Shamim worked with our 4 yo son for about a year (hes 5 now). We brought him to see her because we…read morecould tell he was starting to fall behind in his speech. Many people were having trouble understanding him when he'd talk and he was starting to show some frustration. He would replace some sounds with other sounds, leave some sounds off, and couldn't make certain sounds too. Shamim started with a test to help assess where his deficiencies were and then she shared a plan with us on how to tackle each issue one by one. We saw her 1-2x a week for an hour and our son made massive and quick improvements. She also made it really fun for him. They would play games and she was great at getting him to open up. By the end he was regularly looking forward to visiting "his friend shamim." Eventually he got caught up to his level in speech so we transitioned out from the weekly sessions and yet he still asks when we will visit Shamim again. I couldn't recommend her more for any kid with speech issues. I know she works with many different types of children, has decades of experience and does a wonderful job. If you're looking for the best speech therapist on the peninsula Shamim is your person!

Shamim is absolutely an amazing speech pathologist, and I would highly recommend her without…read morereservations. Although we only worked with Shamim for three months our child made tremendous progress with her help. We only stopped working with her because we moved out of state. If we could continue services with her, we absolutely would. Shamim is wonderful with kids. It is evident that she has years of experience working with children of all ages and variety of concerns as well as with parents. Her approach is warm, caring, supportive, playful, knowledgeable, creative, and engaging. She was flexible with her treatment approach and met our child where he was at. Our child always looked forward to their sessions. She is also great at managing behavioral regulation and provided some practical techniques to us as parents. In addition, Shamim is wonderful working with parents. We appreciated her willingness to consider realistic recommendations on how to help our child and practice speech/language at home given our busy schedules. She kept us informed with his progress. Even after we moved, she checked in with us and she helped us find resources in our area. I truly believe that working with Shamim was integral to the improvement and further speech and language development of child and has been very beneficial with his progress socially and academically.

Have seen other parents rave about this place. Decided to try it out however the waitlist is…read morebonkers. It's been about 6 months since we had our first eval. We paid a pretty penny for that initial assessment and not able to get a copy of that report which is odd. Seems like they're backed up and you pretty much have to keep nagging them to get things moving. Not sure what their internal system looks like. I just received an email from the coordinator on my availability a couple months back and that was it. I thought I was the only one going through this but spoke with another mom and same deal with her. If you are also in much need of speech therapy, do not wait for these folks! Unless you're guaranteed scheduled times after the assessment.

TALK saved my son! He has Expressive-Receptive Language Disorder among other things. This Disorder…read moreaffected everything in his life. Before TALK, he couldn't really have a conversation. Now he speaks clearly and answers the convo without any pause. We went through a ROUGH time during a transition to HighSchool & they were with us the WHOLE time. They were able to hold our hand through the whole process and really tackle the whole situation. The result? A more confident, clear spoken person. Incredible. Their feedback is so detailed and they tackle Every single aspect. I attribute everything my son is now to them!

I love Speech Goals and the entire team!! Even the other parents that attend the therapy sessions…read morewith their children. Everyone is so supportive. My son was given an Autism diagnosis at Stanford Children's hospital, which at first I was in denial because the doctor's didn't even interact with my kid. Desperate to get a second opinion, I went to the GGRC to get my son evaluated at home with the social worker and Speech Goals director, Jasna Cowan. I know neither of them of doctors, but they both reassured me that Max has a delay in Speech, not autism. From the first day Max started his therapy to today, I see a huge change in Max and his behavior. He is now 6 months into his therapy and he's starting to make more vocal sounds. Only a little sad he said "papa" before "mama", but I'll take it if it means that he's trying his best to communicate. He is on his last 6 months of therapy and I am really anxious to see his progress. I know I will be sad when Max turns 3, but I am really grateful to have the opportunity to have Max attend Speech Goals to get him ready for pre-school next fall. I am super appreciative of all of Max's therapists: Ms. Gaby, Ms. Lauren, Ms. Tiana, Ms. Julie, Ms. Brandy, Ms. Kimberly, and Ms. Jenny who have all worked with Max on a regular basis. Also the entire staff, especially Maria and Michael who are always so helpful and welcoming. And Jasna for being so amazing!!!

My son came to Speech Goals for several months and attended a weekly group session with Miss Kathy…read more Kathy is great and creates a welcoming and fun environment for the kids. Each week, she would try and incorporate different activities that would appeal to the kids but still help them come out of their shells and develop their language skills. A lot of exercises would be around finding things around the room and helping the child name it out loud to build their confidence in using their words. There were also other set routines built into the class, such as the hello/goodbye song, playtime, snack time, and then music time. I've interacted with different members of the staff and other speech therapists through Speech Goals since my time here and I've been very impressed with the professionalism and genuine level of care everyone has for the kids that come through the program. The only thing I would wish to change is the level of parental involvement that is required. We came for two hours each week, which was really very difficult to do with a full-time work schedule. In fact, we qualified to come twice a week, four hours total, but I knew there was no way I could commit to doing that. It would be nice if there was an option where the classes were either shorter, or the parent could drop off the child and pick them up when class was over like some other speech programs do. Especially when a good amount of the two-hour block is spent during playtime, where the kids get free play in the facility's indoor play area. There is definitely a benefit in helping kids get their energy out and build their gross motor skills but I'd rather focus the time there on the specific exercises targeted toward his speech and take him to the park after work hours for playtime. But overall, Speech Goals can be a very valuable place to go to to help address early development needs for your toddler. Thank you for the partnership these last few months!

