Jessica is extremely knowledgeable and provided us useful strategies to help our son's language…read moreprogress. As a therapist, she is very kind, thoughtful, and patient. Highly recommend!

Update... It's a bittersweet time for us as we near the end of my daughter's 2 years of work with…read more"Miss Beth." She has continued to find creative ways to keep my daughter engaged. My 6 year old has had continued progress with her articulation issues, and is now remembering how to make many more sounds without being prompted. We are so appreciative of Elizabeth's kind, engaging style in her work with kids.

My son saw Elizabeth twice a week for over six months. Elizabeth is quite pleasant with a good…read morepersonality however we encountered two major issues: 1) Elizabeth cancelled our sessions quite often. Out of 40 or so sessions, 8 were cancelled within 24 hours. Given the importance of practice and repetition, we believe the behavior to be unprofessional and ultimately quite detrimental to our son. 2) Elizabeth does not have any operational support which means that she often had difficulty dealing with insurance companies(she was IN network). She often asked us to call the insurance company on her behest. I am sure for slight speech issues, Elizabeth would be fine. However, for more serious and longer term engagements, we recommend to look elsewhere.

So we've only been here since the end of March (I can't keep track of my life anymore). We are…read moregrateful for this place ! It's conveniently located near our son's preschool, and they take our insurance. I'll write our experience so far. !!!!!!!!Please note this is our experience so it may very per family !!!!!!!!! It is a little hard to get in touch by phone because a front desk staff doesn't exist. Email is probably easier. We were lucky to get an appointment pretty quickly thanks to having a referral from our pediatrician and a neuropsychological exam report ready to send. Our insurance works like this (we have BCBS; they ONLY take BCBS and Harvard Pilgrim): we pay a high copay for the first 15 sessions and then we pay our usual in network office copay. Some notes about the waiting room: When you come for your first meeting , this is not like a usual office...you are not greeted by a front desk staff and you don't check in. The therapist comes to greet you at your appointment time. There is a phone at the front you can use if late and it lets you know the therapists' direct lines to let them know you have arrived. No food or drink is allowed. There's plentiful seating. There are some books to look through while waiting. They have a large fish tank. There are keys for the bathroom (one for men's room and one for women's room). If you don't see the key someone is using it. Bathrooms are clean. The therapy sessions: The first two sessions are assessment sessions. After the second session , the therapist set goals for progress and then they let you know how many times a week will be needed. In our case we come twice a week. They do monthly progress reports via phone call. They are able to call both parents at work for a 3 way conference call. Conclusion: Our son is 4 and has ADHD and is a year behind on language development. We are very much looking forward to him using more words and thinking more abstractly. He is already making some progress so we are very happy (Thanks Sara!). They do a lot of play based therapy. We were a little worried about because our son's attention span is like 5 seconds long. She does a good job redirecting him. Some days are better than others. But he's slowly getting there. Our son enjoys coming (we call it Talking Game so that "therapy" doesn't stress him out so much haha). We are glad to have found this place!

Allison worked with my 2yo son for 6 months. At 22 months he didn't have a single word and was…read morealmost a year behind his peers. By the end of our time together he had around 100 words and can put together 3-4 word sentences. He's much closer to being caught up and so much happier. We appreciated Allison's approach where she would watch us play with him and give tips and observations that helped us reinforce language outside of our sessions. We liked the balance of parent education and play therapy so we felt like we had the tools we needed to make progress outside of our time each week. Allison does a great job of keeping communication open. She would regularly interface with my sons EI SLP who would see him at school to make sure they were on the same page. She's open to emails and questions outside of your scheduled time and quick to respond, which I appreciate! My son enjoyed our time each week and loved to carry the tablet around the house to "hold her hand" and show her around. We'd highly recommend Allison and Springboard Speech & Language to anyone needing extra speech support.

