Lisa Klein is a brilliant, generous and thoughtful human being. As an SLP, she is dedicated, innovative and tireless in her efforts to improve her clients' ability to express themselves. Her devotion to her clients is paramount and her discipline as an apraxia specialist is admirable. She is continually educating herself on the cutting edge developments/methods to treat various speech disorders. My 2.5 yr old daughter has Childhood Apraxia of Speech and upon first seeing Lisa, had only 8 words. After five months of therapy with Lisa, my daughter is nothing short of a little chatterbox, with a word count 75+. Her sessions with Lisa are, in my opinion, the secret to her success. Lisa tailors each session to the child, meeting them where they are at and inspiring excellence in their performance. Unlike, other SLPs we have worked with, she integrates unique rewards/opportunities that specifically motivate my daughter, making speech therapy more fun and satisfying as a whole. For instance, my daughter is a huge fan of Minnie Mouse. Noting this, Lisa got assimilated Minnie Mouse pictures and toys into the therapy to further interest my daughter. In other Speech Therapy practices, I've found that SLPs stick to a sort of "routine", utilizing the same tools for every child. Lisa truly customizes her sessions, targeting each child's specific motivators and engaging them to the fullest. Lisa has gone above and beyond to comfort and educate us as a family as well. She is always there when we've needed professional advice or guidance. She is knowledgeable in so many areas and can offer insight into many of the obstacles that face kiddos struggling with speech. I've seen such an amazing transformation in my daughter's ability to communicate since we started with Lisa. I credit Lisa for giving my beautiful daughter a voice in this World. To me, Lisa is a guardian angel of sorts, providing my daughter with the tools and knowledge she needs to harness not just her voice, but also her burgeoning sense of self. read more

Lisa Klein is a sensational, compassionate, generous, and inspirational individual. It is hard to put into words how remarkable of a person she truly is. Lisa is the most dedicated, thoughtful, innovative, and brilliant speech and language pathologist. She goes above and beyond with everything she does. Lisa works tirelessly to help all of her patients reach their full potential. She is continuously educating herself on cutting edge developments and methods to treat various speech disorders. She is incredibly devoted to all of her patients and customizes every speech therapy session to meet the child's unique needs. My daughter is five years old and has childhood apraxia of speech. When we started seeing Lisa in May 2017 she had 5 words. After one session with Lisa she my daughter was able to produce 2 new words. We have been seeing Lisa for almost two years now and the advances my daughter has made are remarkable. Her vocabulary has increased tremendously and she is now able to say multiple word phrases. Lisa is very motivating, engaging, and encouraging. My daughter looks forward to going to speech with Lisa. We drive an hour and a half each way twice a week to see Lisa and it is beyond worth it. My daughter had been in speech since she was 18 months old and we made little to no progress until she started seeing Lisa. My daughter made more progress in one session with Lisa than she did in two years of speech therapy with other SLP's. Lisa has forever changed our lives by giving my daughter the ability to find her voice. I call Lisa our real life super hero. She has been our guiding light through this challenging journey. Lisa has give us comfort, guidance, knowledge, and support. She goes out of her way to help in anyway she can. I cannot say it enough Lisa is an extraordinary person and an outstanding speech and language pathologist. Lisa will do everything she can to help children find their voices.  - Chelsea read more

Lisa Klein is an extraordinary speech therapist. My son has been in speech therapy ever since he was two years old and has seen many therapists that were considered the best in the field. About three years ago, when he turned 10, we stopped speech therapy. He had made a lot of progress but still had what seemed like an endless way to go, but we felt it was a good idea for him to take a break. Then, a few months ago, his pediatrician sent us to see Lisa to work on his articulation issues. As soon as we met Lisa I knew it was going to be a completely different experience. Besides being so lovely and nurturing, she worked with him on his tongue placement in a way no other therapist ever had. She observed him closely and worked actually inside his mouth with her fingers to show him where his tongue should be. He was never showed this or taught this way before - it was always the same rote drills that he was bored of and only got him to a certain point in his articulation. Most importantly, she noticed that his lingual frenulum (tongue tied) appeared to be tight and sent us to see an ENT specialist. That specialist confirmed Lisa's diagnosis, and Nate is now scheduled for surgery. Over all the past 11 years not one single doctor or speech therapist noticed this problem, so easy to fix, that would have helped our son so long ago. The ENT specialist said this will make a massive difference in improving our son's speech! We are so thankful to Lisa for noticing this - if she hadn't, he would have never been able to get any further on his articulation then he is today. We are just sorry we hadn't found her earlier. Lisa is truly unlike any speech therapist we have seen in 11 years. She is smart, kind and so nice to be around, our son actually looks forward to see her! Our family trusts and loves Lisa!! read more

