My son was 10-years-old and was still not producing a correct "r" sound. We kept thinking he'd outgrow it, and when we realized he wasn't and that people were still having a hard time understanding him, we started scrambling to research speech therapy which we were completely new to (and since he excelled academically he didn't qualify for any speech services through school).
Jamie responded quickly to my email with all the pertinent information I needed and when comparing her to several other well-reviewed therapists in the area we quickly settled on Jamie due to her more competitive rates and it was apparent that she was highly qualified and very easy to work with. She scheduled right away, was able to come right to our house to work with him, and get to work immediately.
Within the first session she was able to teach him how to correctly produce an r sound which we had never been able to do with him. She had great rapport with him and though our son was very resistant to the idea of speech therapy, Jamie did a great job making it enjoyable for him and he even looked forward to his sessions. Teaching the r sound at his age can be a difficult one, due to him having to completely re-learn something he's been doing wrong for so long (and he's a BIG talker and communicator), yet we couldn't be more pleased with his progress in a VERY short amount of time. He's producing the sound with essentially 100% accuracy now and we are so glad we decided to invest in speech therapy, which is something I was very nervous about going into...
Ms. Tallent is a pleasure to work with, is very knowledgeable in her field, is very easy and flexible in scheduling, and has great communication and competitive rates. I highly recommend her! read more