We found Katie when our son needed speech therapy. He had suspected apraxia and was struggling with…read morehis motor planning which was limiting his speech. Katie is an incredible speech therapist and just the kindest, warmest and most patient wonderful person we could have hoped to work with. Our son absolutely adored her and made phenomenal progress. Highly highly recommend.

Katie is an excellent SLP for young children. We have worked with her since our son was 2 years…read moreold in 2022. Her patience, kindness, and love draw children near to her allowing them to quickly integrate her therapies to resolve speech issues. Her level of experience and commitment to her patients allows her to quickly identify pathology and start a focused treatment plan. Not only does she work well with children but also parents. Her guidance made me the best Mommy I could be for my son. He is now 5 years old and we moved out of NYC back to our home state of KY. Katie continues to offer resources and support over the phone as we navigate resources in a new location. I would highly recommend Katie. She is by far the best therapist we have worked with.

I'm posting an update to my initial review, since Linda has replied to it…read more 1. As I stated in my original review, Linda did honor our request that our son work with her. But it remains true that initially she had him working with different graduate students from week to week, and she did not discuss this with us first. We were charged the full amount as well. 2. I did ask for the worksheets to be sent to me, after discovering the website we'd been directed to wasn't working, but was told no by some of the therapists/students we'd worked with initially. Linda only stopped in briefly to check in during our sessions for the first month or so, and I barely had a chance to talk to her. Then when I did get to see Linda more and talked about the website not working, she told me to search for worksheets on Pinterest instead. I was very disappointed that this was her response. 3. If working on one sound at a time is standard, and having two sessions per week is also standard, I respect following that protocol. But neither Linda nor any of the therapists/students we worked with ever explained either of these issues to me as a treatment plan. In fact, we were told to expect the opposite, that his issues were minor and could be addressed with once weekly sessions in a limited time frame. In our last session, Linda expressed surprise at "discovering" another articulation issue. She said something like "Guess what we found," while as stated in my original review, this had already been identified in my son's initial evaluation. I've taken the time to compose these reviews only in hopes of sharing information with other parents seeking assistance for their children.

My daughter has been blessed to have been under the care of Linda and her staff for 8 months at the…read moretime of this review. At the time we started attending my daughter's ability to understand or communicate with us was extremely limited. Her own frustration was manifested in aggression and she went into her own world quite frequently. Due to the skill, compassion and diligence that Linda has brought to my daughter, she has become a completely different little girl. She is no longer frustrated to the point of aggression, she is frequently able to have long conversations with us about what she had done, her likes, and her dislikes. She is able to communicate her needs effectively to us and is present to us in the moment. Linda has just been such a gift in life for my daughter! 5 stars are way too little for this superstar speech pathologist.

As an occupational therapist with over 15 years of experience in pediatrics, I have worked with…read moremany Speech and Language Pathologists. I can attest to Jennifer and Maria's superb clinical expertise, passion and professionalism. I respect their commitment to professional development and their ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team. I am extremely selective with my referrals and have no reservations recommending families to Jennifer and Maria. They are truly amazing!

I highly recommend Jen. She has done such an excellent job assisting me and my 17 month old son…read morethrough virtual speech classes due to COVID. Helping a toddler with speech through zoom is not easy, but Jen did a great job and was always very patient. She also provided me with the necessary tools to help me son during the week. She followed up each session with an email and notes on what we worked on and some skills to work on during the week so I never felt "lost". I saw major improvements with my son's speech in a short period of time. Jen was always on time, professional and never canceled a session.

Debbie has been working with our son for about 4 months, since a little after he turned two, when…read morehe was saying only a handful of consonants and one vowel. He learns something new almost every session (he said a new word after just their first session, after not saying any new words for 6 months!), and now his speech is really taking off. Debbie is PROMPT-certified, and this type of therapy seems to be very efficient in treating our son's speech motor planning difficulties. During their sessions, she can now cue him to say complete words, component by component. I am blown away listening to it. She has built an amazing rapport with our son so that he somehow sits still, completely engaged, for half-hour long sessions, tries to make sounds on command, and has fun the whole time. She is so positive, and encourages him to try without ever making him feel pressured. She also quickly got to know him and what would hold his interest. We are constantly impressed with her skill, professionalism, patience, and resourcefulness, and highly recommend her to anyone looking for a speech therapist! I should also add that she has been very helpful providing me with all the necessary information to try and get speech therapy covered by insurance. And she is consistently on time or early to sessions. We feel so lucky to have found her, through the recommendation of the dentist that did our son's tongue tie surgery.

