Great Speech Therapy in Chicago

by Holly F.

Chicago, best known as the Windy City boasts great speech therapy resources alongside it’s wonderful cityscape. Just outside the magnificent mile, Lake Michigan, Lincoln Park Zoo and Willis Tower you’ll find a wealth of family-friendly professionals in speech therapy in Chicago offering that and other specialties.  You may have already heard about Kaitlin’s Hideout, a special place for children with autism, but here are the ones you should pay attention to in your search for a clinic:

Chicago Speech Therapy, LLC

At Chicago Speech Therapy, LLC, speech language pathologist Karen George and her team provide in-home speech therapy. They serve not only Chicago but the suburbs surrounding it. The practice is based on using the child’s natural environment to provide therapy- including home, preschool or daycare. The team is well-versed in a variety of treatment techniques and training in areas such as: apraxia, articulation & phonological disorders, autism, Down Syndrome, expressive language disorders, feeding and swallowing, language delay, oral motor, PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), receptive Language disorders and DIR/Floortime. In addition to providing in-home direct treatment services, Ms. George has also authored a number of parent-friendly books on the topic of language disorders. She also organizes fellow speech pathologists in the Chicago area for networking opportunities and mentorship for future therapists.

 

Easter Seals DuPage and Fox Valley Region

Easter Seals has a long history of quality intervention services for children with all different abilities with a mission of enabling infants, children and adults with disabilities to achieve maximum independence. It began in 1942 serving only 15 families in the DuPage area. Early services consisted of providing braces, wheelchairs, and equipment for special classes in the public schools. Today in DuPage and the Fox Valley Region you’ll find not only speech-therapy but occupational therapy, assistive technology, audiology, physical therapy, nutrition therapy, continuing education, parent support and more.  Speech therapy clinician’s at Easter Seals provide therapy in the home, clinic or in the community in both individual and group settings. Clinician’s have specialized skills in:

• Neuro-Developmental Treatment
• Oral-pharyngeal motor techniques
• Sensory feeding techniques such as Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach, Food Chaining, and Get Permission approach
• Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
• Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT)
• Myofunctional Therapy

The center at Villa Park provides every resource a child or therapist could need. Including equipment and work spaces.

Need Something Else?

Finding a reliable medical professional can be tough. You often hear of doctors getting illegal kickbacks or billing erroneously and might be scared to trust a healthcare provider. Rest assured, however, that if you need more help in your search for speech pathologists around the Chicago area, including other portions of Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, you can use the ASHA (American Speech Language Hearing Association) online finder to locate professionals in your area.

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