The properties of water allow the body to be supported in different ways than when on land. This allows occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists to help your child's muscles relax, strengthen, or move with more fluidity and strengthen faster for functional outcomes on land. Working with a therapist in the water can help with feeding skills, articulation, language development, walking, sitting, playing, handwriting and respiratory health. Contact Jennie Marble at IPI to reserve a spot now.

Don't wait for school to start to get ahead. Does your child have trouble holding his/her pencil correctly? Have difficulty forming letters? Challenged to sit properly at a desk? This therapy emphasizes improving your child's handwriting skills by engaging in fine motor, bilateral coordination and visual-motor integration activities that improve your child's overall grasp, posture and core strength.

The celebrated "Handwriting Without Tears" program is utilized, and will be used to focus in on your child's specific areas of need including: letter formation, size, alignment and spacing. A variety of creative movement, play, and art activities will be incorporated in order to make hand-writing engaging and fun! Led by an Occupational Therapist.  Please email us for details.

Developmental Social Groups 

• Begins July 10th at our Northbrook location. 

This group provides children with developmental delays or mild challenges the therapeutic experience to engage in activities that foster early problem solving and Developmental Therapists help to facilitate the skill of learning from their peers.

Back-To-School Peer Groups: Groups Serving Children Age 5-9 years

• Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30-5:00 pm. 3 weeks. July 31-August 16th.

Looking to enhance social skills before the school year begins? This group focuses on fostering positive peer interaction skills. Children will work on interacting within friendship activities and managing differences while further developing their social competence.

Facilitated Play Dates (DYADS)

Multiple Opportunities Serving Children Ages 3-9 years.

This dyad consists of two children playing together with the guided support of a Developmental or Speech Therapist. We provide a safe environment conducive to building confidence, scaffolding social language skills and problem solving.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR ANY OF THESE GROUPS CONTACT:

Meredith White, Developmental Therapist

Phone: 847-412-4379

Email: Meredith White 

Please contact regarding fees and dates for these dyads.