Alicia Westra18 days agoFrom
When I was looking for a Speech and Language Practitioner to work with my young son, two other SLPs recommended that I contact Shamim Haldankar in Redwood City. I am so glad that I followed their advice!
Shamim is kind, patient, and creative, in addition to being very knowledgable in all kinds of speech and language challenges. She knows when to challenge her clients as well as when to nurture them. Shamim consistently offers encouragement and compliments my son when he makes progress. In short, Shamim has been an indispensable part of our team of service providers in helping my son improve his speech, language, and social skills. I cannot recommend her enough!
Maryam Scoble18 days agoFrom
When it comes to speech therapy, Shamim Haldankar is a miracle worker...Not the kind of miracle that happens once and overnight, but the kind of miracle that happens gradually, and is the result of her hard work, patience, love, great knowledge and skills and years of experience. When our son first started with Shamim, at the age of 5, he spoke a handful words. In fact, we were told that with his apraxia, speech and language delay and autism, he may never talk. Over the past few years, he has started to speak in full sentences, make conversations, and even sing! We are so grateful for the gift of speech that Shamim brought to our Son's life. We love Shamim and feel blessed to have her in our life.
Emily Walling18 days agoFrom
Shamim is supremely experienced, creative and kind — with an amazing network that helps my child thrive even beyond SLP sessions. She gets speech out of my daughter during sessions that no one else can and she was an amazing collaborator during covid lockdown when we had to do sessions remotely. She referred us to the amazing school my daughter attends, and also to a best-in class AAC specialist. My daughter isn’t the easiest kid to work with but Shamim customizes sessions to incorporate her interests. She really cares about her clients and pushes the envelope with recommendations, which overwhelmed parents juggling a lot sometimes need — it’s great feeling like you have All-Star player on your team looking out for your child’s, not just a person you take your child to for an appointment. And when she explains the “why” behind certain speech functions you can’t help but be impressed. We take for granted how many microprocesses happen to communicate verbally. It can be hard to get onto her client list because she is in high demand, but it is worth it.
