. I was assigned by my workers…read morecomp insurance to come here. For starters parking is great and there is plenty. It is located in an area where there's a lot of small medical offices. It is pretty quiet compared to the other physical therapy places that I have been to. The staff is nice and helpful and do not work you to death like other places. I highly recommend them.