Thankful - so very thankful and absolutely grateful for having found this wonderful place and our wonderful therapist Melodi Ferrer, who is beyond Amazing. We've had a difficult journey in the past, with adjusting and finding a good speech therapist. A good, positive, helpful experience is what we were looking for, and I had lost hope - with rigid therapists who would only really frustrate our child, have a mean approach, and a negative attitude (seeing the child as 'flawed' or 'lacking' with wrong 'corrective' behaviour rather than celebrating what did get accomplished, albeit little and gradual), hence both mom & son would be crying after every session. Having a good speech therapist with a healthy approach, positivity, encouragement, flexibility, and an open mind towards the child and family, is not easy to find -- but we finally got very lucky / blessed to have Melodi come our way. Speech therapy with Melodi has been life-changing for our family, for our child, and his mommy: it really helped me overcome my depression. Most importantly for our child, it was happy, healthy therapy, he would Not be crying/screaming during sessions, and later he would gladly repeat the tasks on other times at home with parents. I was also happy and able to actually learn different skills and apply or repeat various tasks/activities at home for the rest of the week, rather than shut down in despair after every session, as I did before. Melodi was excellent in parent training along with working with the child, she gave me super helpful notes and guidelines, always available and helpful in explaining things and answering questions, and making sure I understood the various techniques. She was vibrant, cheerful, very loving, and had excellent skill in all the speech therapy she did with our son. He loved her and became friendly with Melodi; she bonded great with him, matching his energy and interests and tailoring beneficial speech to his needs and style, engaging him well in activities. It was such a perfect fit -- a wonderful experience in so many ways, and a huge relief after prolonged past struggles. Sadly, we could only work with Melodi for about two months, as we were only temporarily in California for the summer - I wish we could take her back home with us! Nevertheless, it was the much needed light we needed, it has been life-changing for us and we are finally able to move forward in a better, positive, practical way in our speech journey with our son. I continue to practice at home all the stuff Melodi so diligently taught us and I have also passed on the approach / skills to his preschool teachers here, like, hey you know Melodi did this or that and it worked so well with our son, perhaps you should try it like so. I have also recommended her name to our preschool and therapists and doctors and evaluation specialists here, we'd like to stay in touch and keep Melodi in the loop as she has had a great role and a wonderful influence in our son's speech journey. During summer, while working with Melodi, we saw some sudden breakthroughs in our son's speech, and much much improvement in overall communication and social skills. She very kindly provided me with supportive leads and genuine goodwill, it meant a LOT to me how positive and caring she was, and So willing to help us. I really cannot express fully how wonderful an impact she had on all of us and how truly grateful we are for our interactions & time with Melodi .. it saved me (mother), nurtured our dear son, and tremendously helped us all as a family. I wish & pray for every blessing for sweet Melodi! I super duper highly recommend both Melodi Ferrer and Silicon Valley Speech (it was very easy and reassuring, working with this center). Thank You! [We've been travelling and moving, packing/unpacking these past couple months - I finally got the chance to write this review of our lovely experience over this summer, we learned alot.] read more

I found Silicon Valley Speech online and after we read the reviews, we decided to try it. My child at that point was almost 2.5 years old with extremely limited vocabulary in English and non-existing in our native language. She even resisted to repeat any words, or even sounds (e.g., animal, car etc.). She was also extremely frustrated with not being able to communicate her needs, which was creating meltdowns almost every day. When I called Silicon Valley Speech, I talked with Joshua. I explained to him the situation and that ideally we would like to have a positive and happy person to work with her and teach her through playing. Joshua send us Corrina, who is what we exactly hoped for and even better. Corrina is fantastic, to say the least, in teaching kids in a way that is engaging and effective. She started initially to work with her in our home, but when I returned to work, she continued in my daughter's daycare. Not only my daughter loves her, but also the other kids in the daycare and the teachers always comment on how good she is and how she has even helped them interact with the kids. Now, after 6 months, my daughter uses 2,3 and even 4 word sentences in English. When we started working with Corrina, it was my decision to switch to speak only in English to try to unblock her, although Corrina was always saying that bilingualism is really good. Although that was a bad decision from my side, I now teach her using the same techniques Corrina showed me and I am positive she will soon learn this language as well. I think Joshua really took the time to listen to me and match us with best for our child. He is also always extremely helpful in any changes in time/place we need for our sessions. I am grateful to Silicon Vally speech because they have really helped my family. I now have a confident and happy child! read more

