Advance Therapy is an outpatient pediatric clinic in the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. We provide a variety of services for children of all ages and abilities. Our mission is to provide personal guidance and outstanding therapeutic services for your child and family. We strive for every child to reach his or her full potential by using a multisensory approach. Occupational therapists, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists often work with children diagnosed with PDD, Autism, Aspergers, Auditory processing disorders, Developmental delay, Learning disabilities, Down syndrome, and Cerebral palsy, as well as others. In addition to conventional occupational and speech language therapy, we offer several specialty programs to facilitate achievement of your child’s goals: Berard Auditory Integration Training, Integrated Listening Systems, Interactive Metronome, Social Skills Groups, Feeding Groups, Adapted Yoga, Music Therapy and more! EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE Age-appropriate sentence length or structure Vocabulary or word finding skills Asking questions Peer interactions RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE Understanding of spoken language/auditory processing Understanding of basic concepts, “wh” questions Following multi-step directions and sequences Reading non-verbal cues/body language COGNITION Attending Phonological awareness Auditory memory Recalling information Problem Solving Reasoning Logic Organizing Turn-taking Understanding boundaries