My daughter Sydney just completed her speech therapy at Family First, and we had an AMAZING…read moreexperience. Brittney, Cheryl, Marcy and the rest of the team were so helpful from the start. Marcy (who works in the front desk) is very knowledgeable about the regional center and has contacts to help expedite the process. We've worked with Brittney for about a year and a half, and she has been instrumental in helping my daughter gain the confidence and skills to work on her expression. The therapy is play based and she makes it fun! We consider her more than our therapist, but a friend. Cheryl is amazing as well. She is sweet and is great at getting shy kids to open up. If you're looking for a speech therapy center in the Pasadena/La Canada area look no further!!

The absolute best! This was our third attempt at speech therapy through the regional center and I…read moream so happy we kept asking for a different place because we scored once we found this place. Brittney Goodwin was our speech therapist. There are seriously no words to describe her dedication. She would text us and call us in between appointments to check in, asked about the overall health of our family, and wrote extensive emails and reports to assist in our transition to the school district once our daughter aged out of the regional center. Also, the office manager Marcy fought to keep our services when they were prematurely terminated because we moved. She did that completely on her own without us even having to ask. The best way I can describe this office: true patient advocates. This is an overdue review, but thank you for everything!

My son just graduated out of speech and we are over the moon…read more As I'm writing this, I'm reflecting on the mind blowing progress my son has made in just 3 years with the incredible help of Mrs. Teresa. When we first started here, my son was speech delayed and no one understood the few words he did say. Mrs. Teresa was able to target his problem areas and gave my son the tools he needed to communicate clearly and effectively. Mrs. Teresa is kind, gentle, patient, stern when needed, and truly invested in my son's growth and progress. They worked hard together during sessions, and she always rewarded my son with play time at the end which he appreciated. She always pushed and challenged him -- every session the improvement was undeniable. My son is a better speaker, a more confident communicator, and is able to focus and apply himself so much more now. I have a daughter at a different clinic who has now seen several different therapists, and I truly don't think with them all combined they could do what Mrs. Teresa does. She is an expert in the field and my son and I were truly blessed to work with her! Shout out to Miss Rosa who runs a tight ship! She truly keeps everything running smoothly, handles everything from scheduling to billing to whatever else falls on her lap, and she always does it with a welcoming and warm smile. She's the first and last face we see -- the face of the company. It's bitter sweet to say goodbye. Thank you sooooo much to Mrs. Teresa & Miss Rosa for being a part of our lives for the past 3 years.

My son has been going to Ms. Celina for over 2 years and she has been thoughtful, organized, kind,…read moreand the best! My son has progressed so much in a span of a couple years and we're thankful for Ms. Celina. He just finished and we're onto the next chapter of my child's journey and Ms. Celina will be a teacher that Calvin will always remember.

Office is a bit on the dirty side. Several if my children that ive had her work with have contained…read moreextensively about the rigidity and absence of kindness. All in all id say 1 star but there is always plenty of parking in the empty lot that she rents for her "practice". 2 stars.

Stacey is an outstanding speech therapist. I was initially resistant to the idea of speech therapy…read morefor my (then) 1 1/2 year old who wasn't talking at all, just grunting. I hoped that his language would just improve with time. But in the year that she's seen him, he has completely blossomed and is now a total chatterbox. I know we'd be in a completely different scenario if it wasn't for her. He's also quite shy, but he adores Stacey and genuinely looks forward to spending time with her. She's very knowledgable and passionate about all things speech, and her warm nature with children is infectious. I honestly think I'm a better parent all around because of her. We are so grateful to have her in our lives.

My daughter, Winter, has graduated from Brittany's myofunctional therapy program and we are so…read moregrateful we were referred to Brittany! Winter can be a bit reserved at first but Brittany helped her feel comfortable extremely quickly and built a great relationship with her. Winter was excited to see and engage with Britany, which was very helpful in getting her through the intensive program. We started myo because of Winter's severe teeth grinding, and within 5 days of starting the mouth exercises, Winter stopped grinding! We couldn't believe it but she truly stopped within that first week. We continued the program as we wanted to ensure the grinding didn't start back up and also wanted Winter to have the ideal oral resting posture in the long term. Towards the end of the program, Winter became a silent sleeper - mouth completely closed and quiet as a mouse, couldn't hear her breathe at all. She wakes up well rested and ready to go from having great sleep. Brittany was so great with Winter, firm enough to get Winter through the exercises properly but also warm and friendly so that Winter looked forward to meeting with her. Her professionalism and productivity impressed us and we couldn't recommend her more!

