Hear What Our Parents Have to Say
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We do see a difference in his digestive system
My son is happy to eat the chewable probiotic. I offer him one in the morning and one at night before bed. I appreciate the added "teeth cleaning" component. We do see a difference in terms of his digestive system when he does and does not take your product. I also like the fact that he only needs to take 2 a day versus 6-9 tablets.
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Combined with ProBio 25, his language exploded!
Speak has given my son a voice, and when we combined it the new ProBio25 just recently, his cognisance and language skills exploded! Vinny is such a happier child now that he can express himself and share his knowledge, and Mommy's happier to have a son who finally listens
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"Let me begin by saying WOW!!!"
“Let me begin by saying WOW!!! Vinny has been in speech for over a year with little success, but since he's been on Speak for a month, he is babbling non stop and his understanding seems improved. He follows simple instructions and makes so much more eye contact! I can't wait to see what the next couple months hold for him and our family. We are so grateful that our doctor recommended your product, and we've been telling everyone about it, our speech therapist has even been giving your pamphlets to her other families.”
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Positive influence on whole family
My eldest son had improved greatly through diet changes and supplements, but had lots of room for improvement. I learned about Speak at an ARI Conference in Atlanta. After a call to a representative at Speak, I learned that their supplement could also help my son.
My son started taking Speak the last week in July. August was an interesting month. When my son would have a meltdown, it was unlike past meltdowns, they were more intense. One time, he was so angry at me for sending him to a time out, I thought he was going to strike out. Luckily, he went to his room without incident. The intense meltdowns decreased in frequency as the month passed.
September came and my son returned to school. He was now in 4th Grade. This is an important time for children as they are maturing and developing friendships that will take them into middle and high school. In past years my son had a very difficult time staying in his chair, despite Thera Bands, weighted blankets, or any other strategy we could think of. My son would typically wonder around the classroom, hide in the bathroom, and even roll on the floor.
This year was different. In October we met for my son’s annual IEP meeting. I was told that my son no longer needed OT, or social skills groups. He was now able to complete writing assignments on his own and more importantly was making friends! He would actually come home and tell me about how he was playing group games during recess! In past years, he would hide from other children, and was too uncoordinated and impatient to play games.
The real kicker was that the school felt he no longer qualified to be on an IEP as he no longer needed services. Truly this was all we could ask for.
Our son is by no means perfect. We can tell that he still has more energy than his peers. However, the changes we witnessed as a result of starting Speak are remarkable and have had a very positive impact not only on our son but on our entire family."
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Increased self-awareness and deepening of communication skills
"My son is 5 1/2 and was diagnosed in fall of 2009. At that point, he had retreated into complete echolalia as his only means of communication. Through a speech pathologist, Joey tested at the the 2% of two year olds. He exactly 4 years old at the time of testing.
In spring of 2010, I began a support group for caregivers, and through that group I met an extraordinary mom who, after hearing me describe Joey and his communication problems, suggested I try Speak.
Honestly, I was cautious. I have not had extensive experience with supplements, especially with the bad rap they get because of fraudulent companies offering, at worst poison and at best sugar water, instead of the advertised product. And I especially am leery about giving an unregulated product to a child. So this was truly a leap of faith for us based on my friend's testimonial and the professionalism of your company.
We tried Speak the morning of February 15. In TWO HOURS, while we were playing he looked me in the eye, initiated conversation--"Look mom!," and had a non-echolaliac conversation. (Now at this point, he no longer just repeated what others said, but he did repeat himself multiple times) Each new sentence built on the last: so previously, he would look at the floor, very rarely use anyone's name, and say, "My train is on the track. My train is on the track. Look, my train is on the track." This day, however, his conversation went, "Look, Mom, my train is on the track. I put it on the track. My train is going fast. Ah oh, it derailed."
I was floored. The day pretty much progressed similarly from there. His sentences continued to build on each other; during the evening bath, he smiled and laughed and looked at each of us (his brother in the tub and my husband and I in the room--I had to have him see this) to see if we were listening and laughing, too. Fortunately, he does not experience the negative agitation other than I notice his hand movements are more "flappy," but this seems to me a sign of his brain working fast. At these times, I notice he is talking quickly and with expression. It is almost as if he has so much to say and is trying to say it all at once.
Today I am raising his dose to 3 caps once a day. We continue to see increased self-awareness, a curiosity to see if others are listening to him, a lessening of shyness around strangers, and a lightening of spirit. All of these traits seem to me (an untrained professional) a logical consequence of increased ability to communicate.
As of March 2011, Joey was retested by the same speech pathology office at 16% percentile of 4-5 year olds. He is 5.5 years old. So not only is he improving, but he is catching up! My husband and I believe a good chunk of this progress is due to continued speech therapy and joining an inclusive NT preschool 3 hours a day. But we also feel the deepening of his communication skills is a direct result of Speak.
Please share this story as you will (removing our last name of course).
Thanks so much for your time.
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Unprompted speech
"I received samples at the Autism One Conference. We just went to 2 capsules after a week and we are thrilled. We lost any little speech our son had about 2 years ago. He is now 9. We upped the cod liver oil we were using as well as TMG but got whispers at best~infrequently. We now have some speech again with little prompting and his receptive language is stellar!!! (Insert big grin here) He is so ON ~~it's fabulous!! LOUD laughter is the icing on the cake.
