Groups Now Forming for Summer 2025!

Learn More and Reserve Your Child's Spot

Groups Now Forming for Summer 2025! ✦ Learn More and Reserve Your Child's Spot ✦

Synapse Connect
Play-Based Social Groups for Ages 2-8

Looking for a safe, welcoming space where your child can develop crucial social skills while having fun? Synapse Connect Groups are hour-long, small-group sessions designed to help kids:

  • Enhance social skills

  • Boost confidence

  • Practice collaboration and teamwork

  • Build friendships

  • Learn self-regulation skills

  • Develop problem solving skills

  • Celebrate their individuality

  • Receive developmental support

Led by experienced speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists, these groups offer individualized support - encouraging your child to advocate for themselves, connect with peers, and consider others’ perspectives in a supportive, neurodiversity-affirming environment.

Synapse Connect Groups- Summer 2025


Mini & Me Playgroup
Mondays · 10-11 AM · Ages 2–4 with a caregiver
Kick off the week with songs, stories, and purposeful free play led by a certified Speech-Language Pathologist. Little ones boost language and social skills while parents and caregivers connect in a relaxed, supportive setting.

Preschool Connect
Tuesdays · 1-2 PM · Ages 3–4
Guided by one of our wonderful SLPs, this play-based class turns everyday moments into language-learning adventures. Through imaginative games and group activities, children build vocabulary, narrative skills, and social awareness—all while having a blast with friends.

Kinder Connect
Mondays · 4-5 PM · Incoming kindergarteners
Help your soon-to-be kindergartener step into school with confidence. We focus on self-advocacy, turn-taking, and cooperative games that strengthen language and peer awareness—key skills for a smooth transition.

Craft Crew
Thursdays · 3-4 PM · Ages 6–7
Led by an experienced Occupational Therapist, Craft Crew channels creativity into connection. From friendship bracelets to tie-dye, each hands-on project invites kids to collaborate, share ideas, and express themselves through art & sensory-rich play.

Curiosity Lab
Thursdays · 4-5 PM · Ages 6–7
Budding scientists explore fizzing experiments and tactile STEM challenges in a small group guided by an Occupational Therapist. It’s the perfect setting for kids who benefit from extra support while they discover, question, and connect.

Builder’s Guild
Thursdays · 11 AM · Ages 7–8
Lego®, Magna-Tiles®, and more become tools for teamwork as we construct worlds—and friendships—together. Collaborative planning and problem-solving take center stage while kids build to their hearts’ content.

Location: Synapse Pediatric Therapy
807 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL

Cost: $61.95/weekly session
We can accept BCBS PPO insurance