Affinity Speech & Language Services

Alex is AMAZING! There’s no high enough praise I could offer for this wonderful professional speech therapist. I found Alex on Unilocal and called her to learn more about her after my son’s teacher suggested she would have the school speech pathologist listen to him. He’s 5 ½ yrs old and in kindergarten, and I wanted a 2^nd opinion. In our very first conversation, her warmth, expertise, and graciousness came through so clearly. She spoke to me for a half an hour, basically diagnosed him based on my description of what was going on (he had a lateral lisp), and suggested that the school would have to offer speech therapy at no cost to me. She also offered to spend a half hour talking with him, free of charge, just in case I still was not fully on board with simply going through his school. At the end of that first meeting, she guided me on how to make sure the school would treat my son, but he developed an attachment to Alex right away and really loved being with her that it made sense to me to keep him in a happy environment to do his therapy, so we chose Alex over the school therapy. A mere month or so later, he speaks perfectly clearly, and has had the best time getting to this point. He LOVES seeing Alex, and even though I told him he’d be graduating soon, he asked to still go see her every week to say hi! It has been such an incredible experience for all of us – there’s nothing like seeing your child work hard because he’s encouraged to do so in such a warmly positive way. It’s abundantly clear that Alex loves her job, loves working with children, and is constantly trying to find ways to engage and make it fun. If you have any concerns about your child’s speech, RUN to Alex, you will be so happy you did!

For four years, Alex was my son’s speech therapist. He has a number of issues, primarily apraxia and is also on the autism spectrum. Alex’s enthusiasm is contagious and my son LOVED going to speech. She thought of new ways to encourage him to speak, develop relationships and engage others in his activities at school, at home and out in public. Alex actively uses both old techniques and new technologies to improve linguistic and social functioning. Most importantly, she collaborates with teachers, family, staff and other students to increase a child’s interactions with all. I wish every child was fortunate enough to have Alex as a therapist– she is absolutely fabulous!

Alex had worked with my son, who has Cerebral Palsy for two years. He had lots of issues with his speech. When she started seeing him he wasn’t able to pronounce some sounds and was excessively protruding his tongue when trying to say the «L» sound. In just a few months working with Alex, my son started pronouncing the «L» well, with no protrusion. Now he can pronounce all the sounds. Alex also arranged for my son to make a Stuttering Presentation in front of the other kids at school. That was a great initiative, because my son was so proud and excited to do it (actually talked very smoothly during the presentation), and because the other kids were able to understand more about stuttering, what it feels like, try to do it, thus getting a better understanding of the problem and the kids with stuttering issues.
Alex taught my son what techniques to use to make stuttering less bothering. Alex is always very nice and friendly, treats her kids with love, belief, and dedication. She organized a few parties fro my son for different occasions. She always kept a good communication with me. She updated me about problems or progresses; always took into consideration my worries; responded to me emails promptly. She is lots of fun, her kids love her and are willing to work with her.

I can’t say enough positive things about Alex. She has worked with my son in the public school setting. She has tought him techniques to use with his speech and helped build his confidence. My son has made great progress and feels good about talking in front of the class! Huge win for us! She is patient and kind and always thinking outside the box on ways to help and develop the speech language. Alex goes above and beyond and is highly recommended!

I can not say enough about Alex. She is truly one of a kind. She was my daughter’s speech therapist in the public schools, and she far exceeded my hopes. Alex looks at the «whole child,» and structured the goals towards growing my daughter as a person, as an independent thinker, and a self-​sufficient young lady, all while centered around advancing her speech skills. In the IEP discussions at school, she was an active participant, and a true leader in terms of looking out for all of my daughter’s goals. She had a voice and influence in all dimensions of the process.
Alex always went above and beyond, offering practical and fun… and highly relevant paths for my daughter. Oh… and her speech has improved, too :-)
Yes, I can not more enthusiastically recommend Alex!!!