Talking Steps Therapies
Pediatric Speech Therapy Services
Talking Steps Therapies provides compassionate, individualized, and high quality speech therapy services to families and children located in the northern suburbs of Chicago. At Talking Steps Therapies, we work closely with your family in order to maximize and foster your child's steps to talking!
ABOUT THE OWNER
Blair Person
Blair Person, M.S., CCC-SLP, is the lead and founder of Talking Steps Therapies. Blair is an ASHA certified speech-language pathologist who has worked in the field for over 7 years. She has evaluated and treated a variety of speech, language, and feeding disorders and has worked with children of all ages in clinical, school, daycare, and home settings. She specializes in working with the birth to 3 population and children in grades K-5.
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Her special interest areas include the following:
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Early Language
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Autism Spectrum Disorder
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AAC
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Phonological or articulation disorders
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Fluency and stuttering challenges
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Motor-planning impairments (apraxia)
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Feeding and swallowing concerns
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Blair's goal is to provide client-specific, fun, and functional therapy using a neurodivergent and play-based approach to support your child's communication skills.
What we do
At Talking Steps Therapies, we offer therapy in the comfort of your own home, school, or daycare in the Northern suburbs of Chicago. Talking Steps Therapies uses a holistic lens to treat your child as kids are more than just the milestones they achieve. We use a strengths and play based approach during learning and play to make sure your child is regulated and having fun at all times. Our goal is to provide you, the caregiver, with effective strategies, tools, and resources to support and enhance your child's communication skills throughout all moments of the day!
Our Clients Say
"Blair worked with my son for over 10 months. In that time, my son’s speech, communication, and confidence grew immensely, and I know we have Blair to thank for that. Blair approached her work my son with so much knowledge, kindness, care, and support. In addition to her weekly work, she gave us the tools needed to support my son’s growth and she was always willing to answer all my questions and concerns. She was great with adapting to my son’s individual needs, working with his strengths and interests, honing in on what he needs more work with, and cheering on his growth and achievements. I am grateful for the time we spent working with Blair and I can’t recommend her enough."
Leslie M.