Ryanne has helped two of our children with speech therapy in very different phases of development and the world. She worked with our son in person during peak pandemic years (masked up social distance life) and helped him with huge breakthroughs in his 5 year old consonant delays. We knew exactly who to contact when we realized our 6 year old daughter's "r's" weren't quite coming in yet (and Ryanne years before had shared with us that r's should naturally develop around age 5) Now that we live an ocean away from her, our consult and care for our daughter the last 2 months has all been via ZOOM, but honestly the care and progress with our daughter has been even more streamlined and accelerated through Ryanne's professional guidance and plan. Visits have been once a week for 30 min via zoom and our daughter LOVES them. It's been beautiful to see how Ryanne's ability to connect and bond with our kid via a screen is just as genuine as when she was in person working with our son. They chat for a few minutes, do some focused practice with various "R" sounds in different positions in words, then our daughter's favorite part: some reward games at the end virtually, but still practicing "r's" along the way. Ryanne created a folder with practice sheets that I printed out and we colored and worked on at home. Within a month we could hear our daughter easily finding the "r" sound at the beginning of words, and now two months in we are hearing her find r's within her entire vocabulary. We are so grateful to Ryanne, would recommend her to anyone, and will absolutely reach out to her if our third kid shows any potential need for speech therapy along the way. read more

As a child development specialist, it is obvious how much of an expertise Ryanne is in this field as a speech language pathologist. Ryanne can quickly assess a child and spot unusual speech patterns where there are sounds that need support and/or where a child needs help with pragmatic conversation. My relationship with Ryanne began as a partnership in my preschool. Ryanne provided us with speech screenings and then provided speech services to the families who needed it. She came on-site (a rare find to have!) so parents did not have to drive to a clinic during work hours every week (or to a child's home). A huge advantage of this is that Ryanne was able to work with the teachers on how to improve a child's speech while they were in our program. You can imagine how much quicker the growth is in speech development with a united team working with your child. Ryanne also understands that building a true bond with a child is essential to teaching, which I got to see firsthand when my own 6-year-old child needed support. Within minutes of talking him, Ryanne quickly realized his love of Pokemon. And she was able to explain to him in Pokemon terms what was going on with his speech in a way that he completely understood. In much better phrasing, she basically explained to him that his "s" sounds were in the current stage but we needed to get his "s" sounds to the next evolution so that we can take over current "s" sound to improve it. It completely turned things around for us at home when we were working on the sounds with him. And within the first couple sessions, we quickly saw our son self correcting his speech and Ryanne was so great about guiding me as a parent through it all. I also think there is a fear among parents that speech therapy will be a longterm situation and a misconception that speech therapists want to keep your children in speech. I did not experience this at all with Ryanne. When a child was ready to "graduate," she celebrated this growth. She is professional, amazing with children, and so skilled at what she does. I highly recommend her services! read more

Ryanne is an exceptional speech therapist. We started looking for a private speech therapist after being shuffled back and forth in our insurance system. Ryanne was immediately responsive and made getting started painless and convenient for our family. She has been working with our toddler at our home weekly. When we first started, our daughter was on one-word expressions. After starting therapy, we saw significant progress each and every month. Our daughter really enjoyed her weekly sessions and looked forward to seeing Ryanne every week. :) What really impressed me was that Ryanne approached us after 7 months to let us know that she thought our daughter had made enough progress to stop. She's a consummate professional and great to work with. She even offered to speak to our daughter's preschool teachers to see how things are going in class. At every point, it really felt Ryanne was going above and beyond. We feel incredibly indebted to her for supporting our child to where she is today. read more

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We are so grateful for Ryanne's expertise and her ability to see our son quickly. We had been placed on several waitlists, but Ryanne was incredibly responsive, organized, easy to work with, and quickly saw our son and diagnosed his phonological disorder. She has been very personable and both of our kids look forward to her visits (even though only one of them is actually receiving services)! She plays fun, interactive games which my son really enjoys, while being very effective and giving great tips. I love receiving updates with each visit and additional feedback, worksheets, and flash cards to help guide our practice at home. We see big improvements in a short period of time and are so happy that our son also seems to have more confidence in himself. read more

Ryanne is an extraordinary Speech Language Pathologist, and has truly become a friend of our family. She is kind, caring, supportive and has made a genuine bond with our children. She learned exactly the type of interests our children have, so that she could connect with them on their level and make the most out of their sessions. Ryanne kept me updated and informed every step of the way, letting me know of her goals and giving me at tips/handouts so that I could to build on our child's progress at home. Ryanne also connected with our child's teachers, to learn more about classroom teaching and learning styles, and was able to use that information to tailor her sessions. Ryanne is an amazing speech therapist and I would highly recommend her to any family looking for speech support with their littles. read more

Ryanne (Upword) is AMAZING. She is expert, warm, and absolutely incredible with our kiddos. She puts great detail into her plans, individualizing for unique needs/personality/etc. Our son spent a year+ working with her and not only did he go from a few words to thousands, Ryanne is the talk of so much of his imaginative play now ---- we are grateful for her. read more

Our son has been working with Ryanne for over a year and we would highly recommend her to others looking for Speech coaching!

