We have used Boston Speech Therapy since the fall and we could not be happier! Our son has a speech…read moredelay and we are so happy with his progress. He waits all week for his speech therapist, Emma, to come over. He is so excited to see her and learn with her. We have noticed a significant improvement in his speech, he is now saying words and phrases that we couldn't have imagined five months ago. We could not be happier with Emma and all of her hard work at helping our son!

I used Boston Speech Therapy for consultation services for my child who was struggling with…read morestuttering... They were professional, caring, and most importantly efficient. After only four sessions, I already noticed a significant difference in my son's communication ability, as well as his overall self-confidence... Can't say how grateful I am and will forever will be

Our 4 years old son started his therapy at the center last year due to a language delay and we…read morecan't be more happy about his progress. He's been working with Ellen and has improved dramatically! She developed a personalized program for our son and after each sessions, she provides us with tips and exercises that we can work with him on. I highly recommend the speech therapy center, it has done wonders for our little one, whether by helping him formulate his feelings into words or by boosting his confidence.

We have been sending our 4 year old daughter to the Speech Therapy Center since Spring of 2020. We…read moreneeded an alternative to preschool because of the pandemic and we are SO glad we found this place! The specialists that we worked with have really helped our daughters speech improve over the past year and they have been so great about teaching us ways to continue to work on it at home! Our daughter has looked forward to her time at the center each week, as they have founds ways to work with her through games, crafting and stories. Can't say enough great things about this place and all the people who work here!- most especially Alisa, Rebecca and Krista!

Jessica is extremely knowledgeable and provided us useful strategies to help our son's language…read moreprogress. As a therapist, she is very kind, thoughtful, and patient. Highly recommend!

They are very flexibly in working with your schedule and helping your children. Every single person…read morewe interacted with there was upbeat and had a positive attitude. They will listen to your input on areas to work on with your child. And most importantly, they provide great speech therapy.

I am writing to share that I've uncovered a group of Pediatric Speech Pathologists in Boston…read more Their name is Chatterboxes. We had trouble with the hospitals as their waiting lists were long and our son couldn't be seen for 7 months. In that Chatterboxes is the only Pediatric SLP private practice in Greater Boston, we were excited to find them. Needless to say, Chatterboxes came through and helped our son treamendously. Thought it could be of help to other moms. Their website is www.teamchatterboxes.com

This Neuro feedback was very expensive and resulted in no improvement of any aspect of my…read moredaughters brain injury. The Dr spent a lot of time testing in the beginning and showing the results of the tests but there were no plans to retest at the end if 20 sessions. The only thing that was repeated was a very subjective and unreliable survey rating aspects of her symptoms on a scale of 1-5. Dr Ross was sure that my daughters speech had improved when it was clear to all of us that it was no different or even worse that day. This was a huge waste of thousands of dollars.

This is an update to my previous review. I am about 20ish neurofeedback session in. I have found…read morethe fight/flight/freeze responses I had grown so used to lessening, which is what I had hoped for in starting the process. It took my brain a while, so be patient if you don't see instant results. Dr. Ross continues to be engaging and helpful in our discussions and check-ins. It is clear to me she cares about her clients and is passionate about the work she does (as is everyone in the office). The staff are kind and it is clear they care about each other and the clients. The office is a little hard to find if you are using the googlemaps phone app. You should look for the driveway close to the train tracks then go to the left and down. There are designated parking spots.

