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

After two years of beating our heads against the wall with multiple speech therapists, we finally are seeing progress with our son, thanks to Susan. Susan diagnosed him with straight speech Apraxia roughly four+ months ago and has tailored the therapy sessions to fit his specific needs. While he still has a long way to go, we are very encouraged. He is beginning to speak in short sentences and his confidence is building weekly. As you've read from other reviews, Susan is a direct person and can be blunt. However, she's clearly invested in her clients and garners better results than most, which is what really matters. read more

Collaborating with Susan has truly been a delight! Her experience and knowledge are unparalleled. As the sole speech therapist who has helped my child unlock the world of communication and make any actual progress, she seamlessly bridges the gap between speech and language. Also, she has helped me tremendously as a mom by sharing ways to support speech building at home. Every session with Susan is eagerly anticipated by my child, making visiting her for speech a cherished activity! read more

We've been seeing Susan for almost a year now. My son was diagnosed with severe apraxia of speech and as a mom I felt very lost in how I could help him. Susan has been truly a gift for us. She has helped him come such a long way it is remarkable. No one used to be able to understand him and now grandparents can communicate with him as well teachers and friends. We still have a ways to go but it brings me so much joy seeing his confidence building because he is able to communicate with others better now! Yes, Susan is direct but she is also very loving with every child and genuinely cares to help them. And honestly Susan is very good at what she does, which is what is most important IMO. Before her we had been with four other speech therapist! The experience and expertise Susan brings to the table is well worth the 40 minutes I drive in total to see her because the progress speaks for itself. read more

I was highly impressed by the fact that Susan went to an Ivy League school and that she promoted Evidance Based Practice when I first spoke with her on the phone. She is very knowledgeable, and I even attended a workshop that she provided to the community. Well, apparently, Evidance Based Practice is only good when it is convenient. She does not allow parents to be present during their child's therapy sessions because of "fear of spreading germs and Covid." She was not transparent with me regarding this "small" detail until the end of the first session (after I already emailed her multiple times before and spoke with her on the phone twice). Know this: 1. You are not allowed in the room even if you are vaccinated and wear a mask. You are expected to wait in the car in her driveway. 2. If your child dares to be sick more than one time, she might drop you as a client. In our initial phone conversation, she practically asked me if I have a "sickly child" when I mentioned that my preschooler was out of school for a week due to a cold. 3. She has a framed sign on the wall in her therapy room that says something like this: "Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions." Even if it is there as a joke, it is highly inappropriate.   She excuses these practices by saying that she has the children's best interest at heart. She offered to send me videos if and when my child reaches a milestone. Everything is in HER control, and she acts like you should be grateful that she provided you with the privilege to be in her presence. It is up for you to decide if this is the kind of energy that best fits you and your child. read more

I cannot say enough great things about Susan! She is so great to work with. My daughter has a pretty severe articulation speech issue and Susan has been working so closely with her for the last 6 weeks and I see a huge difference already! I highly recommend her. She cares about her little clients and their families and it shows! Can't wait to continue our speech journey with Susan and see my daughters progress through it all. read more

After working with Susan 4 years ago, we returned for her help when we noticed our now 6 year old was struggling with pronunciation of "r" and "th" sounds. Susan remembered us, and quickly was able to fit us into her busy schedule. She is straight forward, to the point and honest. She helped my daughter immensely and gave us things to practice at home. She makes going to speech something fun, and not just work. She is flexible with scheduling which helps so much. I trust Susan fully and know that she truly has my child's best interests at heart. We are proud to say my daughter just graduated a second time from speech, and we would recommend susan over and over to anyone looking for an outstanding child speech therapist read more

I am a professional nanny and have been lucky to have met Susan through one of my most treasured families. She has worked with multiple families I have worked with, and she is the real deal! Her main focus is the child and she offers support for home practice to help the child/family in every case. Her home office is very welcoming and calming, which is a huge importance to a child or family that is not comfortable in a hectic environment with bright lights and other intimidating factors. Her approach is very unique, and the results show in a very short period of time, in my experience. I was fortunate enough to partake in a seminar she gave today, and I felt inspired to share a yelp review. She changes lives! I've seen it! read more

We just recently started going to Susan for Speech and my son is already improving with the help of Susan. I literally almost cried. Thank you Susan for allowing us to come on board!! You truly care for your children and the families. read more

Susan has seen my two kiddos (ages 2 and 3) for about a year now and we have seen such major improvements in our kids speech. Not only does she take the time to really teach our children, she also helps us as parents best guide our kids to meet their speech goals. It's been a great experience since day one. I highly recommend! read more

My son has been getting speech therapy from Susan for about 6 months and we have seen an improvement in his speech. Even my son's pediatrician commented on the improvement he saw in my son and surprised by the quick progress. Susan has many styles to get the kids talking. She understands that all children doesn't learn the same way. We're so glad to have found Susan and grateful for the improvements we've seeing in our son. read more