So very happy ~"
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Added Sentence Complexity
Since beginning the speech nutrients nearly 3 months ago, twice per daily, we have noticed significant progress in our son's speech development (age 5.5). Our family has been exceptionally pleased with his progress since beginning the speech nutrients; we have noticed an added level of complexity to his sentences and length of conversations he is able to carry with us and peers to be more intelligible. Whether these improvements are due to maturation with assistance to the speech nutrients regiment, my family is convinced of the properties of fish oils, especially combined with other natural ingredients to produce "speak", we are true believers in the power of this important vitamin and are now regular customers. Thank you so much for all you do in speech development for young children!
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Ease and convenience
Isaac has only been on it for a few weeks but I notice the improvements already. I really like the ease of the oil coming out of the capsule. He doesn't mind the taste at all and takes it with no problems. He has been speaking more, trying longer sentences, and initiating more conversations.
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His blue eyes shine!
"My twins have only been on it a week but the effects are already being seen. They are calmer and the big circles under Avery's eyes are gone. His blue eyes shine! Both of them are focusing on our faces more and they are trying to speak. I am so impressed with the progress. I want to thank you and SpeechNutrients for this product. God bless you."
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Great Response to speak
I am very happy to let you know that my son responded very well to speak. He is copying everything, he is much better in the social area, he is trying to speak much more, he seems to understand better and he pays more attention to everyone, I am really impressed with the progress in only 1 week. Thank you.
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I did it!
"I wanted to write and tell you of the progress we have seen with my son, Jotham, since starting on Speak. Jotham is 2 years and 8 months. Before we started Speak we had him on fish oil but in a smaller amount. Jotham has now been taking Speak for 2 full months. In the past month I have had numerous comments about how he has improved from his teacher at school and others at school and in our family that know him so well.
He is communicating with others better, and Jotham put a puzzle together all by himself with no help and when he was done he looked up and said, “I did it!.” His teacher said she and the other children were all so excited for him.
There are more words coming more easily on a daily, it is like a light bulb has been turned on. Last weekend he started singing the "alleluia" chorus that we sing in church, he sang it the whole way through, in tune! He has never attempted to sing anything while in church, just yelling out "Amen" once in awhile, repeating what we say. But he obviously had been listening!
I have to join Jotham in saying "alleluia" and thank you, for Speak. We cannot thank you enough for this wonderful product."
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Independence and spontaneity
Zach is talking and pointing more. I'll step out on a limb here and say I noticed it right away, within 48 hours. He's pointing more, naming many more objects spontaneously, even gave the dog a command. He has also played a bit more with his older sister, showed some empathy for her when she cried, and has been a bit more flexible on a couple of occasions so far. Today he cut with scissors independently and sat with a couple of kids for 10 minutes and watched them play.
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Improvements in balance and coordination
Eric has shown improvements in his gross motor skills since starting speak. Eric has always struggled with balance and coordination. Lately Eric seems much steadier on his feet and he is wanting to climb on everything and recently discovered he can pull himself onto our couch. I honestly cannot turn my back on him for one split second anymore, and it's wonderful! Eric has also recently started moving both feet at a rapid pace as if he's dancing. In addition, Eric has never waved on his own initiative before. Two weeks ago he waved on his own on two separate occasions (back-to-back days). While I haven't seen it happen again, I know it's in there!
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Music to My Ears
"Trace was almost three when he began taking Speak. I was hopeful, but was in no way prepared for the almost immediate change. His vocabularly went from one-to-two word sentences and a handful of words to now speaking in full sentences. We didn't experience any of the behavioral side effects at all. He never stops talking and it is music to my ears. Alot of people say we're crazy and that a supplement cannot help correct speech, but my husband and I just smile at each other when people say we're nuts. We've seen the results first hand and know without a doubt that this product has helped our son. All that matters to us is that our son can speak! It's been the best gift we've ever received."
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I just can’t wait for the next day
"Hi there, I just want to thank you for this wonderful product. I started giving my kid the speak capsules about 2 weeks ago and I've been seeing results. One day while driving I told him, "green light means go, and red light means stop." Next day, again, while driving, he scared the life out of me when he yelled, "Mom, stop, stop, red light." And yes indeed, I was coming to a red light. He is trying to repeat whole sentences now and he is constantly asking me what I am doing and thank me when I give him something. He wasn't saying any of this before. I just can't wait for the next day to hear what he has to say. Thank you so much, I'm so glad I found this website!"
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An Explosion of Words
Miles has just had an explosion of words this week. Tonight he said “Pizza.” I think Miles is doing fantastic – and as much as I wanted to think that Speak wasn’t the reason – I’m beginning to think that it is. Miles' Physical Therapist is very pleased with his improvement in body control, positive attention span, and coordination. I’m very pleased with the product. Thank you."
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Speak is an amazing product.
"My daughter, Amy Lee, has always had problems pronouncing the middle, and especially the end sounds, of words. When she first started taking Speak, she only counted to 21. Now she counts to 100 and sings her ABC’s correctly. Before, she would just say them and skip letters. She is also saying the middle and end sounds of words and correctly pronouncing them. She cooperates, concentrates, and stays on task much better than before taking Speak. Her speech is so much more clear and understandable. She can carry on a conversation and be understood, instead of speaking just a bunch of jibberish. She has made more progress since taking Speak for just 8 weeks than she made in 3 years of therapy. Speak is an amazing product. It’s what I have always hoped for. Speak is the Magic that I have wished for. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to try it.”
