Groups Now Forming for Fall 2025!

Click Here to Learn More and Reserve Your Child's Spot

Groups Now Forming for Fall 2025! ✦ Click Here to Learn More and Reserve Your Child's Spot ✦

Synapse Connect
Play-Based Social Groups for Ages 2-10

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
September 15 - December 12, 2025


Mini & Me Playgroup
Mondays · 10:00 - 11:00am
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.

Builder’s Guild
Mondays · 4:15 - 5:00pm
Ages 7–10

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.

Kinder Connect
Tuesdays · 4:15 - 5:00pm
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.

Friendship Circle
(Girls Social Language Group)
Tuesdays · 5:00 - 5:45pm
Ages 6-8 girls

Friendship Circle is a fun, supportive social group designed to help girls build confidence in forming and maintaining friendships. Through cooperative games, puppets, and storytelling, group members will practice important friendship skills such as joining in, sharing ideas, handling disagreements, and being a kind and supportive friend.

The group is led by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) and a second-year SLP graduate student. Activities are tailored to the girls’ interests so they can take ownership of the group and feel proud of their progress. With a balance of guided practice and creative play, the Friendship Circle creates a safe space to learn, grow, and connect with peers.

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

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