Called to ask questions! Felt she was very rude and condescending! Would never bring my child here. She is so busy, couldn't give a straight answer on anything! read more

Susan is incredible. She's passionate, very knowledgeable and truly cares about helping my child. We saw major improvement after just a few sessions. (Crazy as we saw no improvement after 3 months with his first therapist) Best of all, my son enjoys going to see her. And, because of her encouraging, empowering and team work promoting nature he actually willing practices at home, too. I'd highly recommend Ms. Susan. read more

I came across Susan's yelp review last year. I saw many positive reviews about her speech services. I was looking for a speech therapist to help my son develop his communication skills when he was one and a half years old at the time. He came to Susan only speaking about 15 words. Within a year, my son now speaks about 700 to 900 words, possibly even more. Thanks to Susan, he can also say three word sentences. Susan has been a tremendous help! She is direct and professional. Her feedback always comes from a good place. She always provides insightful input to help address communication needs. I highly recommend Susan for speech services. read more

We are so thankful for Susan. If you want a bullet point list jump to the end of the review. If you want a detailed reason for my recommendation continue reading. A little background...We met with Susan 2 years ago when my son just turned 3. He was in different speech center for six months prior and made minimal progress because of high therapist turnover at that center. I went to my insurance provider to ask who they recommended in the area and they told me to call Susan. Our first meeting wasn't an easy one. She expressed concerns over his speech and play behavior and told us to seek additional testing from a development specialist. This was something that was never brought up in the other speech center. He has since been diagnosed with ASD. Fast forward a few months and COVID hit. Susan was our life line during COVID. We were worried about the virus and the delay it may cause in our sons progress yet we didn't want to send him to a preschool where he would be exposed to large number of people. Susan worked with our insurance to get additional sessions approved. She also helped us find an amazing private tutor for our son. I look back and genuinely feel that without her help my son would not have progressed to where he is and I may have gone crazy over the anxiety of having a child with special needs at home during COVID. Susan also has been so accommodating to our schedule needs. She worked with us during the summer to allow us to continue his sessions while he attended school during the week in OC. Even after the new school year started she once again adjusted her schedule and meet us super early. So needless to say we are very very thankful and feel so lucky to be one of her clients. I recommend Susan for the following reasons: 1) she is a professional that's been in the industry for a long time. She worked with many different kids and know how to engage them in speech 2) she is so helpful and accommodating if you are open with her. She is always available to bounce off ideas. 3) she owns her own business and she is the only therapist there. In other words, she will be committed and she will not leave. you won't have turnover issues like other centers 4) she has good intentions. She will tell you like it is. No beating around the bush. You can take it one of two ways. You can leave feeling offended (like some Yelp reviewers feel) or you can see her feedback as her trying to challenge you and your child to help your child improve Our son definitely has a long road ahead but we are so glad Susan is with us for the journey. read more

Susan has been a wonderful speech therapist for our son. He has made amazing progress with his speech issues seeing her. My son never complains or is upset about going there which speaks volumes to me about how she interacts with him. As a parent, I find her kind, communicative and incredibly helpful with school/IEP issues. read more

Susan is THE BEST speech pathologist. She was very transparent and open at the beginning of our journey, she advocated for my kid and has helped him become fully verbal. She has become one of the people I appreciate the most because she cares about my kid. We loved her approach of learning thru play and repetition. She also gives us tips and educated us as parents to do it at home to keep supporting our kid. Susan is truly an amazing person and if you want results you need to see her and follow thru the plan she suggests read more

Today my husband and I took our 19mo for evaluation with Susan as he is not verbal. We found Susan to have a factual and forward approach to accessing our son. We were able to get a hopeful diagnosis for him, but even more importantly Susan educated us about that diagnosis and how to best support our son. While Susan played with our son she was able to get him to mimic two words which brought tears to my eyes. Susan is a professional who cares and is over qualified in helping you with your loved one. We cannot wait to return to see her again and watch our sons progress in his work at home with us, and in his therapy with her. Thank you Susan! read more

Susan was my son's speech therapist for about a year. When he first began seeing her he was barely speaking 75/100 words and about 90% of the time we could not understand him. A year later he no longer needs speech therapy. She has done such an amazing job he is speaking in full sentences and we understand him 90% of the time now. She was kind and patient with him and he loved going to speech. She kept up updated every time we saw her and we were able to follow his progress every step of the way. She was definitely a blessing to our family read more

I have been taking my son to Susan for over a year, 2 times a week, and we have seen such great improvement with his speech! When my son started with her, he had maybe 2 words. Now he can have full conversations and other people are understanding him. I appreciate her honesty and has always been understanding. My son is completely comfortable with her and we have never had a bad experience. I am grateful that we found her and started with speech when we did. read more