So we've only been here since the end of March (I can't keep track of my life anymore). We are…read moregrateful for this place ! It's conveniently located near our son's preschool, and they take our insurance. I'll write our experience so far. !!!!!!!!Please note this is our experience so it may very per family !!!!!!!!! It is a little hard to get in touch by phone because a front desk staff doesn't exist. Email is probably easier. We were lucky to get an appointment pretty quickly thanks to having a referral from our pediatrician and a neuropsychological exam report ready to send. Our insurance works like this (we have BCBS; they ONLY take BCBS and Harvard Pilgrim): we pay a high copay for the first 15 sessions and then we pay our usual in network office copay. Some notes about the waiting room: When you come for your first meeting , this is not like a usual office...you are not greeted by a front desk staff and you don't check in. The therapist comes to greet you at your appointment time. There is a phone at the front you can use if late and it lets you know the therapists' direct lines to let them know you have arrived. No food or drink is allowed. There's plentiful seating. There are some books to look through while waiting. They have a large fish tank. There are keys for the bathroom (one for men's room and one for women's room). If you don't see the key someone is using it. Bathrooms are clean. The therapy sessions: The first two sessions are assessment sessions. After the second session , the therapist set goals for progress and then they let you know how many times a week will be needed. In our case we come twice a week. They do monthly progress reports via phone call. They are able to call both parents at work for a 3 way conference call. Conclusion: Our son is 4 and has ADHD and is a year behind on language development. We are very much looking forward to him using more words and thinking more abstractly. He is already making some progress so we are very happy (Thanks Sara!). They do a lot of play based therapy. We were a little worried about because our son's attention span is like 5 seconds long. She does a good job redirecting him. Some days are better than others. But he's slowly getting there. Our son enjoys coming (we call it Talking Game so that "therapy" doesn't stress him out so much haha). We are glad to have found this place!

Elizabeth Kwo, currently a resident at CHA Somerville Primary Care, is one of the best doctors I've…read morehad the pleasure of working with. It's always super frustrating when a doctor listens to your first 5 words, comes up with a conclusion (no matter how correct it may be), and then spends the rest of the session and your words reinforcing their opinion of that conclusion. It's a basic failure of the scientific method. You don't skew and cherrypick the data to follow your initial conclusion, like in middle school science class. You look at all the data first, and then come up with possible conclusions. Dr. Kwo passes this acid test with five stars. Not only was she kind and attentive while listening to my descriptions, she also made me privy to her thought process and helped me rule out any serious concerns by patiently explaining each and every single one. As if this is not stellar enough, today I phoned the primary care office with an urgent question while feeling very sick and had to resort to leave a message at the front desk for her. Getting an appointment would have taken too long. Just an hour later she called me back, and answered my questions on the phone for a whole 15 minutes! When I thanked her, she casually replied "Oh sure, there's no way we were going to let you go through that by yourself". I think that sums it up nicely. Primary care, like teaching, is one of those things where being a good academic is very necessary but not sufficient by itself. You also need a healthy dose of understanding, empathy, care and compassion. Dr Kwo has both, with a healthy dose of common sense too. I don't know if she plans to keep doing primary care after her residency, but I sure hope she does for my own selfish purposes :)

Allison worked with my 2yo son for 6 months. At 22 months he didn't have a single word and was…read morealmost a year behind his peers. By the end of our time together he had around 100 words and can put together 3-4 word sentences. He's much closer to being caught up and so much happier. We appreciated Allison's approach where she would watch us play with him and give tips and observations that helped us reinforce language outside of our sessions. We liked the balance of parent education and play therapy so we felt like we had the tools we needed to make progress outside of our time each week. Allison does a great job of keeping communication open. She would regularly interface with my sons EI SLP who would see him at school to make sure they were on the same page. She's open to emails and questions outside of your scheduled time and quick to respond, which I appreciate! My son enjoyed our time each week and loved to carry the tablet around the house to "hold her hand" and show her around. We'd highly recommend Allison and Springboard Speech & Language to anyone needing extra speech support.

Our school had agreed that our son's speech needed therapy but it didn't qualify for help at…read moreschool. He recognized himself that he needed to improve his speech clarity and asked for help. We were worried as it was late to start speech therapy as a teen, but it's never too late it turns out. Luckily we found Springboard Speech Therapy. It didn't take long for our son to show improvement, and he showed more confidence speaking up at school and is now even in the debate club which requires fast and clear talking. The progress was clear every week, and he got exercises to practice at home. Her approach is very scientific. I fully recommend whether your child is older or younger! We did all of this online, with a weekly session after school.