STPS has been a god send for us. We've been utilizing STPS for 2 years now and have seen great…read moreimprovement in our son's sensory needs. Lauren has been instrumental in teaching us and teaching Miles how to listen to his body in order to gain regulation skills he could not access previously. I cannot express how blessed we are to have STPS and especially Lauren in our son's corner. We just started using their BT services - Vivian has been amazing and understands our son so well. They've also been instrumental in getting our son well regulated in a higher demand environment where is being academically challenged to his actual abilities (above grade level). Do not look any further, STPS has amazing professional clinical staff who know kids and have a naturalistic implementation of their therapies.

Excellent care for your child's needs! We cross a bridge to come here at it is WORTH it! I was…read morelooking for OT for my child and it has been very difficult to find a company. Skilled Therapy Play Services allows us access to in-person services, personalized treatment plans, and so much practical home advice! They also have ABA services! I can't express how much my child has improved with the addition of OT and I highly recommend their company to any family looking for services for their child.

I m so thankful to this place. Before I was so worried that my daughter is almost 2years and…read more6months old and she was not able to speak even a single word properly but now I am so glad that my daughter is speaking multiple of words and sentences. I wanna specially thanks Mrs. Lica for her help and effort. Highly recommended.

Kathy is the best!! My daughter has improved so much with Kathy's help. We saw some improvement…read morewithin the first month with just 1x week sessions. And now after a few months everyone has noticed such an improvement with her. She's pretty normal in her communication but want to continue and work through expanding. It's amazing how much improvement with just weekly sessions. Also a side note, Jasna (I think she's the director at Speech Goals) is pretty awesome. She took the time to meet my daughter to see for herself what could be some of the delays before letting me sign up and pay additional private sessions out of pocket.

Nova is amazing! She's incredibly kind, friendly and makes the sessions fun for the kids. My six…read moreyear old got started a little late and she greatly improved his speech and sound formation. She gave helpful tips and explanations on ways we could work with our son as well as things he could do so he self corrected. Nova explained things to my son in a way that was easy for him to understand as well as made each of the meetings fun. He geniunely looked forward to his sessions and was sad when our time eventually ended. Nova also was very accommodating with our schedule, which as a mom of multiple children, I greatly appreciated. Whole heartedly would recommend!

My son got diagnosed with speech delay since he was 17 months old. Nova is patient, caring and…read moreunderstanding. My son always learn something new (words & baby sign language) after his session with Nova. Beside helping our son to thrive, Nova also provided us with very useful information and tools on how to help our son with his speech at home. Thank you Nova!

My daughter has been in speech since she was around 18months old. Between her early intervention…read morespeech therapist, school districts, various therapists through insurance, and paying privately my daughter has seen a lot of therapists. Judy is by far the best. She works wonderfully with my daughter, and is very intuitive at reading my daughter( when frustrated , agitated etc). The office is warm and friendly and you just can't beat having a sweet little therapy dog welcoming you:) I highly recommend Judy!!!

Dont be fooled by the previous reviews. Judy has no professional skills. I feel sad for my son…read morewho is still stuttering. Judy charges $400 for evaluation, (and $120/ hr for session) which mostly is a written report of your child's history. Nobody can really assess in one hour, but she consistently cancelled all of the future appointments. Once her daughter was sick, flat tire , no show etc. She has policies for clients where they have to pay fines for no show and for not canceling within 36 hrs. We paid $400 for evaluation, report sent to us after three weeks, one no show ( we were frantically looking for her at the doorstep for 20 mts), and two last minute cancelled appointments. Every single time, I had to schedule playdate, childcare for my other son to try to keep the appointmentts, but in vain. We went with a lot of hope for my son. Everything was a waste. Dont trust Judy. I mailed her asking for a refund, no response yet. Now, I have to look for another place who will charge me another $400 for evaluation. Its so frustrating.

My son started seeing Mayra when he was almost 3.5 years old speaking just a few simple sentences…read more After about 5-6 months of weekly sessions my son was caught up with his age group and has continued to improve his communication skills. My son took to Mayra immediately and looked forward to going to her sessions every week. She even took the time to rework our session schedules due to my changing schedule and also arranged for my son to practice speaking or "playing" with other kids around his speech level. I saw his confidence grow in interacting with other children verbally. The other therapists who work with Mayra are fantastic as well with giving individual reports after each session. We are so glad we had our son work with Mayra and recommend her without hesitation!

I don't believe in miracles, but Mayra IS a miracle worker!! I am not someone who rushed out to see…read morea speech therapist when we noticed my 3 1/2 year old son stuttering (speech disfluency as I learned it was called). We figured that we would wait him out, but six months went by and instead of getting better, his stutter actually started to get worse and he started to have some other concerning developments. At that time, we decided to bring him in to see a speech therapist. We feel so lucky to have found Mayra. After 3 sessions with Mayra, my son's speech dramatically improved -- actually, more than improved, the speech disfluency completely went away! We continued to go to our session for a few more weeks until Mayra let us know that she no longer needs to see him on a weekly basis and we should just check in every month or so, so she can keep an eye on his speech and make sure he doesn't regress. AMAZING! Thank you Mayra. You are truly skilled at what you do.