"I have been thinking about our sessions a lot recently as I walk past your house everyday to school. I am now starting to read more and working a lot towards applying to college and towards growing my portfolio and finding new ways to expand my sketching. I applied to a design school in California called ArtCenter of Design early action in November and I got in! I would be studying Transportation Design.

"Everytime I sit down to read, every chapter I do two things in a notebook:
   • Multiple bullet points on key events that happen in that chapter
   • At least one or more quotes from that chapter about something I found inspiring

"Right now I am reading Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday.

"I have created a routine for myself every day now and it has really helped me to be more consistent with doing/getting my work done and I want to thank you for supplying my tool box of learning with all the tools that I need to grow. I am really thinking about all the tools I learned from you, like reflecting after every chapter to learn and remember all the information in that chapter more organized and clearer. Also in my writing, finding different synonyms for repeated words along with reducing and cutting down unnecessary words for a long, overly complex sentence.

"Just wanted to give you a little update since working with you impacted my life in many fantastic and super helpful ways."

"I highly recommend Kai as a speech and language therapist. Kai has worked with my elementary school child since September 2019. She was very highly recommended by our special education advocate for her experience working with autistic children. For my child, Kai’s strength has been her work on social communication and language usage. For example, Kai is teaching my child how to make longer complex sentences, how to sequence and organize his thoughts, and how to make age-appropriate descriptions. Kai has successfully worked with my child’s on speech production difficulties too – my child has learned how to pronounce certain forms of “l”, “r” and “th” that he could not do before.

"Kai also discusses with my child why learning these different parts of speech and language are essential. She listens to my child and fosters a back and forth dialogue. At the beginning of the pandemic, Kai seamlessly pivoted to virtual learning over Zoom. Kai is always well prepared for her sessions and is very good at communicating with parents. Kai is teaching my child to be a better communicator and to be better understood by his peers and his teachers."

"Kai has been working with two of my kids for a couple of years now. One of them has trouble with certain producing sounds, finding the right words at the right time, and keeping all those words in order. She’s a complicated kid! Her improvement over her time with Kai has been remarkable. We’ve noticed it at home, teachers have noticed it at school, and her updated neuropsych evaluation confirmed it. Even better, my kid *likes* working with Kai. Going to speech every week isn’t a chore or a tantrum trigger… it’s something she’s cool with.

"My other kiddo came in with a different profile entirely and some pretty wonky speech sounds. The clarity of his speech has improved markedly in the time he’s been working with Kai, and she works with him just as successfully.

"Having a provider that is fun, effective, organized, and flexible is an incredible thing. I feel so lucky to have found Kai to know that we’ve got the best support for our kids.”

“Ms. Kai has been extremely helpful with our children. She is one of the few providers who is knowledgeable about adoption and attachment and understands our children’s need for firm, but supportive boundaries and limits. She is genuinely respectful of families of all types, very willing to adapt to our personal and cultural preferences, and works cooperatively with parents to meet our children’s needs. She is supportive of homeschooling.

"She has high expectations of children of color and is understanding and supportive of their unique challenges as both people with disabilities and people of color. Her sessions are fun and centered around the individual’s interests and strengths, while also incorporating high standards ad a lot of hard work. Ms. Kai has a particular gift for understanding people with subtle challenges, easily identifying and addressing the issues that get in the way of functional communication and understanding, while at the same time respecting neuro-diversity and letting people be their unique selves.”