Dawn Gold, MS

We had the pleasure of working with Dawn in May 2015 for 2 months. My 4 year old son was terrified and traumatized by doctors or therapist because of a really bad experience with a LPCH speech therapist when he was 2 yo and I didn’t have the heart to put him through it again although in hindsight I probably should have. Fast forward 2 years later and our new pediatrician recommended Dawn! Upon meeting her, my son had an instant liking to her. We met at a park and dawn played with my son while «working»…it was awesome! And as a parent, my nerves slowly started to ease. We met once a week for about 8 weeks… and in those 8 weeks I saw great improvement with my son’s speech and vocab. My son had a warm affection toward Dawn and looked forward to his speech sessions which were at the mountain view library. Dawn read books, played board games, and allowed me to video tape as well for my husband to review at home. Her methods of therapy was exactly what my son needed to get out of his shell and to find comfort in therapy again! Unfortunately we had to stop our sessions because I was expecting my second son and was going on maternity leave and the 45 min commute to the sessions was taking a toll on me. My son still fondly remembers Dawn and we would recommend her without hesitation. We are very grateful to have crossed paths with her and wish we met her when my son was 2yo rather than 4yo!

My son had a lisp and he needed a therapist to really work on it. So I decided to stop with the one we had and changed to Dawn. She won him over in no time. First he asked me to come with him — he was scared a bit, but after the first session he asked me if I really had to accompany him ;-) I’m very happy and thankful that he made this huge progress in such a short time and hope that he benefits from it for awhile.

Dawn has been working with my preschool-​aged daughter for over a year now. My daughter started with a significant speech delay, but she’s made quite a bit of improvement under Dawn’s care.
I really appreciate how much Dawn has also been a resource for me and my husband as we learn about our daughters speech issues. Dawn has provided us with a large set of skills and practices we can use to support our daughter’s development at home, between sessions.
Dawn makes my daughter’s therapy fun and engaging. My daughter is very young, and Dawn has the skills and experience to keep the therapy playful, but still effective. It’s important to me that my daughter enjoys spending time with Dawn and likes to work on speech – I think Dawn’s approach gives my daughter the best chance for resolving her speech issues.

Dawn is wonderful. My son has been working with her for four months now and has made a lot of progress. She’s extremely positive and direct. She’s makes sessions not only instructive, but also fun for him. She gives me regular update about his progress and helps me learn how to help him in between sessions. She’s given us lot of outside support, including reviewing and providing feedback on the short practice videos we do in between sessions. It’s so nice to know that it’s clearly personally important to her to see my son develop better skills. I can’t recommend her enough.