Southern California Collaborative Therapy

SCCT is truly a unique therapy group that is designed to COLLABORATE with other professionals to provide the best services to children with speech/​language disorders. Communication disorders are highly variable and children who exhibit them often require a multitude of treatments. While therapies vary in their objectives, all share the goal of improving a child’s quality of life. SCCT not only maximizes a child’s therapy time by combining professional services simultaneously, but they also utilize evidence-​based practices and innovative techniques that foster a creative environment– all of which allow children to flourish. As an interventionist who works with children with autism, I have witnessed amazing growth and progress as the result of collaboration with SCCT. Andi embodies professionalism and expertise, but it is her ingenuity that makes her an exceptional speech-​language pathologist.

We just love Andi! My now 6 year old daughter was presenting with a lisp and mispronunciation of various words. Over the course of 6 months, she worked with Andi 1 to 2xs a week. We have done various check-​ins here and there but have been super happy with the results. Andi is extremely competent, friendly and great with kids. My daughter to this day still wants to have her Andi time!!! You will not regret calling her!

Wow, Miss Andi is Awesome! My 8 year old son just «graduated» from Speech Therapy after 6 years. We had use a therapist through our insurance then through school who helped but very slowly. Then we met Miss Andi who had helped my nephew tremendously so we were excited for a change. The cost of therapy is high but TOTALLY worth it! We wish we had met her much sooner, I’m sure the length it took to graduate would have been cut in at least half. My son truly loved working with Coach Andi as he called her. She is full of encouraging and positive energy and made learning fun! She was easy to communicate with and educated us to help us understand our son’s learning process. We highly recommend Coach Andi! Lastly, our son was asked to speak at a school function next week and we couldn’t be more proud of him!

My 8-​year old daughter needed myofunctional therapy to correct a tongue thrust, which had caused a severe overbite, before we began orthodontics. The only reason I knew of myofunctional therapy is because I had it as a child (I also had a tongue thrust). Apparently most orthodontists simply install an applicance to try and «train» the patient’s tongue to go to the correct spot. I would prefer to work with my child and retrain her muscles to swallow correctly. Just makes sense to me.
Myofunctinal therapy is usually performed by a dental hygentist or a speech therapist. Andi is a speech therapist. I consulted with a couple other potential therapists for my daughter, but felt a speech therapist was much more qualified and competent. It is more expensive, but very worth it. In addition, by going to a licenced speech patholist, my daughter was diagnosed with a swallowing abnormality and our sessions may be covered by insurance (we haven’t heard from the insurance company yet).
Andrea did an excellent and thorough job of assessing my daughter’s ability to swallow and the functionality of her tongue. Plus, she made it fun. Andrea has a wonderful, friendly personality and a great rapport with both me and my daughter. I was encouraged to participate in sessions so that I could ensure my daughter completed her weekly exercises properly.
We are still in the midst of therapy, but I have already seen major improvements in my daughter’s ability to swallow correctly. I have no doubt her therapy will be successful.