'Lisa is brilliant. It is difficult to express in words how one person has given a young family so much hope. We travelled from Australia to bring our 2.5 yr old daughter (who was non-verbal), to visit with Lisa. We had exhausted all our hopes of finding anyone who understood and could connect with our daughter, the way that Lisa did on our very first visit. Lisa is an attentive, dedicated, and extremely caring SLP, who is motivated beyond belief to reach goals for her clients. From our first initial contact Lisa remained attentive, and supportive of our journey, and skyped with us to gain a better understanding of our daughter before we travelled abroad. Within the first couple of sessions, Lisa had our daughter using the sounds for 'more' and combining that with sign language to bridge the communication gap. Within our first week in Santa Monica, our daughter was improving in leaps and bounds with new sounds and associated signs. This made our heart sing, to think that she was actually helping our daughter, when so many had failed to do so. Lisa was prepared and organised and each session was specifically targeted at gaining the most appropriate and reasonable responses out of G, like a well oiled machine. Once home the support has not stopped. Lisa regularly checks in to see how G is improving and what assistance we are receiving at home. She is always available to us when we have questions and/or need advice. She is truly one of a kind. My husband is still referring to Lisa as the 'only person' who has helped our daughter get to where she is now with her speech. Our 2 week intensive visit with Lisa put us 6 months ahead with Gracie's progress, she is truly a magical SLP. We will be making the journey back. I would move there if I could!' Sarah (mother of 2.5 girl). read more

I don't even know where to begin talking about Lisa and how wonderful she is! My son is 3.5 years old and has childhood apraxia of speech. Up until we found Lisa, we were lost. The first time we took our son to see Lisa, my husband and I were in AWE of how he responded to her. He had been having speech therapy for over 2 years and NO ONE ever got as much out of him as she did in one session! Right then and there we decided that we would drive 1.5 hours twice a week so our son could see Lisa. What we didn't know at the time was that she wasn't just amazing with our son but also with us! We were lost without really knowing what to do for our son and she guided us through a lot of procedures, therapies and evaluations. I don't think I have ever met a therapist that is as on the ball as Lisa. She is so amazing! One of the awesome things that she does is that you can pretty much contact her at anytime and she will get back to you right away. I mean... you never wait more than one hour for responses and even from crazy parents like us! She is so professional, includes you in all of the decisions and for us she has been the team leader for our son. He currently attends a school in Orange county and she has been directing and leading the team of 4 different speech therapists that see our son throughout the week. She never complains about sending an email, making a phone call or including anyone else in the treatment of your children. If you have a child with a speech disorder, please see Lisa who is totally completely worth it! We love her! And better yet, our son loves her! read more

I still remember driving to our first evaluation feeling defeated, lost, frustrated and powerless. I knew my son was a wonderful boy who didn't want to be getting into trouble all the time, but he simply didn't yet have the tools to manage his emotions effectively. Dr. Victoria helped Gabriel learn how to recognize and acknowledge his feelings, while equipping him with a variety of strategies to regulate and communicate his emotions. She also provided me with invaluable guidance on how to support him at home, helping me understand which tools and activities would best channel his energy in positive ways. What also truly stood out to me was how personalized her approach was. Nothing about it felt generic or "one-size-fits-all." She took the time to understand Gabriel and our family's unique circumstances, and I truly believe that individualized approach was a major reason for the effectivenes of her method. Not long after we began working with Dr. Victoria, the unexpected calls from the Principal's Office stopped ambushing my mornings. Soon after, Gabriel started coming home with multiple awards recognizing his good behavior, the improvement on his dedication towards his work, and his kindness to his peers. His growth has been so remarkable that I now feel confident we're ready for smooth sailing through summer camps and into kindergarten. I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to your entire practice, and especially to Dr. Victoria. The support, expertise, and care we received have made an incredible difference in our lives. read more