Our school had agreed that our son's speech needed therapy but it didn't qualify for help at…read moreschool. He recognized himself that he needed to improve his speech clarity and asked for help. We were worried as it was late to start speech therapy as a teen, but it's never too late it turns out. Luckily we found Springboard Speech Therapy. It didn't take long for our son to show improvement, and he showed more confidence speaking up at school and is now even in the debate club which requires fast and clear talking. The progress was clear every week, and he got exercises to practice at home. Her approach is very scientific. I fully recommend whether your child is older or younger! We did all of this online, with a weekly session after school.

Kai has been working with two of my kids for a couple of years now. One of them has trouble with…read morecertain producing sounds, finding the right words at the right time, and keeping all those words in order. She's a complicated kid! Her improvement over her time with Kai has been remarkable. We've noticed it at home, teachers have noticed it at school, and her updated neuropsych evaluation confirmed it. Even better, my kid *likes* working with Kai. Going to speech every week isn't a chore or a tantrum trigger... it's something she's cool with. My other kiddo came in with a different profile entirely and some pretty wonky speech sounds. The clarity of his speech has improved markedly in the time he's been working with Kai, and she works with him just as successfully. Having a provider that is fun, effective, organized, and flexible is an incredible thing. I feel so lucky to have found Kai to know that we've got the best support for our kids.

I highly recommend Kai as a speech and language therapist. Kai has worked with my elementary school…read morechild since September 2019. She was very highly recommended by our special ed, advocate for her experience working with autistic children. For my child, Kai's strength has been her work on social communication and language usage. For example, Kai is teaching my child how to make longer complex sentences, how to sequence and organize his thoughts, and how to make age-appropriate descriptions. Kai has successfully worked with my child on pronunciation too - my child has learned how to say certain forms of  "l", "r" and "th" that he could not do before. Kai also discusses with my child why learning these different parts of speech and language are essential. She listens to my child and fosters a back and forth dialogue. At the beginning of the pandemic, Kai seamlessly pivoted to virtual learning over Zoom. Kai is always well prepared for her sessions and is very good at communicating with parents. Kai is teaching my child to be a better communicator and to be better understood by his peers and his teachers. I really recommend Kai!

They are very flexibly in working with your schedule and helping your children. Every single person…read morewe interacted with there was upbeat and had a positive attitude. They will listen to your input on areas to work on with your child. And most importantly, they provide great speech therapy.

I am writing to share that I've uncovered a group of Pediatric Speech Pathologists in Boston…read more Their name is Chatterboxes. We had trouble with the hospitals as their waiting lists were long and our son couldn't be seen for 7 months. In that Chatterboxes is the only Pediatric SLP private practice in Greater Boston, we were excited to find them. Needless to say, Chatterboxes came through and helped our son treamendously. Thought it could be of help to other moms. Their website is www.teamchatterboxes.com

We can't recommend Randi Loeb at CSLS enough! My kid showed all kinds of signs of selective mutism…read moreat age 3 and we went through a series of assessments and appointments with professionals including our pediatrician, social worker, public school special Ed program, early intervention, psychologist, another speech therapist, etc. Nobody else could provide us the answer that we needed until we met Randi. It's apparent from the very first phone interview that she understood all of our struggles, and when she finally met our child, she was able to get her to talk and answer questions within the first 10min. It was the first time my daughter ever talked to a stranger since she could speak. My daughter started talking at school within a couple months of treatment and by the end of the school year, she could talk freely in all social situations including school. Randi is truly an expert in treating SM. We can't thank her enough and we'd recommend her to all the families that are currently struggling with children with SM!

We are extremely happy with the services at CSLS. Both of our daughters were treated by Randi Loeb…read morewho is amazing! We would highly recommend this place!

I was in the inaugural Veteran Moms program…read more It's for women who have an infant and at least one other kid. There were 6 sessions. The experience was wonderful. It was great to be able to talk to other moms who "get it". I got some great gems of wisdom that I use often too. "If both kids are crying (but safe), go to the kid who will remember it first" Also don't yuck a gift by not being present. For example, if you have childcare and go out, don't constantly text to check in. Be present with your partner. I look forward to attending pop up events and/or another program with Moms Together. I highly recommend!