Pediatric Therapy for everyday needs and complex conditions.
The Therapy Collaborative provides pediatric occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, feeding therapy, and advanced rehabilitation support for infants, children, teens, and young adults in Bloomington-Normal.
Care that meets your child where they are.
Every child is different, and every family arrives with different questions. Some parents come to us because their toddler isn't talking yet, or eats only a handful of foods. Others want help with handwriting, balance, sensory overwhelm, or attention. We listen first, evaluate carefully, and build a plan that fits your child — and your life. Our pediatric team is part of a larger lifespan therapy practice serving Bloomington, Normal, and Central Illinois, which means your child gets the depth of a specialty clinic with the warmth of a neighborhood one.
Who we help?
Our pediatric services
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Pediatric OT helps children build the skills they need for daily life — fine motor, handwriting, coordination, attention, sensory processing, self-care, and play. We focus on real, functional goals you and your child care about.
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Speech therapy for kids with delayed talking, unclear speech, language difficulties, social communication needs, stuttering, childhood apraxia of speech, and AAC. Therapy looks like play, conversation, and real life.
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For picky eaters, difficulty chewing, gagging or refusal, transitioning from purées, bottle and breastfeeding challenges, and swallowing concerns. Our feeding team blends OT and speech expertise so meals can stop being stressful.
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What we help with?
We support children and teens across communication, motor and sensory development, feeding, behavior and social-emotional skills, and movement difficulties. If you don't see your child's exact concern, please reach out — we evaluate the whole picture, not a label.
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Late talking & speech delays
Unclear speech / articulation
Childhood apraxia of speech
Receptive & expressive language
Stuttering & fluency
Social communication
AAC & complex communication
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Sensory processing
Handwriting & fine motor
Coordination & gross motor
Self-care & independence
Attention, focus & self-regulation
Visual motor & visual perception
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Picky eating / extremely limited diet
Trouble chewing or swallowing
Bottle, breastfeeding & transitions
Mealtime stress & food refusal
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We work with autistic children, teens, and young adults across communication styles — including AAC users. Our therapy is individualized and respectful. We meet your child where they are, then work toward goals that show up in everyday life: communication, regulation, friendships, school, daily living. Every visit has a purpose, and we measure progress against the goals you and your child care about.
Therapy support for autistic children, teens & young adults
AAC for nonspeaking & minimally speaking communicators
Social communication & connection
Sensory regulation & accommodations
Self-advocacy & daily-living skills
Transitions, routines & flexibility
Goal-directed therapy with measured, real-world progress
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When behavior is making everyday life harder — meltdowns, big emotions, impulsivity, focus, or behaviors that look like avoidance — we look for the underlying skills that need support. We treat behavior as communication and work on the "why" beneath what families are seeing.
Self-regulation & emotional regulation
Meltdowns, shutdowns & big emotions
Behavior tied to sensory dysregulation
Behavior tied to communication challenges
Executive function & attention
Frustration tolerance & flexibility
Impulsivity & body awareness
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Some children come to us because something about how their body moves doesn't fit the usual diagnostic boxes — clumsiness that hasn't improved, balance or gait changes, motor planning difficulty, or new movement symptoms after an illness or injury. We evaluate carefully, often coordinating with neurology and other specialists.
DCD / developmental coordination disorder / dyspraxia
Persistent clumsiness or motor delay
Balance, gait & postural concerns
Motor planning difficulties
Functional neurological symptoms in children (pediatric FND)
Movement symptoms that started after illness, concussion, or injury
Movement difficulties that haven't responded to other therapy
When your child needs more than standard therapy
Some children come to us after weekly therapy somewhere else hasn't created the progress everyone hoped for, or with a more complex picture that needs a different approach. For those families, we offer additional pathways within the same practice.
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A higher-frequency therapy model for kids working toward specific goals in a focused window of time.
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Pediatric care for functional neurological symptoms (FND), persistent motor coordination concerns, and cases where progress has stalled.