After 2 yrs of working with Ms. Shubi it's been hard to say good bye. She immediately build rapport…read morewith my son and myself. We created a beautiful team collaboration to benefit my kid's speech skills. We will miss you!

I really rare writing a review. But I still write this review because I am extremely grateful to…read moreMs. Shubhi who taught my child to speak in just a few months. Before studying here, my child could barely speak, now he speaks a lot. He always mentions her and loves studying with her. She is very nice and attentive to my child. I feel very lucky that my child can study with her. Thank you very much.

What a hidden gem. We've had a few sessions with about 3 different speech therapists including our…read moreevaluation. We are still learning the system but everyone has been helpful, patient and encouraging...which is helpful for this first time patient. Very clean and lots of interaction to assist with learning. Thanks to Aimee and Briona. ​

Jennifer is an amazing therapist and so wonderful with my son! Would definitely recommend her for…read morespeech and/or feeding therapy, she's very knowledgeable and experienced!

We have been with IICA for around 4 to 5 years. The overall experience is always great. I want…read moreto point out to Kayla and Lou for their amazing help with scheduling! They were both super friendly, patient, and went above and beyond to make sure everything was set up exactly how I needed it. It made the whole process so much easier, and I really appreciate their great customer service. Thanks again, Kayla and Lou! The speech therapists are patience, dedication, and passion for helping my son. They are great!

As two full-time working parents, reliability and communication are extremely important to us…read more Unfortunately, our experience with the administrative and scheduling side of this practice has been very frustrating. It took nearly three months to secure appointments for my son. The initial appointments were scheduled incorrectly, and I then had to complete additional paperwork to have them corrected, which resulted in further delays in care. Communication from the office has been inconsistent -- each time I called, I spoke with a different staff member and had to re-explain the entire situation. There was also confusion regarding appointment times, despite me notifying the office about schedule changes in advance. That said, I want to be very clear that the therapists -- particularly Ms. Nicole -- have been wonderful. She is passionate, attentive, and clearly cares deeply about her patients. The clinical care itself has been positive. It's unfortunate that the administrative side does not reflect the same level of organization and professionalism as the therapists. I truly hope the practice can improve its scheduling and communication systems, because the clinicians deserve that support. For families who have flexible schedules, this may be a good fit. However, for two working parents who need consistency and clear communication, it was not sustainable for us.

My son has been with Gold speech for a few years now. I have definitely seen tremendous growth…read moresince receiving services from them that I have not seen from other providers. Their method is based on research and evidence. I also appreciate the staff is able to make my kid work without making it feel like he's in session. Overall, highly recommend!

Mr. Neil was a fantastic instructor who really helped our son grow and develop over the two years…read morewe worked with Gold Speech. Mr. Neil took time after each meeting to speak to us about our son's goals and development. Ms. Louise was a wonderful assistant teacher. Really amazing team that we would highly recommend.

Our child was a late talker, so we did our research and found East Bay Child Development Center…read more(formerly PLTA). From intake to our final class, the staff made sure that the scheduling process was a breeze, and that visits did not fall short of expectations. They have an excellent staff dedicated to your child's development, and the office is pristine. Not just clean; very well kept. I noticed that there wasn't one tear on a book or broken toys. They put lots of effort into upkeep, knowing well that toys and books can take a beating with younger kids. East Bay Child Development Center has terrific speech therapists and therapists specialized in helping in all other types of child development, including but not limited to physical therapy, etc. We went through 2 different speech therapists and 1 or 2 therapy students which was a little harder for our son to grow accustomed to because it would take him awhile to warm up (which I've learned isn't unusual for any development therapy center), but each therapist tried their absolute best to ensure they were giving him the utmost care and attention.

