Speak2Read

Trent didn’t just teach our twin boys to read—he gave them a future we were told wasn’t possible. When specialists and teachers told us they would likely never read, it was heartbreaking. His patience, expertise, and persistence filled in the gaps. We worked with 9 speech therapists prior to Trent without knowing what the root cause of why they couldn’t remember letter names or new words. Trent diagnosed them both with severe language disorder and had a plan for treatment. Once reading skills started to emerge in grade 5, the growth was fast and they both caught up to peers by grade 6. I’m overjoyed to share they no longer qualify for a reading disability. Watching them grow and succeed has been nothing short of a miracle, and we’ll always be grateful to Trent for making that possible.

Trent is very passionate about teaching reading and writing and loves helping his clients. My daughter was struggling and recently diagnosed with multiple learning disabilities and she excelled so quickly working with Trent. I was so impressed with the many different approaches Trent took to teach and made it very fun for my daughter.

Our son has made incredible progress in both his confidence and reading skill since working with Trent in a short time period. His approach is research based, personalized and highly effective. Our experience with Trent at Speak2Read has exceeded all our expectations and we would enthusiastically recommend him to anyone struggling with reading.

Our 7 year old son struggles with reading. His teachers from kindergarten to grade 2 encouraged us to continue reading daily with him. We noticed daily reading was not improving his ability to read and his confidence was diminishing. We took it upon ourselves to seek out a professional to complete an assessment for our son. We are incredibly grateful to have found Trent. Our son completed a 2.5 hour assessment with Trent, which revealed numerous areas of struggle for our son. This confirmed our suspicions that his challenges would require professional help beyond our ability and knowledge. Trent is absolutely amazing in so many ways. He is patient and positive with our son even when our son is moody and having a difficult time focusing. Trent finds ways through his many tools in his toolbox to engage with our son resulting in a positive experience and outcome every session. Trent is incredibly knowledgeable in the area of reading. He has studied different methods and is up to date on research. During my son's once per week Zoom session with Trent, we as parents also learn by listening and watching the tools and techniques Trent incorporates into his session. He follows up by sending us activities to print out to continue the work with our son during the next 6 days in between sessions. This is definitely a collaborative approach between Trent and us in that helping our son learn to read takes more than just a 1 hour professional session per week. It takes dedication and perseverance from us as well. Trent is very organized and punctual bringing to each session a plan and activities using various methods and tools that keep our son engaged. Honestly, we have so many positive things to say about Trent. We truly encourage others to seek out his help even if it is just a 30 minute consult regarding your concerns. Our son has made significant progress in the areas of decoding (including phonics and structural analysis), vocabulary, and fluency. Most of all, his confidence is growing!

We have been bringing our daughter to see Trent for just over a year now, and have seen a big improvement in her reading, understanding and confidence. He is very patient and has lots of fun games to make learning fun. With COVID we were able to continue our meetings over zoom with no issues at all. I am able to sit in on the sessions, which allows me to see what they are working on, so I can help her out at home in between meetings.

Trent is an incredible speech therapist who not only is engaging and works well with active higher need children, but also incredibly educated. His assessment went further in depth to include to the shape of our child’s mouth, potential causes and outcomes that address more than just outward speech, but internal literacy and how the mouth and brain are impacted, potential outcomes and different options to address all aspects regarding our child’s speech and development. I really appreciate how he seems to go above and beyond and truly understands and explains in laymen’s terms how to best help our child. The office itself is clean and has plenty of free parking and is handicap accessible.

Trent did a great job of teaching us as parents how we can encourage our daughter to speak. We left our first meeting feeling really encouraged and motivated. I can't wait to see the results that I know will happen quickly now that we have the right tools.