Mama of Alice says…

We thank our lucky stars for Shayna. We found her when our daughter Alice was 2.5 years old and first diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, having very little language and only a few reliable sounds. Shayna got to work, seeing her 3-4 times per week and three years later, Alice no longer meets criteria for the diagnosis. Shayna knows just the right balance between patience and pushing, she employs her advanced training and skills to know how to systematically and methodically approach the acquisition of letters, blends, and ultimately sentence structure. As parents, we always felt incredibly supported by Shayna. She advised us on what we could do to carry over language development into the home. She helped us think about Alice's school plan, conducted routine testing that informed her sessions, and collaborated with Alice's school team to share her knowledge and insights. It just doesn't get better than Shayna when it comes to finding a warm-hearted, child and parent-friendly, most capable, and competent professional. Now that Alice is without question living her fullest, happiest, and most communicative life, we look back on the work that Shayna did as being the key to most, if not all, of that.