I agree with all the previously written reviews. Patti is amazing and super responsive to parents'…read moreconcerns such as mine. I happened to stumble onto Patti through Facebook after pursuing a fruitless search with my insurance to find a speech therapist for my son. He speaks well but has a "tight tongue" and we are actively working to make sure that we get it to be more fluid. Patti is friendly, personable and loves kids. Sounds like a win-win-win for us. Go see Patti if you can!

Our son started at Playworks for speech therapy while we were in the middle of of doing neuropsych…read moretesting. The testing showed our son has mild dyslexia and struggles with writing. He struggled with the physical act of writing and as a consequence, found it difficult to produce cogent sentences. The doctor who performed our neuropsych assured us that Playworks could assist him in overcoming these challenges as well. After a few months of intensive work with his therapist at Playworks, our son's teachers have noticed dramatic improvement. He is now reading and writing at a grade appropriate level and his pronunciations have also improved. While we originally sent him to Playworks to help with his speech they have proven to have a wide skill set and the ability to work with issues that are tangential to speech issues.

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.

Am I really the first?…read more My son sees Ms. Lindsay and Ms. Magdelena for OT and Speech. He used to see Jo Ann until the scheduling didn't work out. They have two locations: Annandale and McLean. We've been to both. The Annandale location is closer to us to drive to from Loudoun County, although I prefer the McLean location...because there are more things to do while waiting. Annandale not so much, you have to sit put. We've been very very happy with Skill Builders and my son gets excited to see his therapists each visit. I mean he runs happy from the car to the office and can't wait, especially for Ms. Lindsay for OT. We drive an hour each way from the next county over just to come here.

I can't say enough wonderful things about Skill Builders. Our family has used Skill Builders for…read moreover 7 years from our first child with speech and language delay to our children diagnosed with Autism. Cari is the nicest person you will ever meet. She advocates for all her clients and goes that extra mile to match your child with the perfect therapist. It always helps that she hires only the best therapists in Northern VA. Everyone at Skill Builders is amazing and we owe so much to the company and their therapists. Thank you for always being there for our family and helping all our children being their best selves! My children still talk about how they miss Mrs. Melissa and Mrs. Fern! My daughter adores Ms. Katie and it's the best day of her week when she gets to go to Skill Builders. Literally dances her way into the office singing her " Im going to see Ms Katie" song! We love Cari and she really advocates for our children not only in the office but in our community of special needs children. You want a pro like Cari on your side and you see this is more than just a job for her. I would trust Cari with my life! Skill Builders has transformed my children and our family and I can't thank you enough for everything you have done for us!

Wonderful time and they help me improve my speech! They are very knowledgeable and teach me new…read moretechniques when speaking! The people are very nice and the office is friendly! Love the speech therapists and the place feels like home! Great place to help speech and feel comfortable when during speech therapy! recommend for speech therapy

These folks really care about their clients. Due to some insurance flub, they ended up eating the…read morecost of our visits because they had verbally assured us the visits were covered. When the insurance didn't come through, they continued to see us. Really impressed with their honesty and integrity.

Finding OWLS Therapy is one of the best things to ever happen to our family. My daughter has been…read moreworking with Katie for 9 months and has made incredible strides with her articulation. After years of searching for the right solution, I feel like we hit the jackpot. I had started to wonder if my daughter my struggle with speech articulation for the rest of her life and literally in 9 months, I now have people asking why she's even in speech. Katie is warm, nurturing, incredibly talented, motivating, and such a wonderful role model to my daughter. She's inspired my 6-year-old to want to be a speech pathologist to help people just like Katie has helped her. If you have the opportunity to use OWLS Therapy, particularly Katie McLaughlin, for your child, run, don't walk -- you won't regret it!

We had our child in OWLs speech therapy with Karen for three years. During that time, we saw huge…read moregains in our child's speech. Janene and Karen were always professional and immediately addressed any questions or concerns I had. I was extremely satisfied with the company as a whole and with Karen's therapy services. My child always looked forward to karen's sessions. I like how they can come to your home, daycare, or provide virtual sessions. Karen provided written summaries of each session and activities/goals to work on at home. The only reason we stopped services was because we moved to a different state- otherwise we'd still be using them! I did a lot of research/trial sessions into other Northern Virginia offices and I am so glad we went with OWLs!