Have seen other parents rave about this place. Decided to try it out however the waitlist is…read morebonkers. It's been about 6 months since we had our first eval. We paid a pretty penny for that initial assessment and not able to get a copy of that report which is odd. Seems like they're backed up and you pretty much have to keep nagging them to get things moving. Not sure what their internal system looks like. I just received an email from the coordinator on my availability a couple months back and that was it. I thought I was the only one going through this but spoke with another mom and same deal with her. If you are also in much need of speech therapy, do not wait for these folks! Unless you're guaranteed scheduled times after the assessment.

TALK saved my son! He has Expressive-Receptive Language Disorder among other things. This Disorder…read moreaffected everything in his life. Before TALK, he couldn't really have a conversation. Now he speaks clearly and answers the convo without any pause. We went through a ROUGH time during a transition to HighSchool & they were with us the WHOLE time. They were able to hold our hand through the whole process and really tackle the whole situation. The result? A more confident, clear spoken person. Incredible. Their feedback is so detailed and they tackle Every single aspect. I attribute everything my son is now to them!

My son came to Speech Goals for several months and attended a weekly group session with Miss Kathy…read more Kathy is great and creates a welcoming and fun environment for the kids. Each week, she would try and incorporate different activities that would appeal to the kids but still help them come out of their shells and develop their language skills. A lot of exercises would be around finding things around the room and helping the child name it out loud to build their confidence in using their words. There were also other set routines built into the class, such as the hello/goodbye song, playtime, snack time, and then music time. I've interacted with different members of the staff and other speech therapists through Speech Goals since my time here and I've been very impressed with the professionalism and genuine level of care everyone has for the kids that come through the program. The only thing I would wish to change is the level of parental involvement that is required. We came for two hours each week, which was really very difficult to do with a full-time work schedule. In fact, we qualified to come twice a week, four hours total, but I knew there was no way I could commit to doing that. It would be nice if there was an option where the classes were either shorter, or the parent could drop off the child and pick them up when class was over like some other speech programs do. Especially when a good amount of the two-hour block is spent during playtime, where the kids get free play in the facility's indoor play area. There is definitely a benefit in helping kids get their energy out and build their gross motor skills but I'd rather focus the time there on the specific exercises targeted toward his speech and take him to the park after work hours for playtime. But overall, Speech Goals can be a very valuable place to go to to help address early development needs for your toddler. Thank you for the partnership these last few months!

Miss Kathy has been my son's speech therapist for almost a year now, and she has made this learning…read moreprocess such a breeze. She's soft spoken, gentle, and kind. I really liked her approach and flexibility with my strong-willed kiddo. He went from a couple words to little sentences, and we always enjoyed our time with her. She was also so helpful with general parenting questions I'd bring up and so supportive when my son had a tough time transitioning between activities.

V is a brilliant and very knowledgeable Speech Pathologist. She is also very relational and very…read morevery patient. V has never pushed my daughter to talk but when my daughter with V, that's the time my daughter talks the most. V follows my daughter's lead and very play-based. At the same time she works hard on helping my daughter to have conversation with her. My daughter enjoys her time with V so much! I highly recommend V to be your child's Speech Pathologist!

I cannot say enough about V Tisi's impassioned and thoroughly researched presentations, often…read moresupported with key anecdotal and personal content that helps attendees incorporate neurodiversity-affirming practices, intersectional considerations, social justice perspectives, and critical thinking for nuanced integration when working with patients, clients, and students across the scope of speech-language pathology. Even as a presenter myself in overlapping areas, V. brings novel and unexpected perspectives to my attention. I cannot recommend them highly enough!

This team is phenomenal. Truly... my son had not yet been diagnosed with anything, but I knew his…read morespeech was in trouble. I did a bit of research and found Amanda and her team. We worked with both Amanda and Alli over four years, and my son made tremendous progress in his expressive language and speech pragmatics. The team is not only dedicated to making speech fun, but they attend regular workshops and conferences to keep at the cutting edge of new techniques and protocols, applying what works best for their little clients. We moved to the East Bay, or we'd still be with BASS. Fingers crossed that they open a location here!

