Please accept this letter of thanks for your amazing work with my daughter.  Her time with you has brought her speech skills up by leaps and bounds.  Thanks to you, she has a newfound clarity.  You were her third speech-language pathologist, but I greatly wish you had been her first.  For three years, she was served on-and-off by at least two other providers, neither of whom were able to fully resolve her speech issues.  In just one session with you, the change in her speech was remarkable.  After three sessions, her classroom teacher commented on the notable changes.  Since then, my daughter’s improved speech has remained consistent with no regression to her previous speech patterns.  Besides having a new confidence in speaking, my daughter also has a new perspective on speech therapy.  She genuinely enjoyed her time with you!  Your activities and strategies were perfectly matched to her age, her attention, and her interest.  I so appreciated the at-home speech exercises that you provided as well.  It really made me feel that I could contribute to this part of her development and as a parent, that empowered me.  Your explanations at every juncture were easy-to-understand, helpful, and insightful.  I am so grateful for what you have done for my little one and my family.  Communication is at the core of every interaction, every friendship, every career opportunity, every learning moment.  I can think of no other developmental skill more important than the ability to communicate - to understand and to be understood.  Hearing her communicate clearly for the first time, with happy tears in my eyes, while she proudly exclaimed, “Mommy, listen!” is something I will not forget. You are truly a natural and this is undoubtedly your calling.  -  Parent of S.C.