“When one of the most respected Developmental Pediatricians in New York City told us to use Shari Goldstein, you take the advice. After diagnosis, I immediately called Shari and said I would "beg, borrow and steal" to get Ethan on her schedule. Shari immediately returned the call, and as luck would have it, she had time for him. There aren't enough superlatives to describe Shari as a person or Shari as a speech therapist. Parents and clients alike are immediately drawn to her warmth, kindness, empathy, professionalism and intelligence. Shari devises individual, well-thought-out programs for each child; there is nothing cookie-cutter about her practice. Shari is tireless in her quest to really understand and assist each child, using the tools that best help each child develop. She will dance.... she will get on the floor... she will expand their culinary options... she will stop at nothing to help your child, as she helped mine. When we first brought Ethan to Shari, he could not string three words together; Shari taught Ethan to speak, and that continues to be music to our ears.”
“Prior to Shari, we had seen numerous speech pathologists and ENTs, all of whom misdiagnosed my son. Shari was the first person to mention the possibility of a tongue tie. She listened to our concerns, created a warm, therapeutic environment, and provided a comprehensive evaluation. Since then, Shari has been there every step of the way - attending medical appointments with us, being available to field questions at any hour, and proactively reaching out to us to check in. She truly goes above and beyond in every capacity and cares deeply about each individual patient and his or her success. I can’t possibly recommend Shari highly enough and am so thankful that we found her.”
“We first met Shari about 8 years ago when our daughter was 2 year old. She has an amazing way with kids (and anxious parents) and our then very shy 2 year old took to her immediately. We would all love going to see Shari (even our younger child who would just come along for the ride). She helped our daughter tremendously with her speech development and was even first to diagnose a posterior tongue tie that went undetected by the pediatrician and was later confirmed by an ENT. We are so thankful Shari came into our lives and she has become an important person to everyone in our family. We would highly recommend Shari to any child and their family in need of speech therapy!”
“Shari came highly recommended by the Director of a local preschool. We started working with Shari when our son was just over two years old and had 14 words. A year and a half later, he does not stop talking! At his initial assessment, he barely made a sound and seemed very skeptical. Shari quickly gained his trust and got him participating in his twice a week sessions. She is very creative in prompting him to say sounds and varies the activities so that he stays focused the entire session. We are thrilled to have found Shari!”
“You are WONDERFUL! So many tricks up your sleeve and more patience than anyone in the world. Thank you!”