10 month and so much progress! We noticed our daughter wasn’t catching up with her speech development around 18 months and had discussed with our pediatrician, she told us to wait it out. At 2 years old, we still had not seen much improvement and our pediatrician finally agreed that maybe speech therapy would help. At the recommendation of our pediatrician, we got started on the process of getting enrolled into the Early Start Program with the San Diego Regional Center. After assessments and a “confirmed” speech delay, the Regional Center approved speech therapy and our case worker got us started with Radiant Kids Therapy. Kali was the SLP assigned to us and from the first day she clicked with my daughter (and myself!). Over the course of 10 months we saw drastic improvement with my daughter. She started at 2 years old with less than 10 words, often forgetting words she had previously said, couldn’t accurately say Mama or Dada to the right person and having frustrated outburst/meltdowns when she couldn’t be understood or couldn’t accurately portray her needs to us. Kali taught us the strategies to help teach our daughter and by the time my daughter turned 3 (when the early start program ends) she had around 200+ words, she’s singing songs (mostly understandable), asking what things are, knows all her colors, can count to 15, recites ABCs, etc. We’ve seen her turn into such a chatterbox and I honestly think the results we had were because of Kali’s extensive knowledge, care and patience with our daughter (and with us!). Throughout our 10 months using Radiant, the office staff was helpful if we needed anything. We met several other SLP’s that did “ride alongs” with Kali and we honestly can’t say enough good things about everyone at Radiant. We looked into continuing on with Radiant through insurance and out of pocket and ultimately decided our daughter had made so much progress that we (and our doctor) didn’t think it was necessary to stay in speech therapy for now. If that changes in the future and we stop seeing growth in her language development, Radiant will be the first place we call. To say that the services we received were “great” or “outstanding” would be an absolute understatement. The services we received profoundly changed my daughter’s and our lives in the most amazing way. I have no doubt she will continue to grow and learn and we are able to help her develop her language skills through the strategies we learned. We will forever be grateful to Kali and Radiant Kids Therapy.

My experience with Radiant and Melissa… My experience with Radiant and Melissa C. has been great! I have seen great improvements with my son when it comes to his OT. Also her passion and approach is perfect, my son gets excited every time she comes and it warms my heart.

We have been with Radiant Kids Therapy… We have been with Radiant Kids Therapy for almost 1 year and our experience with our Therapist, Jackie has been amazing! My son loves her and enjoys taking the sessions with her. He has definitely come along way from when he started, all thanks to his OT Jackie!

OT improvements My daughter was 15 months old when she started getting in home therapies through SD Regional Center. She was getting OT with Radiant Kids Therapy and has worked with Jackie for about 8 months. Jackie is a wonderful person, very patient and compassionate. She’s always ready to listen to any concerns that I have with my daughter. She’s very knowledgeable and informative I have learned a lot of techniques and strategies from her on how to help my daughter continue to develop her skills. She always comes prepared with fun and creative activities that kept my child engaged during their session. They met once a week for an hour for 8 months straight (we moved and had to pause services) and I have seen a lot of improvements on my daughter’s fine motor skills and social skills - She started with not making eye contact, not responding to her name, doesn’t say Hi or Bye, sensitive to anything new to touch and that completely changed in just a few months of OT. She’s now more sociable and independent, likes to feed herself using spoon/fork, brush her teeth, wants to dress up and put on socks/shoes, likes to paint and scribble. She used to not like playing outside because of sensory sensitivity to sand, grass or just concrete and now she has made a lot of progress and started to play outdoors. Jackie has helped my child and my family so much. We’ll always be grateful for the the help and care! She’s amazing and my daughter absolutely loved her and I miss seeing my kid happily running to her at the door whenever she sees her.

We see Marissa Thornquist once a week… We see Marissa Thornquist once a week for speech and could not be happier with the service we have received. Marissa is an incredible therapist! I constantly find myself saying “she is so good at her job!” She is so sweet, engaging, smart, and is amazing with my little one. The progress we have seen in just a number of months has been amazing and our little guy is talking non stop. He (and we) absolutely LOVE her! She truly is the best.