After being referred by a top neurologist, we knew we were in the most expert hands with Lisa Klein. What we didn't know was that both our children would come to need all LKS's services (OT, speech, and now PT) or that we would end up working closely with everyone on the small staff. It is not always easy to find people that have the experience and know how to intensively help children and come up with individualized plans based on their very different needs and challenges. To add to that, the fact that both my children look forward to what they call their "play appointments" is a true miracle for any parent. Lisa and her team, including everyone in the administration, have come to feel like family--they are your team and will meet your children where they are and push them where they need to be all while playing. We could see progress with both our children within a couple sessions, a real source of peace of mind. My husband and I could not have gotten through a very stressful and uncertain time without Lisa's ever-available wisdom, genuine compassion, her proactive and individualized approach, connecting us with invaluable contacts and thinking with us about future goals well beyond LKS to give our children the support they need to thrive and build confidence in many more areas than I thought speech and OT could address. read more

Lisa and her team are gifted, next level, and have been an answer to countless prayers. Our 4 year old has a very rare condition, with delays across all domains. He is a tireless worker and has benefited immeasurably through therapy, however his ability to speak has always been our greatest and most dire of concerns.His receptive language has always been quite good, however his ability to express verbally has been severely delayed and heartbreaking to witness. He has always wanted to say sooo much, but simply has been unable to. After just 6 months, Lisa and her team have increased his breath support, expanded his tongue/mouth awareness, strengthened his jaw and cheeks, taught our son how to round his lips, and helped him greatly increase his repertoire of sounds and words. Prior to coming to LKS, he could only approximate with m, b, p, h, f, v sounds combined with 'ah'. At most he could combine 2-3 very segmented approximations together. This week, he started to put together 4 word sentences! Our time with Lisa has been simply LIFE CHANGING. We travel a total of 4 hours per day to see her and her team multiple times per week and ALWAYS walk away full of energy, hope, and in eager anticipation for more. read more

Lisa really changed our lifes!! For nearly 2 years my little boy was having speech therapy but with little improvement. He was 3yrs 4months and had about 5 words (and a great deal of frustration). We hadn't really had an officially diagnosis or any guidance on to how to help him. We were just paying for him to have therapy 3 times a week and nothing was really changing. The word 'apraxia' had been thrown around but again without little understanding. Desperate for some help we googled apraxia specialists and found Lisa. She spent so much time explaining what was going on with Wilfred and what he needed in order to improve. Within 5 months we have seen a HUGE improvement, more has happened in 4 months than the previous 2 years. Lisa is an amazing, special women who knows how to communicate with these children and get the best out of them. Nikki her assistant is also a pleasure and appointments are well organised, punctual and very professional. I can not speak more highly of this clinic, this women is innovative, passionate, caring, honest and will do everything in her power to help your child. read more

We have been working with Lisa since our son was 15 months old and We can say without hesitation that she and her brilliant Team have changed our lives. This is the greatest investment we have made without question to the enhancement of our family. The work and play that is done at her Firm is invaluable to child development and child parent connection. We have seen our son grow by leaps and bounds week after week. We can reach him in a way we never could before and he for us. His joy within life has blossomed. He wakes up in the morning and the first thing he asks is to go to Lisa's office. His language skills and his ability to participate in life has grown exponentially. It is our humble belief that every child should be so lucky to be able to learn from Lisa and her Associates. The care you receive is unmatched and the commitment to growth is limitless. We know that our sons future is brighter because of this relationship. read more

I have to say, Lisa is great. We are so happy to have met and worked with her. She treated us in such a positive way, she truly is an amazing person and therapist! Our son was barely making sounds when we started at LKS and Associates, and now his language has exploded. I cannot measure how amazing it was to hear him say, "I love you, Papa" for the first time. Now he is singing songs and I catch him chatting to himself when he is playing. Lisa was more than happy to coordinate with our other therapists, and often offered to meet together if necessary to get my son the best care he could get. We have highly recommended them to anyone who has approached us about our son's progress. Best of all, my son just loved Lisa (and Nikki and Alexa) at the office. He really took to them and they were always kind and caring to him. We appreciate the passion they put into their work and their kindness! read more

My five year old has seen a few different speech therapists over the course of his life for many reasons. We started seeing Alexa after traveling from the Westside to Pasadena for a year straight to see a disfluency specialist. Once his disfluency resolved we opted for a closer option. I was referred to Alex from a friend and I have to say that I think she is one of the best speech therapist we have worked with (which has been a lot). She is wonderful with my son in her sessions and he adores going to see her on a weekly basis and his speech is noticeably better. I feel like she really hones on his specific needs and tackles them head on. She has also been an extraordinary support system for me as a mother. She took her time to talk with my son's teachers and myself to make sure we are all on the same page to maximize his success in therapy, school and at home. She's amazing! read more

