What a magical place! Every bit of Laughing Giraffe--from its facilities, to its equipment, to its…read moreculture, to its staff--is dedicated to helping clients make big changes through incremental progress. Our OT Zane always brings out the best in our son. He empowers him, challenges him, and gives him joy. Expertise, competence, creativity, and loving care combine perfectly at Laughing Giraffe. We're so lucky to be here!

Lauloa Grace helped me and my 11-year-old daughter through some of the most difficult times of our…read morelives. Divorce, buying and selling a home, moving three times, legal issues and a job change were all weathered with her support. And I'm a better person for it! Offering a buffet of healing tools, Lauloa utilized a unique set of techniques to support us. Pulling from her experience in higher brain living, brain gym and her extensive knowledge in communication, Lauloa helped pull me up, overcome fatigue and reach goals during the most challenging time of my life. I resolved court issues with my ex, doubled my salary and found peace, releasing the anger, pain and sadness from the unexpected and difficult end to my marriage. Lauloa created a safe place to talk about all of these issues and welcomed me with loving acceptance. My daughter loved the breathing and visualization exercises and we enjoyed attending together. Lauloa is someone you can build trust with quickly to talk openly and honestly about your issues and to provide helpful techniques to continue progress between visits. I highly recommend Lauloa. She is a beautiful, kind and talented soul. I'm grateful to have met her.

I had purchased a course online from a physical therapist that did not help my son learn to crawl…read moreafter doing the suggested practices for 3 weeks (he army crawled for two months). Two days after my son saw Scott and he now crawls 100% of the time! Scott was experienced and personable and would 100% go back to him again if I have any other issues!

My grandson has been seeing Scott for a few years now. I cannot say enough good things about the…read morecare and love he has received at Kidsteps. Not only is Scott experienced, he is kind, humorous and caring. He never gives up and, in the kindest way, keeps my grandson from giving up too.

While I did find Mary to be just as knowledgeable and passionate as many other reviewers here,…read moreworking with her didn't turn out to be the best fit for my family. There are a few things that I wish I had known from the beginning, so I thought it might be helpful to share them with other families who are interested in the center: -at this point, fall of 2019, it doesn't seem that there is anyone else working at the center-some reviews mentioned a team of people, so I'm guessing that might have been in years past -because of Mary's delicate immune system, she requested that we cancel sessions if anyone in our family had any signs of illness, such as a runny nose. With my family, this was problematic, as I have a younger son too and work with children in my own work, so we ended up missing quite a few sessions even in the first month -communication about scheduling, superbills, etc can be challenging. Overall, I wish that these issues had not cropped up, as I definitely had the feeling that Mary has a lot to offer her clients and she also can be supportive of parents as well, with parenting tips if they are wanted.

We went to Simoneon for our daughter's AIT (Auditory Integration Training). She was very sensitive…read moreand afraid of harsh and loud sounds. Ms Mary explained us the entire theory of AIT, how to relate the audiogram and the perceived apprehensive sounds, gave us books on the topics, explained us what to expect of AIT. She also explained us how some of these sounds would cause pain in the child's ears and affect them emotionally to develop into a fear of sound. During the entire two week period, Mary was very caring and courteous to our daughter. Apart from the training, helped my daughter get over the fears with a very practical approach making her clean using a silent vacuum cleaner etc. She has given us practical tips of how to eliminate the fear by gradually exposing to attenuated sounds and increasing the intensity etc. the highlight of the entire Training process was the care with which Ms Mary approached and made my child feel comfortable

I took my son to a few OT sessions with Moira earlier this year after I found her on the…read moreDIRFloortime® directory. We only had a few sessions because her assessment found that he did not have insurance-justified reasons for OT, so she wanted to save us money. Moira and her staff are truly special people and I appreciate their neurodiversity-affirming, child-led, respectful approach to OT. She gave me a lot of helpful tips for developing his fine motor skills as well. When you have a child who is developmentally delayed and/or neurodivergent, you hear ALL DAY LONG from professionals about their deficits, what's "wrong" with them, how they're different from their peers, etc, and it's honestly depressing. Moira was one of the few professionals who spoke of my son from a strengths-based perspective which I really appreciated. I would definitely recommend this practice to any parent whose child needs OT.

Wonderful facility and therapists. The owner and OT, Moira, has advanced training in Floortime…read moretherapy (child led) and sensory integration. The facility has two floors, an elevator and a parkinglot.

We started services in Thrive in 2023. Iris has been an incredible EI behavior therapist for my…read moreson. Her dedication to his progress is evident in every session. She is patient, kind, and has a natural ability to connect with him, making each session enjoyable and productive. Iris goes above and beyond to tailor her approach to my son's needs, and her expertise has led to significant improvements in his behavior and social skills. I highly recommend Thrive and Iris to any family seeking exceptional ABA/EI therapy for their child.

My son is currently attending early intervention services. I really appreciate all the work Emanuel…read moredid for us. We have worked with three therapists. They are all very helpful and professional so far. All the staff I worked with are very professional, Shirley, Denise, etc. They reply fast and answer my questions directly. That is very import. As we know, time is valuable especially for kids who are waiting for therapy.

Aimee was my two year olds speech therapist. She was so great with our son, Luke! Unfortunately our…read moreinsurance plan changed so we had to leave, but my son made amazing progress in the 9 months he was with Aimee. We are truly grateful to her, and will miss her! Thank you Aimee :)

Ms. Jennifer Lewis is my favorite specialist in the center. She works as an eating disorder spec…read more with my son Gregory for almost a year and we have a very good progress in it. Gregory has a Down Syndrom, he is 14 and he has a seriouse troubles with eatting anything except one type of pasta and one type of yogurt. Jennifer helps him to feel comfortable and confident trying new types of foods, mixing foods, biting foods, etc. We'll definitely continue to work with her.

