We are so glad we went with Supreet to help our little one with his speech therapy needs. We had…read moreworked with the speech therapy program through our healthcare provider, with minimal improvement. Working with Supreet though, the progress was remarkable. She made lessons fun, digestible, and repeatable. Her feedback and lessons to work on at home were also termedously helpful. I highly recommend Grow and Shine to anyone in need of speech therapy.

Ms. Supreet was amazing! My 4 year old son needed help with annunciation of certain sounds, and…read moreSupreet was able to quickly assess him, create a plan and then work with him to help him improve his speech. My son LOVED Supreet and actually asked to go to speech every week. She was kind, patient and made the sessions so much fun, while simultaneously helping him make incredible progress on his annunciation in just a few sessions. His teachers and family members kept commenting on what a huge improvement they saw. I can't recommend Supreet enough!!

Vivienne is fantastic. She is a genuine and caring person and also an experienced and highly…read moreskilled speech pathologist. The first time you talk with her you're left with this feeling that she is committed to your child's success, and this feeling never goes away.

From the owner: Vivienne (or "Ms. V" as her clients often call her) offers in-home and in-community speech and…read morelanguage services to children and their families in the California East Bay Area, and telehealth sessions for families located anywhere in California. With a background as a travel speech therapist, Vivienne has diverse experience providing speech therapy to children ages one through young adulthood in a variety of settings including schools, private clinics, homes, community, and via telehealth. Vivienne is trained in the Hanen It Takes Two to Talk early intervention program, DTTC (Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing) for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, and Gestalt Language Processing via Meaningful Speech.

I would say why I gave one star but from reading the other reviews they don't like when you curse…read moreeven though you can if yelp allows it it's a review you can give an honest review and say what you want. When you take your child to evaluation for the first meet and everything goes exceptionally well until the end as your packing up and walking out they voluntarily say "oh yea also if you want to take your kid to a different speech therapy place we totally understand.... Believe them take it as a sign and run. Otherwise.... Cassie we love you thanks for treating my little girl in a very caring and nice way you never made us feel harassed and uncomfortable you were a gem out of the entire experience. That's all i will say...

We work with Sarah Stolkarts, and have had a fantastic experience! Sarah is amazing with our 6 year…read moreold, who does his speech therapy virtually. She is so engaging with him, supportive and patient, and she also keeps it really fun with all kinds of games. He loves doing speech therapy with Sarah and really looks forward to it. She has also been very supportive to my husband and I, providing us with extra ideas and homework we can work on with our son in between sessions, and has been very communicative and helpful with any questions we have. Seven Bridges makes it very easy to reschedule sessions too, through their centralized scheduling department. Overall, we've been very happy with our experience and grateful to work with Sarah!

Of course as a 3 year employee at CW, I am probably biased, but that is based on my truly amazing…read moreexperience both personally and professionally with this company where everyone is appreciated, supported, and treated in such a kind, personable and encouraging manner. This company is transparent, fair and responsive to its employees and I know I have found my professional home with them and hope to stay and grow with them for as long as they will have me. I love love love working for Communication Works!

I sought out an occupational therapy evaluation for my son through CW when the school failed to do…read morean appropriate evaluation of his OT needs. CW has a great reputation for offering quality recommendations for children. They followed up and were concerned and thorough in ensuring we found an assessor who could help us. I have also met with them regarding their social skills group.The MGW curriculum is amazing and we are looking forward to working with the very talented and caring staff. As an added perk, they are located on a beautiful hillside in Oakland with serene views. The waiting area inside is comfortable with ample space for everyone to relax. We drive an hour to see them and it's totally worth it. Highly recommend this agency. What a treasure for our kids!

I couldn't agree more with Emily's 5-star reviews! She's knowledgeable, flexible, professional,…read moreand all around delightful to be with (which the kids love too). Most impressively, she thinks about your kid's development holistically - from hearing to eating, sleeping, learning, emotional/behavioral matters - all to understand the potential root causes of speech issues. She's essentially a one-stop-shop resource that provides you a comprehensive - yet targeted(!) - treatment plan...all in under 30 min/week! :) She quickly assessed that our 3-year old needed (i) a hearing test and (ii) to see an ENT for ear tube surgery, which leap-frogged his speech progress nearly overnight (seriously). Even post-surgery, she inquired about his sleep and eating - which we were having challenges with (but I didn't think were related!) - and she recommended a follow-up with our ENT to confirm if anything else is physically inhibiting him. Whether it's being flexible with last minute scheduling changes, providing me talking points so I can have richer conversations with my son's doctors, or recommending Daniel Tiger episodes to prepare my son for surgery - she's a TREMENDOUS resource and I feel so lucky we found her!

Emilly is not only a good friend but an excellent therapist ... even for an old guy like me.read more

I am so glad that we found Teresa. Our 3-year-old had a significant speech delay, and he was having…read moretrouble communicating things he wanted. We had a lot of tantrums and meltdowns. When Teresa first came to our home, my son immediately took her hand and led her to play. She had such a lovely way with him. He loved every "playtime" he got to work with her. Teresa was a sage for a nervous mother, and my son made huge gains during the six months we were with Sound Advice. Thank you, Teresa, for all you did for our little boy and our family. You should hear him now. He is talking up a storm!

We can't say enough positive, complimentary things about Teresa! We were referred to Sound Advice…read moreTherapy by a friend, who also had a very similar, positive experience. In just 5 short months, our son went from saying Ba-Ba to full sentences. Every week, Teresa would bring new games & toys that not only interested him, but challenged him. At the end of each session, she wrote an extremely helpful session summary and things to focus on for the next week. Our son would say "More Teresa" multiple times a week, he enjoyed going to speech therapy so much. Teresa is extremely helpful, flexible, nurturing, and kind. We will all miss seeing her every week.