Ryanne is incredibly kind, knowledgeable, and effective. She is easy to communicate with and her compassion for kiddos is clear. She helped my son immensely with his stutter. He is so much more confident and calm now, after working with Ryanne. We sooo appreciate all her hard work and kindness. She's the best. read more

Ryanne was wonderful with our son and helped him make great strides with his "r" pronunciation. She has boundless energy and a positive glow that helped our hesitant and shy kid bond to her quickly. He loved her games and jokes and going to his speech therapy never felt like a chore for him. He was sad when she moved to Hawaii and a different therapy group took over at his school and even said we should visit her there! Thanks, Ryanne, for taking Arthur so far on his speech journey and doing so with laughter and fun! read more

We couldn't wish for a better SLP for our kid, Ryanne has it all! She is a nice person and great professional. She knows how to deliver great results while keeping sessions fun and engaging for the kid. My son loves Ryanne so much that he asks daily for her to come play with him :) My son's speech has significantly improved in just few months. We will surely miss Ryanne! read more

We highly recommend Ryanne for Speech Therapy! She was excellent for our 5 year old. She helped him greatly improve his clarity of speech. He LOVED his time with her. Thank you Ryanne! read more

Ryanne goes above and beyond. She was proactive in developing a relationship not only with our son- but with his teachers at school as well as us. Ryanne is professional, reliable, friendly, and a real pleasure to work with. read more

Ryanne is a superb speech therapist as well as a very kind, caring professional. We were so lucky to be referred to Ryanne at the height of the pandemic. She was willing to come to our home to work with our grandson, immediately. Two years later, Ryanne was available to fit in our younger granddaughter. Her diagnostic acumen and speech intervention is spot on. As a reading specialist, I have rarely worked with a speech Therapist who communicates on an ongoing basis with parents like Ryanne does. This enabled us to practice with the children in tandem with her and to move their progress along. Additionally, I appreciated the fact that she let us know when our grandchildren had reached their developmental goals. Her therapeutic activities made it a lot of fun for both of the children to learn, when in fact they thought all along they were playing! We highly recommend Ryanne to work with students of all ages. Her expertise, pleasant attitude and work ethic make it a pleasure to write this review. Marcene L. read more

Ryanne was an amazing therapist for our daughter. Our daughter was on the older side and knew that she had articulation difficulties. Ryanne was professional, yet fun, and made our daughter feel comfortable from the very beginning. We were able to do a mix of in person and virtual lessons and Ryanne was even able to come to our school site and do sessions during our daughter's afterschool program. We highly recommend Ryanne! read more

Ryanne is just incredible - a wonderful speech therapist whose sessions are fun and delightful. We really couldn't believe the progress our 6/7 year old made with her - it was super fast and lasting. Our son LOVED his time with her! A side benefit is that she'll teach your kid many new games that they'll love. She's also super responsive and very easy to coordinate with. I'd recommend Ryanne to anyone! read more

Ryanne was great to work with! She took the time to listen to our concerns and came up with a plan for us. She made it easy for us to meet us in an outdoor soccer field and worked with our schedule. My 2.5 year old son met Ryanne and interacted with her right away. Ryanne also set up a Zoom call to have all the adult discussion and expectation before we met, so she could be full time focusing on my son during evaluation. That's very thoughtful of her and I really appreciated her caring approach. She also made recommendation for my concern about my 5 years old son during one of our following up calls. It really takes a village to raise a child, I am thankful to find Ryanne and all her professional advice. I highly recommend her to others! read more

Ryanne at Upword Speech was highly recommended to me by a friend who had gone to her regarding her 5 year old daughter. Ryanne provided a quick and thorough consultation for me, with some concerns I had about my 3 year old son. She was extremely responsive and provided us a consultation that was comprehensive, helpful, thoughtful and put our minds at ease. Should we need to pursue further help, we will absolutely be continuing with her. I highly recommend reaching out to her with any questions or concerns with your child's speech development! read more

We have been extremely happy with Upword and Ryanne's support of our son. He delights in her visits and we have seen more progress under her care in the last 4 months than we saw in the previous year of speech therapy. She works diligently to tailor her lessons/ approach to his personality and interests. We were especially impressed by her engagement with his previous therapists and the way she turns exercises into bits of fun mischief, which works well for our son who always likes to be making tricks and jokes. She also does a great job helping us as parents by providing guidance and exercises we can do with our son in everyday interactions. She is also very easy to communicate with, responsive, punctual, and very flexible. read more

Our 4 year old daughter has been working with Ms. Ryanne in person for the past several months. Our daughter always has a wonderful time with Ms. Ryanne every week. Ms. Ryanne is very sweet and accommodating. She works closely with the us and preschool to make sure our daughter is communicating in the right path. Now that our daughter has graduated from Ms. Ryanne, we will miss her dearly. read more

Our 8 year old had a wonderful experience with Teacher Ryanne, as we called her. She is highly skilled, has a wonderful, warm approach and knows how to make the speech therapy friendly, fun and effective. She took a real interest in our daughter and got her to share about her many interests, books, friends, family, all while working on her sounds. Highly recommend Ryanne and her practice! read more

We loved working with Ryanne!My daughter has dyslexia and she supported her by building her skills and confidence. Highly recommended!