This is an updated review for Silicon Valley Speech. We started with them over two years ago when my son was 20 months and we can't be happier with the speech therapy service they have provided. Our current SLP is Megan Hill and she is truly sweet and wonderful! Every week, my son loves seeing Megan. She is very thorough, knowledgable and she makes learning fun! Every time after session she writes a thorough summary or she would call with summary of how the session went and what we need to work on before our next session. She also provided us with clear goals and objectives and reviews our son's progress against goal on a regular basis. She has helped my son so much in the past few months. Our son started two years ago with no words, limited joint attention and poor receptive language and now he speaks in complete sentences, he asks questions and answers appropriately. He has improved so much in his receptive language and attentiveness. He has also improved greatly in social language. Kate Sellers, the Clinical Director, has been very supportive and responsive to any questions we have over the years. She also made sure that we have SLP who fits our family. Josh and the scheduling team has been excellent in communication and very responsive in terms of our scheduling or billing questions. We are sad to leave Silicon Valley Speech but we know that Megan will be able to help more kids like how she has helped our son and family. We can't thank Megan and Silicon Valley Speech enough. We know that our son won't be where he is in terms of language and communication skills without their team. I highly recommend Megan and Silicon Valley Speech! read more

We have been having an amazing experience with Silicon Valley Speech. We have been using the service for about a year now and our daughter is about to turn 3. We first started off with Kristina, and she taught our daughter how to use sign language and she was able to teach the sign for 'more' in one session, and other signs followed as we had more sessions. We then had a schedule change and started to work with Natalie. She contributed to make our daughter speak. She had a great strategy to focus on targets for the week so my daughter can have a clear focus and great at coaching parents. She learnt environmental sounds, accurately started to pronounce prepositions and turned sign language to language etc. Now we have another additional session with Jackie who comes up with creative play to motivate my daughter to speak. With great collaboration between both Natalie and Jackie, our daughter excelled in her speech and language development now with much better accuracy in her pronunciation of words and saying two and three word sentences! We can't thank all of them enough for their wonderful contributions. Lastly, I wanted to emphasize that Josh has been an amazing admin. He is very responsive, thinks proactively and great at anticipating our needs. Overall our total experience has been amazing and I can proudly recommend Silicon Valley Speech! read more

Our daughter has expressive language issues that are being addressed at school but with her teacher's help, we realized that she could use some extra one-on-one support outside of school. I was lucky to find Silicon Valley Speech and specifically, Natalie, our speech therapist. Natalie is extremely thorough in her approach to each session. Each session, Natalie meets with me for a few minutes to discuss challenges and progress that I've observed as well as concerns I may have. She then explains what strategies she will focus on during a given session and how it fits into our overall goals. Natalie comes prepared with material pertinent to the session and also provides me with material related to that work that I can work on with our daughter in between sessions. Natalie has the perfect demeanor with our daughter. Our daughter not only loves her but is motivated to do the work with Natalie. She makes it fun but really productive! As she services our daughter and listens to my concerns, she continues to adapt and fine tune goals. Not only do I see progress in our daughter's abilities in how she processes information, I also feel more at ease as a parent that we can re-shape our daughter's outcome. So powerful...and thanks to Natalie! Their administrative director is also very responsive in answering billing and scheduling questions. read more

Our 4 yrs old son was a late talker because he was being spoken to in 4 different languages since birth. So naturally he was a little behind in his communication vs his peers. But this never bothered us till he started school. He started having difficulty expressing himself at school especially with his peers and that led to a little aggressive behaviour in him. A little yelping helped us find Silicon Valley speech and we cant tell you how happy we are that we found them. Jacqueline started meeting our son at home once a week and within a month we saw significant improvement in his expressive language. He could communicate much better with his teachers, kids in his class. So we continued with Jacqueline for 3 months ( we moved out of the US, so couldn't continue) and he is doing great in his communication. He is at par with his peers now in terms of communication. Infact his new school teachers tell us that they cant believe six months back he had expressive language issues. Jacqueline, words are not enough to express our gratitude for what you have helped our son achieve. All I can say is wish you best in life and a shout out to worried parents: if you kid has any issues with speech, just trust Silicon Valley speech and you will never look back! THANKYOU JACQUELINE JENNA!!! read more

We've been with SV Speech for the past two years, and the progress my son has made is truly amazing. When we first started, he struggled with keeping his tongue behind his teeth when pronouncing 's' and 'z' sounds, which made it hard for him to communicate clearly and confidently. From day one, Jacque, our therapist at SV Speech, has been a perfect mix of professional and kind. She used playful activities, engaging conversations, and structured exercises that made my son feel supported and motivated. Her patience and genuine care shone through every session, making therapy enjoyable for him. Now, my son can pronounce 's' and 'z' words almost perfectly and does so naturally most of the time. We're still working on it, but we're very close to graduating from therapy. This improvement is a testament to Jacque's dedication and skill. His clearer speech has really boosted his confidence and ability to express himself. I can't recommend Jacque and SV Speech enough. They have truly transformed my son's speech and, in turn, his life. We are incredibly grateful for their exceptional service and the positive impact they've had on our family. Thank you, Jacque and Kate, for everything you've done for us. read more