They failed my son after 3 session. Excuses that he doesn't listen, he runs fast that worried about…read moreyounger children there. That speech is not a good fit for him, that his sister runs around the hallways exploring toys and opened doors of offices, about me get a phone call so they discharged him from services. This is racism and discrimination by the way ladies I want to give you suggestions, your office needs a new administration, organisation and functionality. Everybody there seems to go everywhere, I don't know if these people work here are they clients. The back door to the outside was open, this is called dysfunctional. The office receptionist was like his first day to work, confused and looked around like a lost boy. There four people by office were speaking loud and chatting. They failed my son years ago when he was younger because they said he was not ready for speech when I just changed my insurance to get accepted to come here. Now he's 12 years old saying he's not a good fit. Shame on you to say that to me. You can't discharge him that's illegal. My son is trying with his speech and he has rights in California to receive speech therapy any age. Discrimination by the ability, then age, what's next because his sister running around the office and also I was on the phone? For that lady who spoke with me today over the phone couldn't wait on me. And making me feel like I was being fired from the job, she sounded rude and said my daughter was running around the room and I was speaking loud on the phone so the excuse to fail my son. Then changed her words saying he's not a good fit and he runs fast and wants to push the kids. She needs to find more excuses for her to dismiss him. You don't know how hard and challenging to be a mother of autistic kid. I finally thought I have him his speech going and then you locked me up like shutting my mouth. Go see if your speech therapist is the one who has the problem. She too lazy to give speech therapy or has a lack of skills. This is Shameless and discrimination.

Aamani was amazing with our son. She was detailed oriented and made the sessions very engaging and…read morefun. Our son made visible progress in last year and it is all because of Aamani's guidance. She is a great therapist and we will forever be grateful to her for helping our son !

My family feels very lucky that we discovered Smarter Speech, through Google search, after a very…read moreconfusing process of searching for speech therapy with centers, clinics and with early intervention. The assessment and scheduling process was very easy, Aamani was ready to answer all our questions and concerns, she was kind enough to work around our schedules and was visiting us at home for the sessions. This made the process way easier and also comfortable for my daughter. We started working with Smarter Speech after our 2 year old missed her speech milestones. We started in April (had a break in June-July) and now in October, our daughter has officially graduated from her therapy. Aamani did an amazing job with her and with us, parents, as she gave us tips and tricks, areas to focus each week, she has tons of toys, she brings over, so our daughter was excited to play with her and improve her speech. I would strongly recommend Smarter Speech to everyone who is looking for a speech therapist. Especially now, when most of the centers still offer only an online sessions.

My son Joey went here for speech therapy when he 3-4 years old ... it changed his life !!…read moreHis vocabulary and pronunciation increased greatly after 8 months .. it's was all thanks to Jaime ..she changed our lives and help my son so much ...Thank you

Since starting ABA therapy with a new company I now see how awful a company this is for children in…read moreneed of early intervention. The technician would come smelling like cigarettes and did not provide direction or materials to help us with our child. The new company we work with since day one has been very involved and provided so much feedback to help us with our child's development. Please stay away from A is for Absent.

We love our OT Karina Salenger!…read more She establishes fully customized plans for our 6yr old son with Autism and leaves straight forward homework for my wife to follow up. And she is always so patient with My wife who speaks very limited English. My son improved so much that Karina candidly let us know that her service is no longer needed -- no kidding! We miss her but take comfort in the fact that new clients will get to enjoy her great service.

Karina is absolutely fabulous. My five year old son has autism and just started kindergarten this…read moreyear. He loves to write but struggles with fine motor skills and was recently diagnosed with dysgraphia. Karina has been working with him over the past 6 months on his letters and numbers, and he has really started to improve. He was starting to get frustrated and discouraged before starting to work with her. I've been really impressed with the variety of tools and techniques Karina uses, as well as the way she handles my son's behavior. She manages to find a balance between firmness and fun. Over the time since he was diagnosed, we have gone through several OTs and behavioral therapists, and not many of them had this special balance. It's also super convenient that she comes to our place, and brings her own box of stuff. She also has shown me some great exercises to improve my kiddo's core strength, which will also help him with fine motor tasks. I really appreciate her expertise, professionalism and thorough communication. Karina is truly a gem!

Carol did wonderful work with our 6yo daughter. Over the course of 6 months we saw dramatic…read moreimprovement in our daughter's articulation (not to mention grammar). Carol is professional, kind, and great with kids. Highly recommend.

Carol was wonderful with my teen. He made good progress with his conversation and social skills…read morewhile working with Carol Fenwick. Carol is patient, kind, and builds rapport quickly with her clients. She made speech therapy fun and interesting. Carol is a great speech therapist!