Hear From Our Families
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“My young son has been a client of Communication For Me for about a year, and we couldn't be happier with the experience. Raven is as caring, professional, courteous, and effective as you can ever hope for in a speech pathologist. The progress that my son has made is stunning. His articulation, volume, expressiveness, and most importantly his confidence is beyond what I could ever have imagined. I attribute this to Raven's patience and her outstanding skill in her profession. Raven has been a Godsend to my family's life this year.”
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"I cannot quite put into words just how much Raven has done for us, but I'll give it a try. At first, we never noticed our 3 year old son had a speech delay. He had a rich vocabulary and repeated huge chunks of phrases from shows and movies. But we started to notice that he was not engaging in conversation or instruction the way many children of his age were, and an evaluation from the school district reiterated this delay. While he began traditional speech therapy, one of his therapists happened to mention that our son might be a "gestalt language processor (GLP)" and it was like a light bulb turned on. Every description of GLP matched our son, and we wanted to find someone who could help him with his specific language style. That's when we found Raven on a list of GLP providers from the Meaningful Speech registry. And we are SO grateful we found her. Raven is so thorough - from the first intake appointments to every visit since, she has taken the time to learn what phrases our son uses and where they come from so she can truly engage with him - even going so far as to look up clips so she can hear the phrases for herself. She is always messaging us even during odd hours of the night about things she thought of or resources she has - proving just how much she is always thinking about ways to help our son and us. And the best part is our son absolutely loves her. He is often shy at first and even can be stand-offish when he's not in the mood, but Raven always takes the time to get on his level, engage him, and still push him forward in a way that he finds fun and enjoyable. The other day, our son had a rough session - not because of Raven, we just didn't time his nap correctly - yet Raven was patient and sweet with him and even messaged us a few days later just to see if he was feeling better. That right there is all you need to know about the kind of person she is. Sometimes having a gestalt language processor is challenging and we worry about how he will continue to develop, but every success we've had so far and every future success our son will have will be in large part because we found Raven - and we're so grateful for that."
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“Raven has educated me so much on what it means to be neurodiversity affirming. I’ve seen the type of impact she has on her clients and students and can’t wait to see where Communication For Me goes!”