I cannot say enough in this small space to write all the wonderful things about Lisa Klein but I'll try. When I met Lisa my son was 4 years old and spoke many two-five words. Honestly at the point we were at I figured he would be non-verbal and stay that way. Within 4 sessions he had at least 20 words and it was only progressing from there. Lisa is not only amazing with these kids she's understanding and sympathetic to the struggles we as parents deal with having a children with developmental issues. It's overwhelming the information or lack there of when you are trying navigate your child's services and therapy but with speech Lisa is the only person I would recommend.My son is 9 and honestly he never stops talking now. More importantly my daughter who is almost two had shown signs of speech delay around 18 months and there was zero hesitation on who we would go to. read more

Alexa Gutman from Lisa Klein Speech has been working with my middle schooler for about a year now and she is one of the best he's ever seen. He was diagnosed with Apraxia at aged two and has been in speech therapy ever since - so we've experienced many different types of therapists. Alexa is knowledgeable, caring and patient. She is genuinely committed to helping our son. She works hard to keep my teenager engaged and motivated and he looks forward to seeing her. She listens to him and is constantly customizing his therapy and innovating new ways to keep him practicing his exercises. She is also always continuing her education and learning new ways to help our son. We are confident that if something new has been discovered about Apraxia or speech therapy, Lisa Klein Speech therapists and Alexa will be aware of it. read more

We started our son Maverick at LSK Associates at a very critical time. He is fresh of 3 brain surgeries to treat to hopefully cure a rare form epilepsy called infantile spasms that he was battling for 2 years. At this point (he is 2.5 years old) the most important thing is catching up on development to get us to a good place. The love, care & expertise Lisa, Sam & Taryn have given Maverick has been extraordinary. He is in speech, feeding and OT 4 days a week and has been making great strides. They all do an incredible job of teaching us the parents to continue his development at home. They've been life savers and in this critical time for Mavericks development they are the most important couple hours in a day. We are so lucky to have them and excited to see all the progress Maverick makes! read more

My son has speech issues so we were referred to Lisa Klein by our Pediatrician. We had tried another speech therapist through a friend referral, this other speech therapist seemed fine but my son was not progressing much after 4 months. I trusted my intuition and spoke to our Pediatrician about other referrals. Lisa in a very short period of time worked her extreme knowledge, skills and passion on our son. We have seen a complete about face in his speech. We have also learned so much from Lisa so we can do our part at home. She is clearly invested in her patients and loves what she does. I cannot recommend her enough. A truly gifted therapist. In looking back after being with Lisa, it takes a vast arsenal of tools, methods, knowledge and expertise to work as a speech therapist. read more

My family cherishes Lisa. Her work with our children has been life changing. Beyond the physical transformation of her myofunctional work improving their breathing, swallowing and speech capacities, Lisa's uplifting encouragement and compassion empowers the children to move through challenges with self-acceptance, curiosity and enthusiasm. Her entire team is amazing. Alexa and Nikki are warm, professional and delightful to interact with. The office is gorgeous and a fun space for the children to look forward to visiting. We have had continued success with virtual appointments when necessary, as well. Lisa is a unique and precious resource. We are grateful to be in her good care. read more

Our 2 year old daughter has been going to see Lisa for several months to help with her verbal development. We had met with other speech therapists before, but Lisa's enthusiasm and child-friendly approach were a revelation for us. Our child has made significant progress without feeling pressured or studied. From the child's perspective, I would imagine these feel like fun "play dates"--from the adult perspective, it is clear that they are carefully designed lessons that are part of a larger program. Most importantly, our child looks forward to going to see Lisa. We are just at the beginning but highly recommend Lisa. read more

LKS is the best a parent will find. My son was 22 months old when first meeting LKS and her team. Now he's 4 and talking up a storm. It's a process and it's important that you enjoy the journey and not get overwhelmed by the 'what ifs' - LKS' entire team is superb at keeping the parents in-the-know. The goals are customized, which is a big differentiator as there isn't a formula approach. My son has grown and continues to grow -I'd recommend the team at LKS. The staff is beyond understanding and super easy to work with. read more