Be aware: this woman has a history of defrauding and harassing people (all available in the public…read morerecords of Alameda County Superior Court. Typical MO: She will post an ad online and show you the front unit of the 2 family duplex that she owns. She will seem like a nice elderly woman and tell you how happy she is to rent to you, and then take a deposit for the apartment. Most times tenants never actually get to move in for whatever reason she gives (lies) and she pockets the security deposit. She then gets taken to court. If you are unlucky enough to actually move in, she has a history of disturbing and Harassing her tenants. Verbally, physically and emotionally. This behavior is well documented in court records, or just ask a neighbor. Our experience: We experienced the fraudulent behavior AND the HARASSMENT. In the 8 days we lived there we had to call the police 4 times for her blaring her horn at 3 in the morning, trying to illegally enter the premises, and general emotional harassment. Once again ALL documented in Police reports and Court documents Upon trying to get our deposit money back from her, we came to know 2 other couples and 1 former tenant that she has done similar things to, and neighbors have informed us of at least two other sets of tenants that had to endure her incredulous behavior. She has been taken to court over her fraudulent receipt and failure to return deposit money. (This is all verifiable in the public records of small claims court.) Two Judges ruled in our favor for her bad faith business dealings and her harassing and threatening behavior.

At last I am sitting down to write this long overdue review for Bettina. We have been working with…read moreBettina since my daughter has been 22 months old, and she is now 4.5 years old. From our very first interaction and assessment, to our now sessions that have gone virtual, Bettina continues to impress me with her vast knowledge and creative techniques which has translated to immense improvements for our daughter. Bettina also provides a holistic perspective and keeps in mind my daughter's other occupational and physical therapeutic needs, as well as her speech/language goals. Even in this chaotic time of COVID, Bettina has gone the extra mile to make her sessions with my daughter fun and engaging. As an example, she keeps my 4 year old child 100% engaged in virtual sessions for 45 mins straight. Those of you with children (with or without IEPs) understand that this is a near impossible task that Bettina manages to handle with ease....but the truth is that Bettina spends a lot of time thinking of creative ways to keep her engaged! Additionally, our family has always felt incredibly supported by Bettina as we navigate the IEP system. She has taken the time to train my nanny as well as provide exercises for us to do at home. Finally, my daughter absolutely ADORES Bettina and looks forward to 'play' time with her each and every week. If that isn't the greatest endorsement, I don't know what is! Thank you so much Bettina!!

Dr. Bettina Larroude worked with my toddler age son every week for more than one year. She was…read moreprofessional, patient, detail oriented, incredibly knowledgeable and friendly and my son was excited to get to see her every week. Bettina used multiple techniques (including play based therapy) to help my son with total communication in English, Spanish and American Sign Language. Her office and work/play room is very inviting and is well equipped with many toys, games and books for all ages to make the therapeutic learning fun and engaging. Highly recommended!

The pt was amazing, smart, wonderful, kind and thoughtful but their billing system is awful…read more I have ppo insurance so my visits should have cost $15 co pay. I am a new mom, a working mom and I have 6 month old twins. They told me I had to pay them up front for my daughters $765 even they are an in network provider. I had to call and email them several times over the course of 4 months to work on getting paid back the $690 I overpaid due to them being in network. It's always stressful being a new mom and having all these appointments, their billing system needs to be fixed.

Their voicemail box is full so you can't leave a message and no one answers their phone. Emailed…read moretoo, no response.

Our child was a late talker, so we did our research and found East Bay Child Development Center…read more(formerly PLTA). From intake to our final class, the staff made sure that the scheduling process was a breeze, and that visits did not fall short of expectations. They have an excellent staff dedicated to your child's development, and the office is pristine. Not just clean; very well kept. I noticed that there wasn't one tear on a book or broken toys. They put lots of effort into upkeep, knowing well that toys and books can take a beating with younger kids. East Bay Child Development Center has terrific speech therapists and therapists specialized in helping in all other types of child development, including but not limited to physical therapy, etc. We went through 2 different speech therapists and 1 or 2 therapy students which was a little harder for our son to grow accustomed to because it would take him awhile to warm up (which I've learned isn't unusual for any development therapy center), but each therapist tried their absolute best to ensure they were giving him the utmost care and attention.

They failed my son after 3 session. Excuses that he doesn't listen, he runs fast that worried about…read moreyounger children there. That speech is not a good fit for him, that his sister runs around the hallways exploring toys and opened doors of offices, about me get a phone call so they discharged him from services. This is racism and discrimination by the way ladies I want to give you suggestions, your office needs a new administration, organisation and functionality. Everybody there seems to go everywhere, I don't know if these people work here are they clients. The back door to the outside was open, this is called dysfunctional. The office receptionist was like his first day to work, confused and looked around like a lost boy. There four people by office were speaking loud and chatting. They failed my son years ago when he was younger because they said he was not ready for speech when I just changed my insurance to get accepted to come here. Now he's 12 years old saying he's not a good fit. Shame on you to say that to me. You can't discharge him that's illegal. My son is trying with his speech and he has rights in California to receive speech therapy any age. Discrimination by the ability, then age, what's next because his sister running around the office and also I was on the phone? For that lady who spoke with me today over the phone couldn't wait on me. And making me feel like I was being fired from the job, she sounded rude and said my daughter was running around the room and I was speaking loud on the phone so the excuse to fail my son. Then changed her words saying he's not a good fit and he runs fast and wants to push the kids. She needs to find more excuses for her to dismiss him. You don't know how hard and challenging to be a mother of autistic kid. I finally thought I have him his speech going and then you locked me up like shutting my mouth. Go see if your speech therapist is the one who has the problem. She too lazy to give speech therapy or has a lack of skills. This is Shameless and discrimination.