We highly recommend Silicon Valley Speech Therapy! Tayler comes into our home on Wednesdays, and Kate comes into our home on Saturdays, each having 1 hour sessions to help our 5 year old son with stuttering / stammering and speech articulation issues. They have helped teach him strategies to have more fluent speech, what to do when he gets stuck, and his letters are now more understandable after 4 months. Both Kate and Tayler warmed up to him right away and have been very patient in helping him. They spend the hour in normal conversation about events in his past week, teaching speech phrases, strategies for improved fluency and some time playing a board game or with his Lego's or toy airplanes, to help with speech during normal play. Tayler sends a 'review' of each session that also includes goals for the next week. Both Kate and Tayler have been professional, kind and diligent in helping our son improve his speech. The price for their in-home speech therapy is similar as going to a private office for speech therapy, and coming to our home is easier for us. Silicon Valley Speech was referred to us by a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, and we are grateful for her recommendation. read more

Our son at almost 2.5 years old was a little behind in speaking/vocabulary, but I thought it was because my husband and I are quiet. And then I learned that he was not speaking to his teachers at day care. After an initial internet search (and slight panic on my part) I learned that early intervention can help even in 'minor' cases. I found Silicon Valley Speech on Yelp and requested an appointment. Our first appointment was scheduled for about 3 months after my initial request. Natalie has been coming once a week for about 3 months and the transformation in my son has been incredible. After the very first visit my son stopped "babbling" (which Natalie calls jargon). She has taught him about transitioning from one activity to another, and about decision making (between 2 items like milk ... OR ...juice), he began speaking phrases and he now speaks multiple short sentences in a row. The teachers at day care have noticed the improvement as well. My son will actively engage in conversation by pointing out things (shapes, numbers, colors). No Yelp review could ever express how grateful we are to Natalie and Silicon Valley Speech. read more

Our daughter has been working with Kate for the last 18 months. She has made tremendous progress in this time. At 4 yrs, our daughter could say a lot of words but her sentences were few and she was hard to understand. She could not have a conversation with her peers and had started withdrawing from her friends and was slowly losing confidence. Fast forward to now, my daughter is able to hold a conversation (4-5 turns) with people she has not met before. We no longer have to intervene and "translate" what she said. Kate is kind and empathetic while also being extremely professional. She has been incredibly patient with our daughter during some rough patches when her behavior was challenging. Kate has also helped us navigate our school district to find an appropriate placement for our daughter. We also had a couple of sessions with 2 other therapists at Silicon Valley Speech and our daughter enjoyed working with them as well. It was very clear that Kate maintains a high bar for the people she hires. I highly recommend Kate and Silicon Valley Speech. read more

We are so lucky to have found Kate! She has been working with my son for the last 9 months. He has made great progress on his sentence length, structure, vocabulary and articulation. She is extremely professional and truly dedicated to helping my son overcome his speech difficulties. She is always patient and has creative ideas to keep my son engaged with his speech practice. Her enthusiasm for teaching speech shows everyday. She is kind, intuitive and adjusts her sessions based on how my son is feeling each day. She consistently finds creative solutions to my sons complex speech challenges, and creates successful speech sessions on a daily basis. We look forward to her daily sessions as she brings such a positive approach to teaching speech. She celebrates our son's speech milestones with us and is a joy to work with. The home based model is great for my son, it allows him to focus on his learning without distraction. I highly recommend Silicon Valley Speech for their quality, professionalism and dedication to teaching speech and language. read more

Ms. Kate of Silicon Valley Speech has been working with my 8-year-old son on his articulation over 8 months. Compared with other speech centers that we had worked with, Kate's home-based speech therapy offers us a great deal of convenience. We have no more hassle to pick him up from school and drive to a speech center and then send him back. Instead Kate drives to our home in the early morning of each Saturday to give my son a speech therapy. In home environment, kid is actually more relaxed and easier to focus. Kate is a very professional speech therapist. She is very keen to catch up where my son is struggling with in language. Not only speech, she also cares his English grammar and his behavior. And she gives us many effective suggestions and advices to help him. My son likes Kate very much. He always gets up very early on Saturday to wait for Kate's coming. We are very happy to see my son's big improvement on speech since working with Kate. Absolutely we would like to recommend Kate to all parents who have the same need as us. read more

