Allyson was a life saver for our 9 year old son. He had some speech delays that were carryovers from undetected hearing loss when he was younger, and even though he had been working with his school speech therapist, he needed more. Allyson was motivating and encouraging while also putting the onus on our son to practice their tricks during his everyday speech. She didn't have an easy task, as he has never liked doing speech therapy, but she got through to him. He never complained on the days that he saw her, and we noticed near immediate improvements with the extra help he was getting from her. She often had new approaches to try with him (using a mirror, tongue depressor, silly stories/sentences), which meant he never got board. Allyson was flexible with our need to sometimes change our schedule on short notice and always helped to guide us on how we could be practicing with him during the days she didn't see him. As two life-long educators, we were very impressed with Allyson's professionalism, creativity and genuine care and concern. She got to know our son personally, and "graduated" him when she knew he was ready to fly. I recommend her highly. read more