Ithaca Therapy Works, SLP, OT, PLLC

Ithaca Therapy works has opened doors for my toddler and helped us to thrive. Jess has been instrumental in helping my toddler with a verbal delay. My toddler was delayed but not far enough behind to get state funded services which was very frustrating. I was thrilled when I found Ithaca Therapy Works knowing they could offer me private services and I happily drive 50 minutes each way for speech sessions. Jess helps to teach me tactics to help my son in everyday living while she is working with him. Jess is excellent at working with young kids. She is a master at controlling play so speech class does not feel like work and my son looks forward to his weekly class. I absolutely feel that without the ability to work with Jess my son would have fallen further behind between age 2-3, whereas now he is thriving. I am extremely glad to be working with Jess and know that I am providing my son the best opportunity for future success by continuing with Ithaca Therapy Works.

Last summer, we sought speech therapy for my then 6 1/2 year old because he had many articulation (letter sound) delays. From the time we reached out to Ithaca Therapy Works, we were treated with kindness, compassion, and respect. His intake appointment/evaluation was done promptly and we began speech with Miss Muriel soon after. We watched his speech flourish working alongside her. In less than a year, the progress was remarkable. At the beginning, his speech was unintelligible to many of his peers and non-familiar adults and now we confidently send him off to school knowing that he’s understood by anyone he encounters. It is a priceless gift and expressing my gratitude for it will never seem like enough! My child enjoyed and looked forward to speech each week because he was met with kindness, love, and encouragement at every interaction and had fun while learning. Ithaca Therapy Works and Miss Muriel will forever hold a special place in our hearts!

Muriel is nothing short of amazing. We had worked with other professionals in town, but after only 2 sessions with our 10 year old, she was able to teach techniques that resulted in immediate improvement. We've been working with her twice a week and she has been able to deliver all technical information in an easily digestible format (both to parents and student), keep the sessions interesting and fun, and adjust her treatments to fit the ever-changing needs of an older student whose motivation ebbs and flows. I absolutely hate leaving feedback/reviews, but Muriel's just too good not to let the rest of the community in on the secret.

My daughter has been working with Muriel at Ithaca Therapy Works for more than a year and we have been so happy with the care she is getting and the progress she has made. She's always been a very talkative child but due to an undiagnosed tongue tie had issues with intelligibility. Muriel identified her problem in the first session when other evaluators hadn't, and immediately referred us to a specialist to have it addressed. Since then we have been working with Muriel 2 times per week and she has made huge strides. Best of all she loves her time in therapy, which is a huge win when you are working with a 3-4 year old - it's most important that therapy is still fun! We are very grateful!

Jessica Romans has worked wonders with my 9-year-old; when he first started weekly speech therapy with her ten months ago he was unable to produce the "r" sound, as well as a variety of other sounds. He can now say his "r" and is working with Jessica on making it a habit. In addition to being highly effective, Jessica makes sessions fun for kids and is always a pleasure to be around. She also makes it very easy to submit insurance claims by putting together a monthly superbill with all of the necessary information; I never have to ask for this paperwork, she sends it at the end of each month.