BECAUSE THEY GROW THERAPIES

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About Us:

Our mission is to grow little brains and create happy feeding experiences through natural, integrative, and evidence-based practices.

At Because They Grow, parents are involved in feeding and speech therapy from the very start. We bring feeding therapy right to your kitchen table and help your child build new skills using their own spoons, plates, cups, and toys.

We will also work with you to set meaningful therapy goals and give you realistic strategies to use in your everyday routines. Your family’s needs will guide the therapy process, and we will make sure your child feels supported as they learn to eat, connect, and enjoy food.

Let’s celebrate your child’s successes together!

Therapy services are available in both English & Spanish.

Medically Complex Feeding

At Because They Grow, we understand how much goes into caring for a child with medical complexities. Our goal is to make feeding stress-free and fun by building a safe, positive relationship with food. Therapy sessions focus on helping your child eat and drink safely, build endurance for meals, wean from a g-tube, and more.

Our therapists specialize in providing compassionate and trauma-informed feeding therapy that considers your whole child. We’ll address everything that can impact feeding by mouth— including your child’s sensory, motor, neurological, respiratory, and gastrointestinal systems.

Picky eating is more common than you may think! It’s estimated that about 20% of parents have concerns about their child’s eating habits— so, if you’re struggling with this, you are not alone.

We will start with an evaluation to determine what may be at the root of your child’s picky eating. Next, we will create a custom, integrative treatment plan to meet their needs and your family’s goals. Together, we will build lifelong feeding skills and positive relationships with food to reduce sensory aversions, mealtime meltdowns, family stress, and the need to cook different meals to satisfy everyone’s preferences.

Because They Grow provides speech, feeding, and AAC therapy for families in Will, Kankakee, and DuPage Counties of Illinois. We will meet you at home, online, or at a local community location!

In-home sessions allow your child to work in their most familiar and comfortable environment— and your family will have the chance to get involved in therapy and learn helpful strategies in real time.

When appropriate, we may practice skills out in the community, including at parks, libraries, children’s museums, grocery stores, or restaurants. This gives us the opportunity to use natural experiences to increase language development, put social skills into action, explore foods and mealtime settings, or even problem-solve behaviors as they occur.

We also offer online teletherapy services to families throughout Illinois. Virtual therapy provides all of the same benefits as in-person sessions, without the barriers of distance or scheduling.