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.

Shamim worked with my son when he was just 2 years old and experiencing significant speech delays…read more We spent over a year together, and the progress he made was incredible. Now he's 5, and we honestly can't get him to stop talking! What sets Shamim apart is not only her 30 years of experience and deep knowledge of the field, but also the remarkable care and passion she brings to her work. She has so many tools in her toolbox and always knew how to tailor each session to meet my son where he was. We're so grateful for the foundation she helped build. Highly recommend!

I have received support for managing my speech for about 4 months now and I have seen changes in my…read morefluency and voice health. Peninsula Associates got me in quickly and continues to provide quality service.

My child has been going to speech and myofunctional therapy at PA with Danielle for a month now and…read morewe have really appreciated her attention to tongue form, function, and the many variables that go into articulation issues. Appointments are always on time and she makes sure that homework is developmentally appropriate for my child. Her thoughtful approach and standard of care is what differentiates Danielle from other therapists we have seen. Our child is also very happy to practice and attend therapy weekly which we don't take for granted. Thank you so much Danielle!

I am a single father that struggled to find helpful resources for my 6 year old autistic son,…read moreAyden, that is non-verbal. I leaned on my job's network and I had multiple peers singing the praises of Bright Stars for speech therapy. Due to the hurdles I have faced in the past, I was rather pessimistic at first and made some assumptions, that maybe this place would be like others with a long waitlist and would just forget about me. However, Kristen White reached out to me even though there was a waitlist and pulled some strings to assist me in getting care that I need because she saw how bad I was struggling. Her smile and calming tone gave me hope that there was a light at the end of the tunnel with getting my child the help he needs. After the evaluation, we did not have to wait too long before we are connected with Chelsea Miranda. She was an amazing start in my speech therapy journey and I thoroughly enjoyed working with her. My son, Ayden, would run to her in excitement and ready for the educational play. Although she informed me she was relatively new, I feel like her willingness to engage with my son every session and focusing on building a connection won me over with Bright Stars. Due to scheduling issues I am having at the moment, unfortunately we no longer could work with Chelsea. On the other hand, in life when one door closes another door opens, and I could not be more happy to start working with Dakota Noble. When I tell you, I was nearly emotional after our first few sessions because I felt like the insurance commercial, I am finally in good hands. The cool thing about Dakota is that she have a vast background working with autistic children and day one I could tell she was the one (therapist wise of course, don't want my girlfriend mad at me). The way Ayden runs to the center and grabs her hand and take her to the room for their session warms my heart. I am just an engineer that is still figuring out this fatherhood and child services for a special needs child out. Not only has Ayden been building a connection and growing, but she has been an outstanding mentor from a parenting perspective on figuring out how to navigate everything. She is so intelligent, patience, and kind. It is an interesting feeling to not only have your child feeling heard, understood, and seen, but a parent that is fighting to be the best parent they can be feeling the same way is unmatched. So I say all of this because I wanted to show my appreciation of the Bright Stars staff that includes the front desk that has worked with my chaotic schedule too, Candace Carson-Brunt and Carol Cabri. Thank you all and I appreciate you all from the bottom of my heart and I look forward to continuing to work with you all.

Bright Stars Speech Therapy has been a key part of my daughter's speech journey for the past 11…read moreyears (she was less than a year old when we started). Kristen and Dakota kept sessions fun and engaging while working on oral motor skills, articulation, and vocabulary. Their annual testing and plans were easy to share with her school team, which kept everyone focused on the same goals. As someone with Down Syndrome, speech will always be something my daughter has to work on, but I'm so proud of how articulate she is and that people can understand her. I'm very grateful for the support and partnership Bright Stars has provided and highly recommend them.

I had an initial consult with Christina, a short fifteen minute conversation that was free, and…read moreChristina was so passionate, professional, and helpful. We were referred to her clinic, but Christina kindly told me that she doesn't work with my daughter's age range (my gal is too young), but she took the time to hear what her issues are, and she wrote me a list of practices that she recommends, as well as orthos that she recommended, and even gave me language to help navigate billing. I am so bummed that we won't get a chance to work with her because I can tell that she will go above and beyond for her clients and their families. I would trust Christina's expertise and skill in a heartbeat given how kind and thoughtful she was to me, a stranger, who she just wanted to help out of the kindness of her heart!

We have been working with Kate for several sessions and she was able to quickly diagnose and help…read moreaddress my son's speech concerns. Most importantly she made him feel comfortable and gave him tangible exercises to do on his own. I really have enjoyed working with Kate and would highly recommend her, thanks Kate!

Silicon Valley Speech is amazing and I cannot recommend them enough! Jacque worked with two of our…read morechildren between the ages of 2-6 over the course of four years, and, even over zoom, her positive energy kept them engaged and excited to do their speech therapy. She also provided detailed summaries of their progress to my wife and me, and was always available to answer any questions we had. The therapy Jacque provided helped to resolve all of the speech delays and challenges that my kiddos had, which, again, is amazing. In addition, the scheduling, billing, and overall level of service provided by Kate was top notch - very responsive and friendly, and understanding when things like last minute illnesses (#kiddolife) popped up and caused us to miss sessions.

We're so excited to have discovered Liz and Bay Area Speech. Liz exudes insight and caring; out…read moredaughter has been in great hands with her support for a speech delay and the results have been clearly evident. Our insurance doesn't cover the sessions but the session fee is very reasonable and easy to pay with PayPal, Venmo, (presumably cash and check are ok too, but hey, it's the Bay Area!) I really appreciate the detailed session notes with tips for things we can do at home with our daughter. It not only helps me catch up, because I travel a lot for work, but the tips are so clearly relevant to where our daughter is at here-and-now.

It has been such a pleasure to have Liz to work with our daughter. She really breaks it down, not…read morejust for the kids, but for parents too. Sometimes all the information can feel so overwhelming, but with Liz, you have and idea of where to start with your child. Weekly goals, easy to follow steps, so that in a way, you are able to feel empowered to help guide your child through this wonky weird path that is speech! And quite honestly, we've really seen the growth in her speech so much over the last year. My insurance was unfortunately a pain in the butt to work with, but payments with STAG was simple and easy. I highly recommend Liz's services to anyone who maybe in need!

Sarina is an amazing practitioner. She brings a wealth of knowledge, practical skills, charisma,…read moreand kindness. If you are looking for your next favorite pediatric therapist, you have found her. Look no more! Let her light shine down on you. I have sent many families her way. I will continue to do so in the future.

Carol did wonderful work with our 6yo daughter. Over the course of 6 months we saw dramatic…read moreimprovement in our daughter's articulation (not to mention grammar). Carol is professional, kind, and great with kids. Highly recommend.

Carol was wonderful with my teen. He made good progress with his conversation and social skills…read morewhile working with Carol Fenwick. Carol is patient, kind, and builds rapport quickly with her clients. She made speech therapy fun and interesting. Carol is a great speech therapist!