“Julie works with my son at a highly academic school here in the city. She has been an excellent connection between what our son can do with her in a one-on-one environment, and how he does in the classroom. She is deeply invested in my son’s success and is a real contribution.”

“My son is on the Autism spectrum, and Julie has been his speech therapist for five years. She is able to key into a child very quickly. Our son is silly, and she always gets right to his level and makes things fun. He likes her and is happy to work hard. Julie is the reason that he has made so much progress. Communication is his challenge, and we find that as his skills improve other negative behaviors drop.

Julie is very creative and lets the child’s interests lead the activities. She makes it look effortless, but when I try to mimic what she does I’m exhausted.

Julie sees my son at school and has taught his teachers how to work with him better. She knows that to make real progress, all of us - school, home, and therapy - need to be in line with the same tools, and Julie makes the investment so that his therapy is consistent in each environment.”

“Julie provided speech therapy for my son who has Apraxia and she is fantastic. Julie has an amazing ability to be observant of the child and quickly figure out what is and isn’t going to work, which is hard with a non-verbal kid.

When she met him, my son couldn’t speak at all. He was extremely shy and uncomfortable around people, yet she was able to make a therapeutic connection when other professionals couldn’t get through at all.

For the first three months he screamed every time she walked into the room, and we had many e-mail exchanges with her promising not to abandon the work. She wasn’t afraid of a tough situation and over time she worked it out.

In therapy Julie incorporated my son’s toys and surroundings so that the lessons could continue during the week. Her range of tools was creative, child-centered and very flexible. When he finally sang the ABC’s I was beside myself with pride. I couldn’t believe it, but Julie didn’’t let him rest on his laurels. She kept the victories coming and he really felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Communication with Julie is easy. She is accessible — she answers the phone, responds to messages, offers regular progress reports and is communicative with our case manager.

To make his therapy consistent, Julie came to school to observe and help him with socialization. She suggested that we conduct a session during a playdate to integrate her work into his real life.

Julie has become a beloved family member. It was just incredible progress. My son didn’t say a word until he was three, and he is now normal. Our district person said that in 25 years they had never seen such results, and I credit Julie.”

“Julie is warm, fun, professional and incredibly competent. My son loves her and looks forward to seeing her every week. She gears everything to his interests, it’s like having an awesome play date.

The logistics are easy. She comes to our house and you can’t even begin to imagine how much that helps. He is now four and has been doing speech therapy since he was 21 months old, and in that time has made amazing progress... light years difference from when she started. We have always been thrilled with her results.

Julie has also been great in involving and reporting to us as parents. When she is working on something new she pulls us in to see what they are doing. She gives us one or two things to do with him in fifteen minute lessons to reinforce what she is working on. She has also been great about working with his preschool.

We felt incredibly lucky that we got Julie as a speech therapist. You want someone who is professional, capable and has the training, but there are probably a lot of people out there that fit that bill. She’s a really exceptional person who connects with children to develop a real friendship, which makes it possible for the child to focus on the work. They want to please her, because the lessons are fun. She’s flexible and playful at heart.”