The team at Metro Speech Therapy has been such a bright spot in our lives. I don't say this…read morelightly. As a registered nurse with over 23 years of experience, I can honestly say I feel lucky to be a patient here. After a long stretch of confusion and uncertainty, they helped us finally get the right diagnoses and guided us through a really tough recovery period with so much care and patience. We first met Andrea, who is an absolute powerhouse of information. She's smart, direct, and exactly who you want at the start of a journey like this. She recommended we work with Abbi. Abbi has been a literal angel on our path to recovery. She's so smart, kind, responsive, encouraging, and incredibly thoughtful. Every time we hit a bump in the road, she's had an answer ready and a calm confidence that made everything feel manageable again. I can't recommend this team enough. They've changed our lives, and we're so grateful for everything they've done. Thank you all.

I wouldn't refer anyone to this business even if I was paid to do it. I truly believe in my heart…read morethat their is a cultural disdain and contempt their for African Americans that intelligently question them. I simply was professionally placing a normal inquiry that ANY good parent would....and they labeled me as an intimidating angry BLACK MAN. I've been a Christian Minister for 37yrs and I own multiple successful businesses in Montgomery County. They refused to help my 3yr old son simply because they didn't like my questions. These are the type of people that would abruptly clutch their purse if they saw me getting on the elevator. DO NOT TAKE MY WORD...just call them and ask intelligent protective questions about the Service they would provide for your BLACK Child and sit back...and enjoy the ride. They will become profoundly dismissive.

We brought our 2.5 year old to see Mandy and were with her for approximately 1.5 years. Mandy…read moreprovided just the right advice as well as engagement for our child (and as new parents, her experienced guidance and suggestions throughout also gave us peace of mind). Our toddler at the time was very shy, so her approach of play-based speech therapy was the ideal fit for a shy kiddo. He looked forward to sessions and didn't realize it was "work", but instead saw it as a fun activity where he was able to play with a variety of toys with an energetic playmate. I don't see how Mandy has the energy to play with the little ones all day, but she does--and really seems to enjoy it. The play/session environment is comfortable, welcoming, clean, and has a toy store's worth of different toys (and Mandy is always trying out new ones for the repertoire). Mandy immediately identified a structural issue that a previous formal evaluation from another speech therapist missed. Our child progressed wonderfully and is now outgoing, able to express himself clearly and with a range of vocabulary and sentence structures, and is doing advanced language and verbal work at school. We are very satisfied and highly recommend Bethesda Speech for Kids and Mandy.

Mandy has made an enormous difference in the life of my 9yo. My son has been in and out of various…read morespeech pathologist's offices since he was 4, and I could never hear or see a measurable difference in his speech until we found Mandy. The difference in a year with her is greater by far than the difference in 5 years with everyone else combined. I cannot say enough good things about our experience with her. She is incredibly effective as a speech pathologist, and the results are really clear. Even more than that, she is flexible, patient, adaptive and works with my son rather than at him. Her humor shines through steadily, and she is very kind, and my son can sense that and relaxes with her. She has specific, targeted exercises and games she goes through with him - he has only begun to figure out that the games are work - and gives us home practice in such a way that he knows what he needs to be doing and how to do it. My son can be a handful - so she works in movement breaks and tunes the games to his interests and approaches it with humor that makes him feel welcome. She gives prizes after so many stickers earned - set at a reasonable, attainable pace - and I noticed that, having figured out my son liked puzzles and stuffed animals, that the prizes being offered have quietly become things he enjoys. He vibrates for the opportunity to win them. Even the games have become quietly tuned to his needs and preferences; I've never seen so many games of Memory played. My son invented his own version of Go Fish with the articulation cards, and she went so far as to write down the rules so they could play it again. Seriously, she is *amazing*. As a note: my son went from throwing tantrums at the very idea of speech to cheerfully practicing at home and happily showing up to his speech therapy. Because she praises him for his effort and his progress and specifically what he is doing right, he can aim for that specific thing again and *believes her* when she tells him he's working and she can tell. I cannot tell you what a difference that has made. Most importantly, my son went, in less than a year, from being unintelligible unless someone had known him for years, to being a confident, talkative, outgoing kid with a lot to say. A few months in with Mandy, I stopped having to 'translate' for him. Months ago, he suddenly started talking non stop, because he could be understood and heard and participate. Before that, he only spoke that much with me, and he chose the most efficient script to short hand what he wanted to communicate, as speaking was tedious and hard work and he might have to repeat himself five times. Now, he is speaking happily and with assurance with his friends and with his teachers, and does not hesitate to step up and speak when called upon to do so. Mandy has made SUCH a difference in his life, and I am forever grateful. She is worth every penny and moment of time. I highly recommend her; you won't find a better speech pathologist.

