Feeding Therapy in Northbrook, Illinois

Feeding therapy clinic for Northbrook kids 18 months to 18 years. We turn tense meals, gagging, and a short list of safe foods into small, steady wins at the table.

One feeding evaluation at our Northbrook clinic puts your child's plan in your hands. You learn why meals are hard, what your feeding therapist will tackle first, and how you will know it is working. No more guessing whether therapy is helping.

Pediatric Feeding Therapists

BCBS PPO In-Network

No Referral Needed

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A feeding evaluation shows you exactly why meals are hard and what to target first. No referral or diagnosis needed to book.

What Feeding Therapy in Northbrook Looks Like at CST Academy?

At our Northbrook clinic, every feeding session starts with the moment that keeps breaking your week. That might be a gag at dinner or a plate pushed away untouched. That focus is why the change shows up at your table, not just in the therapy room.

How We Approach Feeding Therapy:

Your child meets one-on-one with a feeding therapist for 45 to 60 minutes each visit. Sessions look like play: exploring food by hand, getting comfortable with new textures and smells, and easing toward a bite at your child's own pace. The goal is a full meal they can get through without the stress that used to end it early.

What Makes Our Program Different:

Standalone feeding clinics leave the follow-through between sessions to you. Four things change that at our Northbrook clinic, and you see each one in your child's week.

Feeding Therapy in Northbrook - child during a feeding therapy session at CST Academy

Integrated Care Model.

You stop being the messenger between therapists. Ours coordinate consistently so your child's care moves as one connected effort.

Skill-Specific Sessions.

Each session focuses on one real eating skill your child is struggling with that week.

Weekly Adjustments.

Before every session, your feeding therapist adjusts the plan around the food your child accepted and what you saw at home.

Parent Coaching at Every Visit.

Your therapist closes each session with one or two strategies for home, where the toughest meals actually happen.

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Address

85 Revere Dr, Northbrook, IL 60062

Phone

(773) 620-7800

Hours

Monday to Thursday: 8 AM to 6 PM
Friday: 8 AM to 5 PM

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How Feeding Therapy Starts, in Five Steps

Before your child ever starts, you will know the cost, the first goal, and the schedule. Here is how the five steps get you there.

YOUR CHILD'S PROGRAM

Your Weekly Slot, Reserved from Day One

Feeding Therapy in Northbrook - child during a feeding session at CST Academy

Your evaluation slot is also your child's recurring weekly time going forward. That same slot stays yours each week, booked from day one.

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Steps

1

Consultation.

Call (773) 620-7800 or fill out our form. Tell us what mealtimes look like at home, and we tell you whether feeding therapy can help.

2

Insurance Check and Therapy Match.

Our team verifies your benefits and tells you exactly what you will pay before anything starts, then matches your child with the right feeding specialist.

3

Evaluation.

Your child comes in for a play-based feeding evaluation. You leave with initial answers from the specialist and receive a written report within the week.

4

First Session.

Your child begins one-on-one feeding sessions. Each visit targets the change that will make the biggest difference at your table that week.

5

Weekly Updates.

Sometimes written, sometimes verbal, your specialist shares what your child practiced and what to try at home. A monthly summary tracks bigger changes.

If Mealtimes Feel Harder Than They Should, You're Not Imagining It

One call helps you make sense of what you have been seeing.

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Signs Your Northbrook Child May Benefit from Feeding Therapy

These are the eight concerns Northbrook parents bring to us most often. Most families recognize more than one.

child eats a very small variety of foods

Your child eats only a small handful of food and refuses whole groups, like anything crunchy, saucy, or green.

Your child gags, coughs, or chokes at meals, or clearly struggles to chew.

child reacts strongly to food textures and smells

Your child's breakfast, lunch, or dinner has turned into a daily argument.

child refuses meals or melts down at the table

Your child reacts strongly to the smell, texture, or temperature of food and refuses anything new.

child pockets food or overfills their mouth

Your child leaves the table or melts down long before the meal is over.

child struggles with cups, straws, or utensils

Your child holds food in their cheeks or puts too much food in their mouth.

child not gaining weight or eating too little

Your child cannot yet manage a cup, straw, or utensils the way other children their age do.

daycare or pediatrician raised concerns about eating

Your child's eating or weight has been flagged by a pediatrician or a family member.

Children do not need to show every sign to benefit from feeding therapy. If a few sound familiar, a conversation is worth your time.

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What if my child has seen another feeding therapist before?

Bring whatever you have from the previous therapist and your feeding therapist reviews it first. Sometimes that is enough to pick up where the last plan left off, and sometimes we recommend a new evaluation to see where your child is now. Either way, you hear our honest read before anything starts.

How will I know if therapy is working?

You see it at the table before you read it in any report. A new type of food is accepted, a meal ends calmly, a plate comes back cleaner. Most Northbrook families notice the first changes within four to six weeks. By month three, the changes are big enough that grandparents and teachers notice, too.

Our child has feeding goals at school. Is a private feeding evaluation still worth doing?

A school feeding plan answers one question: can your child eat safely at school. A private evaluation answers the rest, from a narrow diet and gagging to stressful family meals. It is also documentation many Northbrook families use to strengthen their child's goals at the next IEP meeting.

Meet Your Feeding Therapy Team

Every clinician here treats kids and only kids, and they plan your child's care as one team.

