At the age of 3 years, my daughter had very limited ability to communicate with anyone, except her 5 year old sister who seemed to know this 3 year old's lanquage. My wife and I took our 3 year old to a specialist who dismissed our concerns and said she would be fine. We were very disappointed with this specialist's conclusion. We learned of Karen Wight and took our daughter to her for an evaluation. Karen concluded that she had developmental apraxia. We began about 5 years worth of 3 times a week speech therapy and were absolutely overjoyed with the tremendous improvement in verbal skills our daughter learned. Karen assigned daily "homework" from the very beginning letting us know that this would be a tough journey, but that this was definitely something that could be overcome so that our daughter could have the "normal" verbal communication skills that most young people enjoy. After about 5 years, Karen released our now 8 year old daughter and we had the summer off. Then we took our 5 year old son (who was not nearly as bad as his sister, but still needed help) to Karen for some months. When our daughter got into middle school, we noticed some "slippage" in her speech and took her back to Karen. She agreed to take her back, but after about 2 months, noticing that my daughter was no longer willing to do her "homework", Karen met with Dad and daughter and advised that Karen could no longer take our money as no good was coming from it. That daughter was unwilling to work on improvement each evening, then no good was coming from our meetings at the office. I know I am wordy on this, but I wanted all reading it to know just how good Karen is. And how honest and committed she is to each child and each family who seeks her out in her capacity as a speech therapist.

Charlie & Lisa Castlen

“Before my daughter Lydia became a patient of Wight Speech and Language LLC, she had slight speech problems around the age of 4 and extreme trouble in spelling which began to be problematic by age 8 (3rd grade). At age four, I contacted Wight Speech & Language and after an initial meeting, it was determined that Lydia needed help with her speech. For almost a year, she met with Karen Wight and worked on trouble letters, sounds and words. At that young age, I was apprehensive about my daughter being receptive to learning something that most people learn naturally. My fears were put to rest because Karen makes learning fun! She engaged Lydia in a way that made her excited about going to see "Miss KK"; it didn't seem like work at all! By the time she started kindergarten at age 5, she was on track with her speech and ready to start school. We again contacted Wight Speech & Language several years after that when Lydia was completing 3rd grade. She was not confident in school because of her inability to accurately spell, pronounce and write words. She was extremely embarrassed by her spelling skills. She was afraid to write words on her papers at school when other students would be able to see them for fear that they would view her in a negative light. After many attempts to tutor her on my own and countless frustrating hours of trying to remedy the situation at home, we contacted Wight Speech & Language once again. We are so thankful for Karen Wight!!! Lydia responded immediately with the progressive help and guidance given by Wight Speech & Language. Karen is a natural with children and she has unlimited patience. After testing my daughter and assessing her strengths and weaknesses, they set to work to begin the process of improving her language abilities. My daughter now has unbelievable spelling skills and her speech problems are a thing of the past. She now has the confidence she needs to be successful at any level and she works boldly and independently on her schoolwork. To have faith in oneself is a gift beyond belief. Wight Speech & Language was the answer to our prayers! ”

Mrs Alisa L. Harper