Susan was fantastic! My 4 year old grandson could not make the "K" and "G" sounds, as well as having a severe lisp. Thankfully we found Susan. She really knew how to work with him and correct his speech problems. With her guidance, help, and direct approach to therapy, his sounds were corrected. He was discharged from therapy in around 7 months. When we started most people had trouble understanding him. Now he is completely understood. He loved working with Susan and still talks about it and her. I highly recommend Susan if you're looking for a speech therapist. read more

Susan is amazing hands down. Her years of experience and knowledge really helps my son improve his speech and language development. Susan not only helps my son during her speech therapy session but also teaches me on how I can improve my son's speech at home as well. Susan is a true professional. My son took a while to adjust (not related to Susan but to issues at home) but she was patient with him and now he loves going to his speech play therapy! read more

Susan has been a family acquaintance for over 20 years. She is a very straightforward and upfront person, so that can be off-putting to some. I am giving her a 5 star review because she has been so helpful in my journey with my son to get him the services he needs to improve his communication skills. We started with Susan about 6 months ago when my son was diagnosed with a speech delay. With Susan's work and preschool, my son has markedly improved his ability to communicate with others. While we are no longer using Susan's services as we are now focusing on behavioral therapy, I'm glad we were able to work with her to help my son. read more

Susan is a great speech pathologist. She is caring yet firm during therapy sessions. I have seen excellent results with my kids. Susan offers wonderful advice and techniques to help me work with my children at home with their speech difficulties. I highly recommend her services. read more

Susan has done wonders for my son. His speech has improved so much over the last almost 2 years with her. He went from having very few words to a huge vocabulary. We could not recommend her mom for your little ones. read more

we found Susan through word of mouth, one of my closest friend, whom I trust 300% has her daughter in speech with Susan . Since the initial, contact via phone I made to Susan to inquire reg. Her services, she was very professional, she listened to my sons needs and gave me her best advice and guidance. We been in speech therapy sessions and she is very knowledgeable and my son is responding very well to her, even when my son looses focus she has all the right age appropriate methods to get him back on track. We are extremely blessed to have found a phenomenal speech therapist and highly recommend her to all our love ones family and friends and the community. Thank You Susan! read more

Susan has been the biggest blessing for my family. My son is 5 and we found Susan after receiving services elsewhere with zero progress made in over a year's time. After talking with Susan and having her evaluate my son, I was confident we were in the right hands. She works so hard for him and he is motivated to work hard for her. His issues are severe but we have seen incredible progress and marked improvement in his short time with her. We have been seeing Susan consistently for 5 months and she has helped us better understand our son's needs and equipped us with information to help him at home and to get his needs met at school as well. We have noticed a new confidence in him that he now has because of his communication improvement and while he still has work to do, we are so grateful we have Susan to help him. I highly recommend her services to anyone who has a child in need of speech therapy. She is experienced, focused and cares deeply about the children she works with. read more

Susan is great! She has been very helpful with my grandson and we are seeing significant improvement in his speech! She works very hard!

Great speech therapist! my 4 yr old has a speech delay and we brought him in for 2 sessions a week. The result is fantastic! He went from saying baby bla bla words - which you could not understand to regular words.... hearing your 4 yr old say for the first time "i love you" is the most amazing words to hear... it's a simple thing for most parents, not a big deal to most, but if your child has speech issues you know what i mean - you just want your child to be " normal" and fit in... it used to break my heart that the kids in the playground would turn around and walk away from him when he spoke because they just - didn't understand him... as parents of kids who have special needs (like speech issues) you get that second sense and you understand your child by a mere few words or their actions... others - not so much... and your child feels left out and there's nothing you can do... He's been seeing her for a few months now and not only as his speech improved but he is now understood by other kids and is well- liked on the playground... he even said his age, first and last name recently when someone asked his name- and they understood him !!!! a real milestone :) last year his swim instructor never heard him speak. this year the first thing the swim instructor said was " he speaks now " She works hand in hand with the teachers from preschool if needed and is a no nonsense therapist. my older son developed a lisp and he excelled in less time than the schools did since elementary school free therapy... it shows you that sometimes paying the extra money is worth it... had i known that 10 yrs of free therapy at school would have been "cured" in less than a year with her i would have hired her a long time ago... i highly recommend her.... read more

As you can see from the reviews, Susan is an amazing Speech Therapist and is clearly an expert in her field. I can compare her to no other. My husband discovered Susan online from these reviews and we've been working with her for almost 2 years. My daughter has a history of severe medical trauma and is a heart transplant recipient. Her speech was very minimal at best when we started and we desperately needed her to communicate in more than singular words and to understand and speak in different ways. With our combined efforts, my daughter has come so far! Susan's communicative method and style is superior to every other Speech therapist I have ever seen or worked with. She works directly with the child(ren) of course but also empowers and communicates with the parents to speak with their child in the most effective way. My daughter loves going to see Miss Susan! read more