Keren I., CCC-SLP

Feeding Therapist and Speech-Language Pathologist

Keren is a speech-language pathologist at our Northbrook clinic, certified in feeding intervention, who guides your child from a narrow diet to a fuller one, with sessions built on play rather than pressure. She coordinates with speech, OT, and ABA when feeding overlaps with other goals.

Feeding Therapy

Ryann W., MOT, OTR/L

Occupational Therapist

Ryann is an occupational therapist at our Northbrook clinic who supports the sensory and postural side of feeding. She helps children tolerate new textures and sit comfortably through a meal. She also helps them handle cups and utensils with more control. She builds her plans alongside parents and the feeding team, so what your child practices carries over to your table.

Occupational Therapy

Self-Care Skills

Sensory Integration

Callie G., MS, BCBA, LBA

Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Callie is a board-certified behavior analyst at our Northbrook clinic who partners with the feeding team on the behaviors that shape a meal. She designs practical, data-informed plans that reduce refusal, build tolerance for new food, and keep your child engaged from the first bite to the last. Her approach is strengths-based, and she coordinates with the feeding and speech teams so that what works at mealtime carries into your child's other sessions.

ABA Therapy

Mealtime Behavior

Parent Coaching

Your child starts with one feeding therapist. If more services are added, each clinician sets goals for their own discipline and coordinates where those goals overlap.

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Filling this out takes about a minute and puts your child in front of our team before any phone call. We follow up with a clear next step.

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What Northbrook Families Say About Feeding Therapy at CST Academy

She was very impactful in working with our son to evolve his skills with chewing. He came a far way over the 4-5 months when we worked together.

Debbie L.

Feeding Therapy

We reached out when our daughter was struggling with her transition to solids. She made our daughter feel very comfortable and was also very comforting to me as a worried mom. She equipped us with several resources and tips and we saw great progression in just a few short sessions.

Puja B.

Feeding Therapy

My son graduated from CST last week. We used their services (ABA, SPEECH, OT, FEEDING, PHYSICAL) for 3 years. Our experience with CST was awesome, my Son's progress was very impressive and did reflect tremendously on a daily basis. His teachers at a Chicago public school were so impressed with his progress/performance.

Abdelkrim K.

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Insurance Coverage and Costs for Feeding Therapy in Northbrook

Insurance Accepted

In-Network

Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO

Coming Soon

Aetna

Important Note About Feeding Therapy Coverage:

Many Illinois health plans cover medically necessary pediatric feeding therapy for children. Families with a BCBS PPO plan often have low or no out-of-pocket costs depending on their plan. We check your specific coverage and go over every coverage detail before your child's first session.

A Feeding Evaluation Is the First Step:

Your child's first visit is a play-based feeding evaluation, not a test. Your therapist sees how your child handles food and textures, then talks you through what it means and what comes first. A written summary follows that week.

See the Plan Before Your First Session

The evaluation shows you where your child stands and what comes first, and you decide the next step.

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Feeding Therapy FAQs for CST Academy in Northbrook

The clearest signs are a diet that keeps shrinking, gagging at meals, or meals that end in tears. If any of those sound familiar, a short call tells you whether feeding therapy is likely to help.

Our clinic is at 85 Revere Dr, Northbrook, IL 60062, near the Edens Expressway with direct access from Willow Road and Pfingsten Road. A dedicated on-site parking lot sits in front of the building. Northbrook Station on the Milwaukee District North Line is approximately two miles away for families using Metra. We see families from Northbrook, Glenview, Deerfield, Highland Park, Wilmette, Winnetka, Northfield, and Skokie.

Feeding Therapy for Families Across the North Shore

Our Northbrook clinic sits just west of the Edens Expressway, a short drive from most nearby communities. Here, your child receives every therapy they might need, which saves your family three or four extra drives.

Northbrook
2-5 min

Glenview
5-8 min

Deerfield
5-8 min

Highland Park
8-12 min

Wilmette
8-10 min

Winnetka
8-10 min

Northfield
3-5 min

Skokie
10-12 min

By Car
From I-94 (Edens Expressway), take the Willow Road exit and head east. Turn south on Pfingsten Road and continue to Revere Drive. CST Academy is at 85 Revere Dr on the north side of the street.

Parking
Free on-site lot with dedicated family spaces near the entrance

By Metra
Northbrook Station on the Milwaukee District North Line is approximately two miles from our clinic. Families coming from the lakefront communities can also access the Glencoe or Hubbard Woods stations on the Union Pacific North Line and drive west.

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Feeding Care That Treats the Whole Child

Many Northbrook children who start with feeding therapy also need speech, ABA, or occupational therapy support along the way. When those services sit in separate clinics, you manage the coordination yourself: relaying updates, retelling your child's history, getting insurance verified again. Strategies that work in one session rarely make it to the next.

CST Academy handles that coordination for you. Your child's clinicians practice in the same building and coordinate on goals that cross disciplines. A strategy that gets your child to try a new food does not stay inside the feeding room, because the clinicians working on speech or behavior hear about it and build on it.

At standalone clinics, feeding therapy is the only service they can give your child. At CST Academy, coordination is what turns isolated weekly sessions into progress your child can carry into every meal of their day.

Most clinics treat one problem at a time. We treat the whole child, as one team.

Your Child's Full Care Team in Northbrook: