Stuttering

Most successful fluency plans involve one time a week training, and homework assignments that expand your ability to control your speech. The number of sessions over time is variable, depending upon the severity of the stutter.

My daughter started treatment with Ann when she was almost 3.5, after a speech language eval that indicated that her stuttering was "very severe." At that point, she had been stuttering for over a year, for as long as she had been forming sentences. She worked with Ann for a year and, now, at 4.5, her stuttering is negligible and she no longer qualifies for treatment. Ann was flexible and kind, she worked with our daughter using a number of different approaches, directive strategies, like Lidcombe, non-directive strategies and most importantly, oromyofunctional treatment. Although it's not standard treatment for stuttering, we saw a significant improvement in my daughter's fluency after a tongue-tie surgery and oromyofunctional exercises. It was hard work, but Ann supported us all the way and our daughter's speech benefitted tremendously. We are so grateful for all her support and would recommend her without reservation!
Grateful Parent, Stuttering

Ann’s ability to connect with my daughter has been nothing short of extraordinary. Her effective methods and engaging style have vastly improved my daughter’s fluency in a remarkably short period of time. The results have far exceeded any of our expectations, and my wife and I are extremely grateful for all of her efforts and expertise.
Brendan, Preschool Stuttering

The quality of service Ann provided to Brendan was outstanding. Through her work, research, and attention to detail, Brendan has managed to resolve his stutter. In addition, Ann's approach also helped to build Brendan's confidence, social skills and emotional development. Ann's professionalism, extensive research and commitment to always finding the latest and greatest app, research conferences and newest approaches, were refereshing and enlightening. Lastly, Brendan enjoyed his time with Ann, looked forward to working with her -- it was never a struggle. Thank you!
Andrea Flaherty, Preschool Stuttering

My three year old daughter developed a severe stutter. Many people said to "see if it goes away on its own" and "she'll outgrow it" or had stories of kids they knew who had stutters. However for me, it was painful to watch my child tell me she can't talk anymore or ask me when this is going to go away. As a mother, I felt the need to advocate for my child who was now living with anxiety and embarrassment from the sudden onset disfluency. A three year old shouldn't feel these insecurities. When we met Ann, my daughter immediately felt welcomed and excited. Every week she looked forward to seeing her "talking teacher," as she called Ann. I was blown away by the depth of knowledge Ann had about speech development. From the science of the brain, the shape of the palate, the strength of the tongue, Ann knew how to navigate strategies to help my daughter; not to mention the therapy was always designed with an aspect of fun in mind. Within two months, we saw an improvement in not only the stutter, but in my daughter's happiness and confidence. Honestly, the last session was so bitter sweet. We were happy to not need the therapy anymore, but we'll miss the fun sessions. Ann left off with an openness to call her whenever we needed to. I cannot express enough how helpful her services were to my daughter and our family.
Tracy Young, Stuttering

We began going to Ann due to my 13 year old daughter Isabella's stutter (disfluency). We had been to two different speech therapists prior and we were told that Isabella didn't require speech help at that time. When we found Ann, we were so pleased. Not only was she kind and welcoming, but she started working with Isabella from the very first visit. She would do exercises with her such as have her read in different speeds until she found the speed Isabella was most comfortable reading at and was fluent while doing so. Ann would always give Isabella praise with whatever they were working on. We could see Isabella's confidence boost almost overnight! She would come home and work on strategies that she had worked on and practice the skills she was learning.Isabella has learned a great deal from Ann in such a small amount of time. At any point in the future if we see that Isabella is struggling and we feel that she needs to see Ann again, we will most definitely bring her back. We can't thank you enough Ann for all you have done for Isabella and all you continue to do with all the people you see, each and every day!!P.S. I have to share this with you: at dinner last night, Isabella said "I raised my hand to read in social studies today and I raised my hand in math and I got the problem correct!!" Yaaaay!! We are so proud of her and I know that her confidence is because of all you taught her : ).<br>
Sharon, Stuttering