What We Offer
Evaluations & Therapy • Groups & Camps
Personalized & Play-Based Speech Therapy
Our Approach
At Northern Star Therapy, we believe in hands-on learning, which often means moving, exploring, and even getting a little messy as we connect with your child through meaningful activities. Our sessions incorporate sensory play, music, obstacle courses, books, and games to make therapy both enjoyable and effective!
We also value the vital role that parents play in their child’s progress. That’s why we encourage parent involvement during sessions—whether it’s hands-on participation, observation, or completing practice activities at home.
Speech & Language Evaluations
Evaluations
In order to tailor our therapy sessions to your child’s needs, our first step will be an evaluation. This allows us to identify your child’s unique communication strengths and challenges so that we can create a plan to help.
Evaluations look different for every child. We will start by assessing any speech and language skills that you may be concerned about and gather additional information as needed. You and your child can expect to participate in a mix of interviews, play-based observations, and formal and informal tests that may last 1 to 1.5 hours.
Speech & Language Therapy
Speech Sounds, Language Comprehension, & Expressive Language Skills
We will work toward your child’s goals by embedding evidence-based strategies into activities that they enjoy. Our sessions often include engaging games, sensory-motor play, free play, books, obstacle courses, and music to keep your child engaged and motivated to learn. Speech therapy will help your child:
Speak clearly with age-appropriate speech sounds
Understand what they hear or read
Express their wants, needs, thoughts, knowledge, and feelings using words
Ask, answer, comment, and converse in a more effective way
We encourage all forms of communication in our sessions, including gestures, signs, pictures, words, and/or AAC!
introducing:
Little beats-music and movement
sing. Move. connect. grow.
A joyful, inclusive music class for little ones and their grown-ups.
Looking for a meaningful way to support your child’s communication while having fun together? Little Beats is an inclusive, sensory friendly music and movement class for ALL toddlers and preschoolers (ages 1-6) and the grown-ups who love them!
Led by instructors trained in early language development and designed by a pediatric speech therapist, every session is filled with playful songs, gross motor movement, rhythm, and connection
What makes Little Beats Different?
Purposeful play: Each activity is designed to support communication, attention, motor, and social skills.
Language-rich and sensory friendly: Perfect for all little ones, including (but not limited to) those with speech delays, sensory differences, or developmental needs.
Connection-first: Grown ups participate alongside their child to build real-time language and relationship skills.
Small group setting: Just 6 families per class for a calm, supportive environment.
AGES:
Children 1-6 years old (with a caregiver)
Free Trial Class:
Our free trial classes will be offered on Tuesday, September 9.
4:15-5:00pm for 1-2 year olds
5:15-6:00pm for 3-6 year olds
Ready To Join Us?
We can’t wait to see you!
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Groups & Camps