As a typical bilingual child, our son was slow on speaking which had an effects on his social skills which in turn affected his language skills... and there is the infinite bad loop. When we were told to get help from speech therapists, my wife did an intensive study of all the available services in the area, and her first choice was Silicon Valley Speech. We are having two sessions with Kristina and Natalie. Both teachers are excellent and they update each other on what my son has learned from the other teacher to fully customize our son's learning experience. We always thought our son was just a shy person and speaks quietly, but it turned out that it was due to his lack of confidence in his speaking skills that caused him being so quiet. After a month of session with Kristina and Natalie, he became louder and now greets people across the hallway with a very loud voice! He now understands some TV shows better than me! We have been extremely happy with Silicon Valley Speech and can strongly recommend to others in need! read more

Finding a good speech therapist is so hard! My son is 5 and we started speech therapy with another business about 1.5 years ago. After our original therapist moved, we had to switch therapists a few times. I believe the therapist has to bond with the child and match their energy level and learning style and we just were not seeing that in a lot of therapists. Then we found Claire at Silicon Valley Speech! And she is AMAZING! She's super fun and playful, but has ways to make sure we stick to schedules to finish exercises. If my son is having trouble focusing (as 5 years old usually do) Claire is quick to adjust or switch activities to fit his learning style that day and still get the same amount of practice in as any other day. She also watches his progress closely and provides suggestions for things we can do to get the best results based on what works for us as a family. Each session feels totally customized to us and the most important thing is that my son totally loves her! read more

Look no further, I've done all the research and this is seriously the best option in the South Bay. After calling and meeting with half a dozen Speech Therapy clinics I was beyond relieved when I found Silicon Valley Speech. My interactions with Josh at the office have always been prompt and professional and our ST Rebecca is amazing. Our son looks forward to her visits every week and he's made tremendous progress. It's been so helpful to have the ST in home. Our son is super comfortable and sometimes Rebecca will even incorporate his own toys in to the therapy which just reinforces the lessons through the week when he's playing independently and remembering what they practiced. Rebecca modifies the activities each week based on my sons preferences and skill level. She brings all of his favorite learning games and everything just feels so customized. We couldn't be happier!! read more

I developed a stutter during my senior year of college. After struggling through enough job interviews, I looked to speech therapy to do something about it. Jackie was friendly, knowledgeable, and professional; she explained what was going on physically and worked with me through a variety of exercises to address different aspects of my disfluency. She pushed me to practice in scenarios I used to struggle with, like Skype calls, interviews, and phone calls, and made sure I understood what I was doing well and where I could improve. Even though we worked together for only a few months, she made a huge impact. I feel much more confident speaking, especially over the phone, and my interviews improved so much that I've since moved across the country to start a new job! I can't thank Jackie enough, and I encourage adults to give Silicon Valley Speech a try. read more

The team at Silicon Valley Speech is great! I have worked with Molly, Jacque, Natalie, and Kate and I am so glad I have found their team. Elena and Amanda in the scheduling office are super responsive and always get back to me very quickly. When we started with Kate, my son had so much difficulty stringing together one or two words together and now he is a little social chatterbox that lights up the room! Trevor has gained confidence and feels more comfortable interacting both in a social setting and one on one with peers. We have done sessions at our school and at home and enjoy both settings. We have Google insurance and the superbills SVS provides are easy to submit to insurance for reimbursement, but even if this was not the case, I would gladly pay out-of-pocket for this exceptional team. Thank you so much Silicon Valley Speech! read more

We have gone through a number of speech therapists, and we have finally hit the jackpot with Corinna! Our son had a couple of words when we started, and now his expressive language is up to 50+. This is all thanks to Corrina! She broke down the various stages of learning via play based teaching, and explained it to us carefully. We had tried teaching our son how to sign, and were unsuccessful. One session with Corrina and he was signing on day 2!! He was struggling with diphthongs, and with her techniques he mastered them in a week. She carefully monitors his progress, gives very detailed instructions on how to conduct the techniques ourselves. Her enthusiasm, energy, and dedication are infectious, and her knowledge about this field is very impressive. Thanks so so much!! read more

Kate and Silicon Valley Speech are amazing. My son Gregory has been working with Kate and her team at Silicon Valley Speech on speech and communications for about a year and a half. One thing I've learned watching Kate and talking to other service providers is that successful communication development is more than just a "one step jump". It requires for the therapist to establish a good bond with the children, establish little "building blocks", and work with other key people like their preschool teachers. Kate does all this and more, constantly adjusting her schedule and program to help Gregory not only talk but going to his class, answer our questions, and generally helping him develop. She and her team are professional, highly responsive, and so easy to work with. read more