Extremely gentle and thorough and knowledgable. He took…read morecareful measurements of my hand and finger movements so they I could see improvement over the 4 sessions of therapy that I had. Very knowledgable and kind in his approach. The exercises worked beautifully to restore hand movement after I fractured my wrist. I am very grateful that I got to see this wonderful therapist.

Dr. Tom and his team are knowledgeable, professional and kind. I have had several hand (finger and…read morewrist) injuries over the years and have always been pleased with my results. I've also referred him to friends and family.

In my life I've experienced PT a few times, in recent years a work injury had placed me in a…read moreposition where I've had more than my share of PT. In my experience, it has always started with a discussion, followed by some sort of massage, ultra sound and even cupping (prep and loosen up). Then I go into various exercises and finally some sort of heat and/or ice. On leaving I am provided with some instructions and (occasionally) given bands, balls, putty, etc. for in home use. My experience at California Rehab and Sports Therapy was nothing like I was used to. To start with the front end staff was not very welcoming. The initial person that evaluated me, seemed to want me to answer their question a certain way, rather than listen to what my current injuries were in order to properly treat me. I wasn't being heard. I was then given over to someone for various exercises. The place is rather small and packed with patients. Afterwards I was given some instructions but no take home things (such as bands etc). On my 3 visits it seemed to only get worse, the person(s) working with me would also be working with 3-4 others at the same time (one gentleman was nice and apologized every time he returned). I was then told to do a side step (with a band on my knees) as I was trying patients and therapists would walk in front of me and get in my way. At every visit I received absolutely no personal attention in the way of massage, tens unit, heat/ cold or any real person attention to my issues or needs. I've always looked forward to PT to help in my care, at this place I dreaded it every single time. I finally reached out to the insurance to transfer me to another PT provider. My normal thing is to reach out to the facility before I review, but their website only allows you to leave your contact info. It's important to note that their reviews here are awful, so I'm not alone. It seems like a place with a ton of locations geared for mass patients and not individual care and personal help (this is evident in that it all open space with no private areas for specialized care). Good medical care is difficult to find, and it's not to much to ask for decent service and individual attention to help the patient. In my opinion, a total fail!!!

I wasn't happy about going to this place because of past experience…read more But I decided to try it again and was happy I did. They work as a team so you can have different people help you with exercises. However, you always spend time with your assigned PT. The exercises and stretches I was assigned to do are helpin.

You always want to make sure the best professionals will treat you and your family and by far…read moreZahava is one of the best professionals we have ever met and we are so fortunate to know her! Zahava knows what she does, she loves what she does and you can see her passion in everything she is doing with these kids. I highly recommend her! Your kid will work hard, but the results will be amazing!

Zahava is the best-kept secret in the Bay area for kids with Sensory Processing difficulties. I…read morelooked up for OT providers on google when I realized we need help with executive functioning difficulties. She doesn't accept insurance and is out of network. She called me back after receiving my voicemail, and talked to me at length about how her therapy differs from others. All my friends said if someone oversells something, it's definitely not good. I had not much to lose and it was close enough for me to manage. Boy! was I suprised! That's an understatement. Every single session brought profound change. 'Bliss' is what I describe what I see after every session in a normally happy child. Gestures came out, expressive language skills sky rocketed, bi-lateral coordination improved, social skills improved, interactivity improved. Coginitive functions improved. We have been there for little over 6 months, I can't even remember how the kid was when we started. We are at a totally different level and I feel confident with every single session. Also, I haven't met a therapist who is so confident and assures us that our kids will be fine the way she does. She truly means it with all her heart. She is very confident in her therapy and so we see the results. She is as dedicated as one can be in her art of sensory processing. She is the best thing that happenned to us and I am grateful for GOD to lead us to her. She is also the best counselor when I go to her after a bad report from school. She boosts my morale instantly. She is always available, I report an issue or share input she responds immediately. At one time, I panicked after a school report and she was on vacation and I messaged what I can do about it. She called me, while on her vacation and spent over an hour over the phone, her personal time, reassuring me sensing my anxiety. I cannot think of anybody other than my family members being with me in such tough times. She spends way beyond an hour for the therapy sessions we go to with things like this. She is family that you don't know you need in the special needs journey. I wish she trains some OTs to expand her practice to make her services available for wider public. They are so needed for so many kids. Every dollar we spend is completely worth it. I say even if you have to mortgage your house to afford her therapy, go for it. That will be the best investment that will reap rewards down the road and save you so much anxiety after you see the kind of progress you wish to see in your child. As you see in other reviews this is a consistent experience for every client she sees. She never lets a client go, it is not believable that nobody ever stops her therapy to change to a different provider. She is the one stop shop. You will never need to look elsewhere and you WILL feel fully taken care of.

I brought my daughter to the free developmental screening day and met Tina and Stephanie. They…read moreprovided me with great information about my daughter's motor and language skills. I then had a couple of consult sessions on how to support my daughter's language, which has been so beneficial. They are extremely informative and easy to work with. I highly recommend bringing your little ones. Oh! and it's definitely a plus that they are multi-lingual and speak Chinese and Vietnamese.

From the owner: At TicTalkToes Therapy, we are a family centered speech, language, feeding, and occupational…read moretherapy clinic. We provide short educational seminars to the community to educate families and providers about development! We work with children of all ages. We currently provide telehealth and in person services. Our therapists are bilingual in Vietnamese and Cantonese-Chinese. Call us to find out more about our services!