We LOVE Amanda!!!…read more Before we found her, I did my research and contacted many speech therapist in our area, granted our son was not a severe case, most speech therapist I inquired about already had him on a strict lesson and weekly attendance schedule even prior to assessing him. I was turned off by that immediately. When we contacted Amanda I immediately felt comfortable and reassured that she was the best fit for us. There was no pressure or immediate schedule or routine because she really didn't know what he needed until she met him. She has a way with our son that not only makes him comfortable but makes his learning and therapy fun. Thanks to her he has come a long way in a short amount of time. She really cares about him and his progress and provides play activities that will best enhance his therapy sessions. Lj always looks forward to seeing her and playing with her, she really takes the time to get to know your child and helps establish a set goal. This is why we believe he is doing so well, she is really great and we highly recommend her!!!

I worked with Judy for about a year. I had (and still have) a mild stutter. But what you really…read morelearn there are mechanisms to control it. It's really up to you to apply them or not, default pattern of the speach will probably always stay with you, but you would learn another one. It takes time and effort to establish and maintain this pattern. Daily practice is required, ideally hours of controlled speach using the basic techique and minimizing the time when you are upset/angry/pressed and cannot control it. During our most active phase of the therapy (3 times a week for about 3 months) I was able to a) establish this pattern of clear speech, make sure I can call it anytime, b) get more confidence in my abilities to control it. Essentially, both parts are very important. It allowed me to overcome my fear of public speaking and talk at a 500 people conference. It went well, although after it I started to practice less and following conferences/talks were not that great so the fear grown back a bit. But it's really more about me not practicing enough, I feel. That said, I'm going to present in the same conference again this year. Probably will get back to Judy to get back into my zone. To sum up: helps to learn the basics of speech control, shows the pattern, works as a forcing function for you to practice. But it won't do the job for you. You'll have to practice a lot, for the whole life. No silver bullet. Reminds me a path of meditation/consiousness. 5m a day are not enough. And it's a marathon (probably life-long) and not a sprint.

The things I like about her therapy:…read more a) She does not care about how old are you. She is more interested in knowing how excited are you to be a stutter-free person. b) She is treating people with stuttering problem for the past 30 years. So she is a truly professional lady. c) She can make you realize how big is your problem of stuttering, and help you to reduce it to a minuscule problem. d) Her therapy is trying to make me stutter free.

I m so thankful to this place. Before I was so worried that my daughter is almost 2years and…read more6months old and she was not able to speak even a single word properly but now I am so glad that my daughter is speaking multiple of words and sentences. I wanna specially thanks Mrs. Lica for her help and effort. Highly recommended.

Kathy is the best!! My daughter has improved so much with Kathy's help. We saw some improvement…read morewithin the first month with just 1x week sessions. And now after a few months everyone has noticed such an improvement with her. She's pretty normal in her communication but want to continue and work through expanding. It's amazing how much improvement with just weekly sessions. Also a side note, Jasna (I think she's the director at Speech Goals) is pretty awesome. She took the time to meet my daughter to see for herself what could be some of the delays before letting me sign up and pay additional private sessions out of pocket.

Nova is amazing! She's incredibly kind, friendly and makes the sessions fun for the kids. My six…read moreyear old got started a little late and she greatly improved his speech and sound formation. She gave helpful tips and explanations on ways we could work with our son as well as things he could do so he self corrected. Nova explained things to my son in a way that was easy for him to understand as well as made each of the meetings fun. He geniunely looked forward to his sessions and was sad when our time eventually ended. Nova also was very accommodating with our schedule, which as a mom of multiple children, I greatly appreciated. Whole heartedly would recommend!

My son got diagnosed with speech delay since he was 17 months old. Nova is patient, caring and…read moreunderstanding. My son always learn something new (words & baby sign language) after his session with Nova. Beside helping our son to thrive, Nova also provided us with very useful information and tools on how to help our son with his speech at home. Thank you Nova!

We took our middle son to see Ellen because he was behind in his language development. She was…read moreable to keep his attention during the lessons and he was always excited to go and see her. I'm happy to say our son has graduated from speech theraphy! I don't think it would have gone so quickly if it wasn't for Ellen's support in the beginning!