We saw a tremendous improvement in our sons speech within 2 visits with Susan. She is extremely talented and great with kids. I love her positive attitude and no nonsense approach. If you are in need of a speech therapist, I would highly recommend her!! read more

Susan is simply amazing!!! Both of my children see her for speech and I am so happy that we found her! I became disappointed with the district when I was not seeing much improvement in my 4 year old daughter's speech. I knew it was time to look into a private speech pathologist and I am so happy I did. My daughter has been seeing Susan since June and she is honestly the best of the best!! When we first came to Susan we knew that my daughter had omissions and substitution issues as the district IEP showed. Most family members/adults were only able to understand about 50% of things she was saying. After our first meeting Susan was very honest about the IEP and brought up some concerns she had regarding my daughter's vocabulary and articulation issues. Since seeing her, I have seen HUGE improvements with my daughter's speech. Most people agree that her speech is much clearer and that they can now understand about 75-80% of what she is saying. My 2 year old son is delayed in speech and has numerous medical and health issues. He only had around 12-15 words when he first started with her in July and now, he has over 50! I am so impressed with what she gets him to do each session, she truly has a gift. If you are looking for a great speech pathologist look no further, Susan is terrific!!! She loves her job, understands each child's specific needs and helps them meet their individualized goals. I would recommend her to anyone and everyone! read more

Ms. Susan is great, she has a no nonsense approach but it works for my son so he will not lose focus. She is kind and cares about my sons need in order to help him improve more than he already has. We have been seeing Ms. Susan for almost a year or maybe a little longer and our son has shown so much improvement! I highly recommend Ms. Susan as your child's speech therapist!! read more

Susan is great! My son has been seeing her for about 12 months now for a stutter and a marked improvement has been shown! Thank goodness we found her because the school district we are in has yet to test my son even though his stutter was so bad last year that he had a hard time communicating in class. She has a flexible schedule and very understanding to my sons' needs. Besides helping with the stuttering, she has given him more confidence and helped him with his self esteem. She is also kind and compassionate. Would recommend her for any speech or language needs for any age! read more

she is very rude she has no good attitude as a specialist I only brought my child with her 2 tims but my child is still scared when I go that way she has no right to work with children read more

Where to begin!!! Amazing therapist!! My son was receiving his therapy from another facility, his speech did improve somewhat, but it got to a point where there was no longer any progress. I found Susan as I was looking for a new therapist ( Internet ), from that first conversation she was professional, understanding, knowledgable, and willing to listen. She has been a God sent to my son!!! I saw her do in ONE session what the other therapist couldn't do in more than a year! People understand him now. Full conversations that people respond to instead of just smiling trying to be polite... Its wonderful to see him socialize now. She is a no nonsense therapist in a truly caring way. Would recommend her in a heart beat!!! read more

Susan has helped with two of my daughters. My youngest started at age two, due to delayed speech. Susan's direct approach and working with me, teaching me how to help my daughter at home is what I believe made the true difference. She was discharged from Susan's practice within 6 months fully speaking appropriate for her age. My older daughter (6) had a lisp which was also corrected within 6 months. We are now working on her "r's", which have already improved. She was seeing a different therapist for a year without any progress. Susan is absolutely amazing at what she does. Yes she is strict (with things like keeping your appointment ) and yes you need to practice at home, but my kids love her and their speech issues have been/are being resolved. She truly cares about the kids she works with. I have seen this on numerous occasions. She will always go the extra mile for your child. read more

My 6 year old daughter has been seeing Susan for about a year now for speech articulation and language expression issues. We have seen great growth! Susan is very observant to the particular needs of my daughter and provides appropriate activities both in and out of class for her. At the end of every session she calls the parent in for the last few minutes to see what they have been working on and to suggest ways to implement it at home. She has always been attentive to my speech concerns about my daughter and addresses them immediately. I highly recommend her! read more

I cannot say enough amazing things about Susan! She has helped my daughter so much. I brought my daughter to Susan in October 2014 and at the time I was the only one who could understand what she was saying. She had low self confidence and her speech therapy that she was receiving at school was not helping. Now in June, everyone can understand her, she is using her words to make full complete sentences, her school work has improved, and her confidence is through the roof!!! Susan has taken my once shy, timid little girl and transformed her into a vibrant, loud, energetic young lady. I cannot thank her enough! If you are looking for a speech therapist, Susan is the best! read more

We have been with Susan for two years and have seen amazing results with our daughter. Highly recommend.