Brooklyn Speech Lab

I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to Arefa for the incredible support she provided my son through speech therapy. From the very start, she was engaging, thoughtful, and truly invested in his growth. She took the time to get to know not just him, but our whole family, ensuring we had the tools to support him at home as well. Week after week, we saw real progress—his confidence grew, his language strengthened, and it was all thanks to Arefa’s dedication and expertise. We absolutely loved working with her, and we are so grateful for the impact she has had on our journey. Thank you, Arefa, for your kindness, patience, and unwavering support! 💙✨

We are so fortunate to have found Arefa. Our little one was a bit behind in speaking at 21 months. Arefa provided timely and invaluable expertise. Her sessions were very efficient and tailored to address the individual needs of the child. Her strategies were easy to follow and implement that made it easy for parents to be supportive. Her demeanor was so endearing that my child was easily engaged. Now at 27 months, not only is my child caught up, he is speaking in three languages. High recommend Arefa and also early intervention!

We’ve had a wonderful experience with Key to Growth. Our son has made great progress with Arefa over the past several years in terms of catching up to his age cohort for speech and comprehension. She goes above and beyond to be communicative with us as well as our son’s teachers in terms of how we can all support him. She developed a treatment plan for our son to determine which areas of his speech and comprehension most needed attention / development and she discussed the game plan with us and keeps us in the loop on his progress after every session. Lastly and most importantly, our son really connects with her and is excited to see her. She has a really strong ability to meet him at his level and she is warm and inviting, and she makes the sessions fun for him while making sure to teach the topics that are key to our son’s development. I’d highly recommend her to any families looking for speech therapy.

We’ve had a wonderful experience with Key to Growth. Our son has made great progress with Arefa over the past several years in terms of catching up to his age cohort for speech and comprehension. She goes above and beyond to be communicative with us as well as our son’s teachers in terms of how we can all support him. She developed a treatment plan for our son to determine which areas of his speech and comprehension most needed attention / development and she discussed the game plan with us and keeps us in the loop on his progress after every session. Lastly and most importantly, our son really connects with her and is excited to see her. She has a really strong ability to meet him at his level and she is warm and inviting, and she makes the sessions fun for him while making sure to teach the topics that are key to our son’s development. I’d highly recommend her to any families looking for speech therapy.

When we first met Arefa we were very concerned about our son’s speech delay. Arefa put us at ease with her warm manner and expert knowledge. She worked with our son for a year during which we enjoyed close, clear communication and saw leaps and bounds in our son’s speech. Arefa also gave us wonderful insights into his behavior and went above and beyond in working with his teacher and OT. We still talk about Arefa at home and miss having her in our lives. While our son continues to have speech therapy now offered in his school, we miss the consistent communication and how much Arefa enjoyed celebrating and unpacking our wins and advances. She is so engaged and good at what she does that we strongly recommend her for any age child, for any speech therapy needs. Arefa is an absolute gem.

We couldn't recommend Arefa more highly! Our son was delayed in speaking, and we started working with Arefa when he was 20 months (introduced through referral from our pediatrician). We were immediately so impressed with how easily and quickly she related to our son. She is able to engage with him so well, keeping his attention and encouraging him to verbalize with her within the first session. She also partnered with us on how we could best support his learning and development between therapy sessions. We've now "graduated" out of needing Arefa's services, as my son is now speaking/verbalizing right on track for his development. We're so grateful to Arefa for her help and guidance, and my son is still so excited to see "his friend Arefa" when we're out in the neighborhood. Also worth mentioning, all of my son's grandparents overlapped with one of Arefa's sessions in our home at some point. Every single one of them was so impressed by how well she worked with our son and how much they learned by observing her!

Arefa was my son's speech-language therapist for over two years. She worked with him at our home and was absolutely incredible with him. I was present for most of my son's sessions and Arefa always took the time to speak with me about both what she was working and ways that I could better support him. She really made it about our whole family, which was very helpful and important to me. Arefa was in frequent contact with my son's teachers and other therapists. Thankfully, because of this open communication she was able to understand that while he was making progress at home, he was really struggling with language at school and in other social settings. Arefa was able to quickly adapt her strategies to suit my son's individual needs and evolving challenges. Arefa is a gifted therapist who is engaging, smart and kind. We feel very fortunate to have had her as our son's therapist and could not recommend her more highly.