Testimonials

I was recommended to TLC by my son’s pediatrician when he showed signs of speech delay. We have been seeing Lisa for almost two years now and I could not be more grateful that she was introduced to us. Anyone who’s child has a speech delay, know the signs of frustration are crying and screaming when we do not understand what our child needs. That was my son’s immediate reaction anytime anyone did not know what he was asking for or wanted. He spent months expressing himself this way to his family and even Lisa. Lisa never got upset. She knew Jacion was frustrated and always was calm and attentive towards him. She worked with him to figure out what he wanted and never showed one sign of frustration towards my son. I love how she tailored each week and month by my son’s progress. At first it was getting Jacion comfortable with Lisa so he enjoyed coming each week, and she would label each item or reactions so he could hear the son. Then she made us a customized binder with picture cards in it. She picked pictures of my son’s favorite foods or activities. This way my son could hand me the picture instead of screaming and crying when I did not know what he wanted. After ever session, she would bring me in the room during the last fifteen minutes, to show me what they worked on and what to mimic when I got home.
It is almost,two years later and my son is starting to put words and sentences together. He enjoys going to TLC every Saturday to see Lisa. One thing I could say is that Lisa never made him feel like he was there to work. She made it feel like he was there to play but also incorporating speech without him knowing. It made it easy to go each week instead of him not wanting to go.
I recommend anyone who has a child or adult who has a speech impairment to visit TLC. I honestly do not know how my son would be communicating today without Lisa and the whole crew at TLC.

Sarah has done wonders for our daughter! Aside from Sarah’s excellent work with our daughter regarding speech services, Sarah helped us to receive services from our town! Our daughter was able to get into a special school program! We can not say enough about Sarah and how amazing she is. All the help she provided and outreach that she helped us with has been so very helpful to our daughter. We are so very lucky to have found Sarah and our daughter looks forward every week to see her! Thank you to Sarah and TLC you have made communicating with our daughter so helpful and easy we could not do it without you!

My son has been evaluated by numerous Speech Language Pathologists over the years. It was not until Lynn LaValley came into our lives that we were finally able to connect the dots and get a clear picture of what communication deficits were impacting his ability to communicate with his friends and family.
Lynn came into our home and observed our son’s interactions with his family. Through this evaluation, Lynn determined that the focus of his therapy should be on social/pragmatic language. This information was presented at a PPT for carryover into his school environment. Lynn LaValley has been instrumental in both identifying and implementing strategies to improve Michael’s social communication. Our son lost valuable time in therapy that was not focused on his true communication deficit; pragmatic language as many other SLP’s were unable to truly detect what his weaknesses were. I look forward to watching my son grow and progress in his ability to communicate with his family and friends. Without the help of Lynn, this would not be possible.

My family and I have been clients of Lynn Lavalley’s for over 5 years. The service that she has provided for my son, who is on the Autism Spectrum, has been wonderful. My son struggled with not only the sounds of various letters, but also some basic aspects of communication due to his diagnosis. Lynn has been able to help him tremendously by working with him on the basics of communication, and helped him to master his problem areas in sounding out letters of the alphabet while speaking. She has aided in building his confidence and self esteem. Lynn is not only a fantastic speech pathologist, but she is also one of the most caring individuals that my family has worked with. We would highly recommend her for any individual who requires speech therapy.”

Being a speech language pathologist myself, my standards were extremely high when looking for someone to work with my son. Over the last year Lynn has supported not only my child, but my entire family. She is a warm, engaging, professional who remains current in her field and utilizes a variety of strategies and treatment approaches when working with her clients. We highly recommend her to anyone who is looking for speech and language services for their child.

Lynn LaValley has helped our daughter Nicole find more than her voice. She has helped her to be more confident and outgoing. Nicole began working with Lynn in the spring of 2010, at the age of 5. Up until that point, she did not speak much outside of our house and what she did say was very difficult to understand. Within 2 months of working one-on-one with Lynn, hearing her sing for the first time and talk to her cousins, brought tears to our eyes. Over the course of her therapy, Lynn has treated Nicole like she was her own child providing a fun, loving, supportive environment. Lynn has sought the advice and counsel of her peers as unusual speech patterns presented themselves. When progress appeared to stall, she performed a round of testing to help assess if there were other learning issues that were potentially inhibiting her so that we can address together. We have been so impressed with her willingness to partner with us, the school and our reading consultant to ensure Nicole’s success. We are extremely grateful for the professional speech services provided by Lynn LaValley. We would highly recommend her services to any parent with a child struggling to communicate.