We highly recommend Debbie Shiwbalak for speech therapy. Debbie worked with our 2-year-old son (LP)…read moreon his speech delay, and she was amazing. LP's language comprehension was excellent, but he was saying very few words, but because he had no other delays, we didn't qualify for city-sponsored Early Intervention. We hired Debbie (reimbursed by our health insurance) and are glad we did. We loved the way Debbie immediately and directly engaged with LP, without any bureaucratic BS or adult-to-adult evaluations that might have made our kiddo uneasy. Instead, she went right to play time and language training, and LP, who can sometimes be reserved around new people, quickly and completely connected with her. Their playtime together was energetic, fun and most of all productive for his spoken language development. Debbie's manner of encouraging the flow of speech the course of natural interactions was very comforting. Her structured play time let LP have fun while it was also making it clear to him that he was there to learn. Her method of touching his face and mouth to encourage speech was gentle and natural, and LP clearly took to it. Meeting once or twice a week for about less than two months, Debbie taught us a lot about how to help LP talk more, and pretty soon he "graduated," as he's now repeating our words and excited to talk. All in all, we couldn't recommend Debbie more, so if your child is having any kind of speech issues, definitely contact Debbie.

Jocelyn is truly an amazing therapist. We worked with her on food aversions and severe picky eating…read morefor our now 5-year old. He instantly took to her! Sadly, we were getting ready for a move out of Brooklyn when we contacted her, but a few short weeks made a world of difference. He is more adventurous with food and even interested in seasonings, herbs and adding lemon to his meals! I recommend her without reservation. She is skilled, knowledgable, kind and easy to talk to.

Jocelyn is an amazing speech therapist. Her background as a NICU nurse really comes through in her…read moreholistic approach to working with children. My daughter was a premie twin with a variety of issues and Jocelyn easily strung together how the issues related and delivered kind, thorough therapy. Very grateful to have had the opportunity to work with her. Unfortunately, we moved to San Francisco, otherwise we would have been with her forever! Thanks Jocelyn!

Tremendous help for my almost 9yr old son in spoken language and writing ability! My son had…read morelanguage delays undetected by the school - he is a very talkative engaged kid, which makes it hard to see. A year ago, I called Ilene to ask questions because things didn't seem quite right to me. In starting with Ilene, there was a nearly immediate improvement - he started asking siblings for a toy rather than just grabbing it, which reduced a lot of conflict in our home. Over the past year, his writing skills have improved substantially, so he is doing better in and feeling better about school. Remote sessions during social distancing are going well and seeing progress. :)

Ilene worked with our 6 year old son and achieved great results. Her experience was so important in…read moreidentifying exercises that were truly effective and for keeping him focused on their fun activities during the sessions. We highly recommend working with Ilene.

Our son worked with Open Lines for about two years on articulation issues and we have nothing but…read moregood things to share about the experience - they are knowledgeable, professional, thoughtful and caring. They take the time to understand the individual challenges and create a plan to overcome them in a very methodical way to great success in our case. Highly recommend!

Open Lines was wonderful. They provided speech therapy for my six year for the past year. He did…read moreboth in person and virtual sessions. Grace was his therapist and my son adored her. He always looked forward to their sessions. It was a good mix of both therapy and fun. She managed to really keep him engaged and entertained which is not an easy feat especially over virtual. And we saw significant progress very quickly. They were also extremely flexible and accommodating with scheduling. I highly recommend Open Lines.

Tara is a fantastic speech therapist who consistently went above and beyond to help me overcome my…read morespeech issues. She clearly cares a lot about her patients and ensuring they succeed, and provided a comprehensive approach to fixing my issues (relevant homework exercises, in-person sessions, follow up emails and phone calls, etc.). Overall, she was so kind, supportive, patient, informative and of course very helpful/effective throughout the entire process. I'm so lucky to have found her, and would absolutely recommend her to anyone in need of speech therapy!

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