Brooklyn Letters (Online Speech Language Therapy, Literacy & Math Tutoring)
1139 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn
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We were delighted with Christie. First, and most importantly, our son made great strides under her guidance. So great, that we felt he no longer needed help! She was incredibly patient and kind with him and our son really responded to her. Christie was also great with me and my wife. She provided thorough and informative updates on our son's progress and which exercises she was using with him, so we could reinforce what she was teaching him. All in all, we had a fabulous experience with Christie and would highly recommend her. -
Our experience with Theo was terrific. Theo was great with my son. He developed a positive relationship with him based on sincerity, respect, trust and a deep personal connection. In their lessons, Theo was encouraging, creative and kind. He helped our son understand how to differentiate the sounds he made when he spoke, and gave him great exercises to practice every week between lessons. Our son was sorry to have the lessons come to an end, but recognized that Theo had helped him as much as possible and it was time for him to stop. Theo explained to him (and us) how to keep working to get the last 5%, and encouraged him to keep working on the exercises on his own. I have recommended Theo to another parent who noticed my son's improvement and inquired for her own son.
We are all grateful to have gotten to know Theo, and we greatly appreciate all the work he did to help our son. -
Theo is a wonderful Clinton Hill speech therapist. We were really pleased with him. Our son showed drastic improvement, not only in his speech but in his confidence. -
Alexa has been an enthusiastic, reliable, well prepared and caring teacher for our 6 year old daughter. She has been able to improve and increase our daughter's confidence lesson by lesson with patience and competence; through varied and productive didactic practice. Alexa has engaged our daughter in several activities that always kept her motivated and eager to learn literacy. My wife and I, both of us are educators, feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to observe Alexa's pedagogical skills. Alexa has had a big impact on our daughter literacy growth. Thank you Brooklyn Letters! -
We were absolutely DELIGHTED with Marsha's services. She was wonderful. We found her to be kind, fun, engaging, very knowledgeable. She provided us with clear instructions and additional written handouts each week. She engaged our son with different techniques and toys, and showed us how to use her techniques when we were interacting with him. I actually just texted her on Saturday - Our son finally said "more" - one of the target words we had been working on with her. It was a total joy to hear, and I had to share it with her - she wrote back immediately to congratulate us. I am so appreciative of her expertise, and wish we could have seen her for longer. I recommended her to another family in our neighborhood who is looking for a speech therapist.
Group Speech Therapy for Toddlers
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ONLINE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT POD?
Hello! Welcome to our Online Language Development Pod! My name is Allison, and I am a Speech Language Pathologist. For the past 21 years I have found a passion in working with young children to develop and enhance language and communication skills. I look forward to working with you and your child!
Meet Allison W.
Master’s in Language Pathology
Allison is a learning specialist and NYS licensed language therapist. She earned her B.A. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from The State University of New York College at Fredonia. For over 19 years, she has taught in schools, clinical settings, and private practice.
She is highly skilled at working with a variety of language, social/pragmatic deficits, and learning disabilities. She is experienced working with ADHD, dyslexia, and twice-exceptional students. As a learning specialist, she has worked with preschool, elementary, and secondary students for developing skills such as literacy (decoding and comprehension), writing, working and short-term memory, executive functioning, and social thinking. Allison recognizes the importance of developing customized learning programs specific to each students’ unique needs. She recognizes how organizational skills, sensory regulation, attention, written and verbal expression intertwine and impact learning.
Allison prides herself on her ability to effectively collaborate with families, teachers, and other professionals to encourage effective communication across all platforms and environments. She believes that a combination of evidence-based practice, parent/caregiver involvement, and engaging activities that make learning enjoyable is the key to success.
SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT
Students will be required to have a laptop/desktop computer or iPad with the zoom application downloaded. Be sure to update zoom as needed.
SESSION INFORMATION
These classes are designed for children 2-3 years of age and will run twice weekly, weekday mornings (TBD) at 10am. The classes will last 60 minutes each and have a maximum of 3 student per group. They will be held through the Zoom platform and parents will receive a link via email to join the sessions. Session start date to be determined.
PRICING
Classes will be priced per student, based on the number of students in the group. Payments will be weekly and must be made electronically via Zelle or Venmo.
2 students: $75/session
3 students: $60/session
CURRICULUM
These sessions are designed to be fun and engaging for your toddler! They will incorporate music, videos, interactive games, and a variety of green screen interactive activities to work toward building receptive and expressive language skills to enhance overall communication.
Some of the skills we will address include:
- increasing vocabulary skills
- following directions
- increasing ability to respond accurately to a variety of questions
- increasing understanding and use of categories and basic language concepts (such as prepositions, colors, shapes, etc).
- social skills– interacting with peers in the class and learning to listen and ask/answer questions from peers.
*Please do not worry if your child has difficulty attending to the entire class. They are young and this is new for them. Young children often have limited attention spans and as they grow and develop, they will be able to attend and participate for longer periods of time! I will try my hardest to keep them as engaged as possible!
GUIDELINES FOR VIRTUAL GROUP SPEECH THERAPY FOR TODDLERS INSTRUCTION:
- Communication: schedule an appointment via email to discuss your child’s progress with his/her teacher.
- Recording instructional sessions without permission is prohibited.
- Everyone who might appear on camera needs to be dressed and behaving appropriately – check what your camera can pick up behind your child.
- I will be requesting access to mute and unmute during the class as this aids in allowing myself and others in the class to hear and be heard at different times within the class. Please remember that when the mic is on, the class will hear everything anyone says within its range.
- Please try to find a quiet place for your child to participate in class or keep background noise to a minimum during class time.
- Check your child’s audio daily.
- While “in class” students should leave their camera on so their teacher can see the student.
Check out Allison showing us how to use Green Screen during her sessions!