After undergoing Anterior Cervical Disc Arthroplasty (ACDA) a year from this past September -…read more9/15/17,  and also running against clock (as far as what improvement could be made in my walking & gait Post-Op, I found an office full of confident and helpful people that knew what they were doing at MedSTAR NRH Rehabilitation off Montrose Road. While I received PT services from about all of the physical therapists (Jessica and Mercedes), Brittany really was instrumental in taking the time to learn what verbal cues were key during in my recovery and PT sessions, and how quickly improvement came about with my gait. Every single person in that office was nothing less than wonderful in working with me, even though my schedule would've been maddening to me with how many times I had to switch things around. Not only did I get much much better - but working with people who cared about their jobs and patients made it so much more encouraging. This is a special group. A++

Fixed my back right up. Kris (male) was excellent, as was the woman I was inducted by. Kris did…read moresome adjustments to my back and hips when needed, as well as some massage. I had ultrasound a couple of times. Heat and stim were offered each time but I declined. The focus was (rightly) on exercises, which progressed as my back improved. They used a phone app "StriveHub" to remind me of the exercises, which included videos and number of reps, etc. I found the app to be superior to the photocopied instructions but wish I'd asked for the photocopies for my permanent reference on the last day.

Stay away. This place is so unprofessional, and its impossible to schedule anything with them. I…read morefilled out the link to make an appointment, and then instead of calling me to work out a time, they just refer me to an email that goes out every Friday at 7pm with available slots, and then its just everyone grabs a slot. This is ridiculous. Furthermore, instead of responding to my email inquires about scheduling, they just ignored multiple emails and calls from me.

My son has been here almost a year receiving OT. And when I mean this has been by far the best…read morecustomer service and care that's my son has received from any clinic he's been to. I would say starting from the front desk and all therapists here are so kind , friendly and respectful they look forward to meet the goal and milestone with each child they work with. I couldn't be more happy and pleased with PDC. I would recommend this place to any parent with a child in need of threapy.

Jennifer is fabulous! She has great energy and is extremely thoughtful and engaging. She is…read morewonderful to work with and brings phenomenal insights based on her years of practice. Simply put, she's great!

Jennifer is amazing with our daughter. Very patient and enthusiastic. We are lucky to have found…read moreher.

We brought our 4yo daughter here under a recommendation that she get evaluated for speech and audio…read moreconcerns. We appreciate how honest the therapist was about how she didn't see any underlying concerns with her in this area and was not pushy about continuing therapy sessions. But we did discuss perhaps occupational therapy to help her with feeding for future development. So we booked a few feeding OT sessions with Nadia and my daughter was in love with her from day 1. She was kind, patient and instantly connected with our daughter in trying to pin point the best way to encourage her to open up on how she interacts with food. Would highly recommend.

My son has been attending speech therapy sessions at Fairfax Pediatric Therapy since early January…read more He is almost 9 and has always struggled with his "s," "sh," and "ch" sounds - but we waited to see if he would grow out of it (he didn't). On recommendation of our dentist, we tried some videos to help him with speech, but we were not successful on our own. After a Zoom call with Ariel and Ahmad, the speech therapist, we felt very confident and comfortable with Fairfax Pediatric Therapy. After the first session, my son made huge strides in his "sh" sounds - he was actually able to articulate it correctly, even if it was a struggle. Long story short, as of today (3 months after starting) Finn has met all of his speech goals and no longer needs the services. Both Ahmad and Finn worked hard to make this happen - and in such a short time. I didn't expect progress so fast, to be honest. Not only that - my kiddo actually looked forward to the sessions. Ahmad took the time to get to know his interests - chess and strategy games - and built the sessions around play. When we left today, for the last time, Finn said he was going to miss his friend. We have had the best experience! Thank you.

The Learning RX / Suparna saved my son! When he lost his memory and cognitive abilities her…read moretraining retrained my sons brain and rebuilt his confidence! Their process and genuine concern meant the world to our family and is the reason my son is able to get back to school. Thank you for everything you did for our son and anyone that has the privilege of working with you will truly see the value your program provides-Kind Regards, Mrs. Grimaldi

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