The Get Together provides an opportunity for parents to meet with other parents with young children. Parents share ideas and concerns with each other and professional staff while their children play and explore together.  This group meets weekly on Mondays, and is led by a JCFS Chicago child development professional.

Please inquire about fees, registration, and group guidelines. 

This group targets preschool readiness skills for children, 2-3 years old. This group will focus on participating in circle time and engaging in play-time activities that promote communication, early problem solving and following directions. Led by a Developmental Therapist.

Children can participate through Early Intervention or private pay/insurance. Register by contacting Megan Kowalski.

Prepare for your citizenship test in small group classes. Content includes speaking, reading and writing English, along with U.S. history and civics. Register online for this event.

For over 100 years, HIAS has provided affordable, comprehensive immigration and citizenship services accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice. For more information, call 312.357.4666 or visit HIASChicago.org.

Join us for an hour of food exploration every Tuesday. We’ll have a great time prepping, cooking and exploring foods to make food time a fun time. We welcome all children who are working on oral-motor skills, sensory aversions or medically complex feeding needs including decreasing feeding tube dependency.

The Food Adventurers will be led by a Speech-Language Pathologist with consultation from Occupational Therapists and Psychologists. All ages welcome.

This group, for children 2-3 years of age, will focus on participating in circle time and engaging in play-time activities that promote communication, early problem solving and following directions. This group is playful and fun, often focusing on a particular theme to enhance vocabulary development and to increase a child’s opportunity to use language within a group setting. Children can practice the social rules of communication such as turn-taking, gestures and body language. Led by Speech-Language Pathologist Allison Liwanag.

Does your child have difficulty finding his/her footing with peer groups? Does your child struggle to pick up on social cues from others? If so, consider including your child in our group for children 5-8 years old.

Join us for an hour of food exploration every Thursday. We’ll have a great time prepping, cooking and exploring foods to make food time a fun time. We welcome all children who are working on oral-motor skills, sensory aversions or medically complex feeding needs including decreasing feeding tube dependency.

The Food Adventurers will be led by a Speech-Language Pathologist with consultation from Occupational Therapists and Psychologists. All ages welcome.

This is a 4 week seminar designed to provide both an overview and deeper-dive into complex trauma. Attendees will gain tools to deepen and apply their understanding of complex trauma in the treatment of children and adolescents through various stages of relationship building, psychoeducation and symptom reduction.