Brittany is an amazing myofunctional therapist and provided really thorough care throughout the…read moretime that I worked with her. She always asked the right questions to ensure that our treatment was on the right track. She's highly knowledgeable and pays attention to small details, making her holistic approach feel really comprehensive. She is also very encouraging and provides feedback in an intentional and positive way. Our interactions always felt very positive and helpful. Overall, I had a great experience working with Brittany and always felt like I was in competent hands. I wouldn't hesitate to work with Brittany again!

Grace is an amazing pediatric speech therapist! We began seeing Grace when my son was 22 months old…read moreback in June of 2023. I noticed my son wasn't talking like his peers and even though he was still quite young, early intervention has made such a big difference for us and I owe it all to Grace. Flash forward two years later and my son can express himself and be understood. We used Grace in addition to Regional Services and I will say that it made a big difference for us to also use Grace and get more individualized attention. Grace really involves the parent in every session, teaching you simple strategies to incorporate in your day to day to promote speech and sounds. Every week, my son wanted to see Grace because of her gentle approach and the creative ways she used play for therapy. Grace is extremely knowledgable- She always explains the "why" and looks at the WHOLE child which I think is so important.

The name of the company speaks for itself "Graceful Expression." Ms. Grace is the BEST Speech…read moreTherapist my husband and I have worked with! She takes pride in her work and it definitely shows. Our son, Michael, who is Autistic has made wonderful progress with his reading, comprehension, annunciation, and communicating with others. In the office she has him read stories, watch videos, fill in the blank, conversation back/forth, and the list goes on... At home, she sends us homework assignments to continue challenging himself, keep him motivated to learn more, and build confidence with learning new vocabulary words. She also coordinates and communicates with our son's other service providers making it a more synchronized effort. We are like one big family, with one goal, to help Michael succeed! THANK YOU MS. GRACE!!

I highly, highly recommend Sara. She worked with our son for almost 2 years both at her office and…read moreat his school. And in that time she helped immensely with his pronunciation as well as his occasional stammer. We found her when we were panicked as he had always had minor speech delays, but the stammer came out of nowhere and we had has some prior experience with not great speech pathologists. Not only did our son have incredible success and improvement with Sara (he barely has "bumpy speech" anymore and when he does, he has tools to help with it) but also her knowledge, approach, demeanor and vibe was fantastic and comforting to us. We knew he was in good hands. Her play based and game based techniques have been very effective. If we hadn't left the area, our son would still be working with her.

Sara Weiss is such a great speech therapist and gift to our eight year old son who's stuttering had…read morereached a level that was making him very frustrated and uncomfortable and making us as parents feel helpless. She gave me so much confidence even from our first telephone call that she would be a great fit for our son. Sara was so helpful in educating us more about stuttering and she empowered my son with knowledge and information to better understand his own stuttering. She is knowledgeable about the most up to date research and techniques in speech therapy and she is very aware of the social emotional needs of clients like my son who are struggling with their speech. Sara's sessions are engaging, varied, well thought out and prepared. She is engaged in what she does and really cares. Her office is inviting and warm, but even as we recently switched to doing our sessions remotely/virtual, she has been doing an amazing job at keeping the sessions just as engaging and relevant to our son. We have seen a lot of improvement in my son's confidence over these last few months and are so appreciative for how Sara has helped him.

I cannot express enough how grateful we are as parents in seeing how much help Angela G. was to our…read moredaughter as her occupational therapist. Her experience really shined through her skills and devotion in meeting goals set. Best work ethic I've ever seen. Always punctual and managed her time perfectly. The best part in the end was we realized she not only helped our little one but also thought us a lot as well. In a perfect world we would have her around our daughter forever and that i hope says a lot to whoever Angela helps in the future as they'll be lucky to have her as their therapist as well!

Today was my daughter's last day of Occupational Therapy and I am sad because we really enjoyed her…read moretherapist Angela! She is knowledgeable and helpful as well. My daughter would give her a hard time from time to time, and I appreciated how Angela is so patient with her. My daughter has progressed a lot and I owe it all to Angela! She will be missed and I thank her for all the hard work! I recommend this agency !!!

Gail is very patient and thorough. My son enjoys his time with her and always excited about all the…read moretoys she has. Gail has also helped with his speech tremendously.

I have met many people prior to visiting Gail as well as after and their speech has improved…read moredramatically. I am severely impressed with the results. Kudos to her for not only helping people with speech disfluencies, but with their subsequent mental health. Recommended highly.