"Bloom and Grow is a fresh, motivated, educated and collaborative ABA + Speech Therapy Program and I’m so happy to have them help me navigate this life as a parent of an autistic child."
Malerie, our daughter’s speech therapist, has helped tremendously in improving my child’s communication. My 2 year old is mostly nonverbal with occasional words that are not consistently there. Malerie started us on an unofficial AAC device (we bought a mini iPad and put a $50 talking assistance software on it). I was nervous my daughter would have a hard time picking up the device but Malerie, Nikki, and I collaborated as we introduced it to her and now she’s thriving and communicating with it well! She’s able to label colors, farm animals, and shapes. She is able to tell us when she wants food, drink, toys, potty, sleep, and this takes a lot of guessing out of what she wants which is one of the hardest thing with a nonverbal child. Malerie has a good flow in speech sessions as she focuses on play based learning, allowing her to maximize her opportunities to target speech effectively.