2023 Impact Report
This report details some of the past year's highlights of our work towards communication justice - effecting change ...
A Special Gift!
In this giving season, we're thrilled to convey, a tale of a gift, directed our way: 'Twas a ...
Give to CHAT this holiday season!
CHAT can't do this work without your support. Donate today and give the gift of communication to more ...
CHAT Hosts Fundraising Cocktail Party in Washington DC
This past September, CHAT Chairman, John Roberti, hosted a cocktail party at his law offices of Cohen & ...
2022 Impact Report
This report details some of the past year's highlights of our work towards communication justice - effecting change ...
Give the gift of communication
All I want for Christmas… Such a well-known phrase. But such a hurdle for a child with limited ...
Give to CHAT this holiday season!
Over the last few months, we have shared with you some of the impact that CHAT has on ...
CHAT Joins Salaam Community Wellness Center’s Inaugural Integrative Health and Wellness Expo
On August 27th, members of the CHAT team (including CEO Karine Fiore, SLP Shanah Slade, SLPA Nadia Ibrahim, ...
CHAT – Life Changing Speech Therapy Chosen as Comcast/NBC5 Projection Innovation Grantee
LOMBARD – July 13, 2022 – CHAT – Life Changing Speech Therapy (CHAT) has been chosen as one of ...
Chat’s Speech-Language Therapy Builds Confidence for Local Boy as He Serves as Honorary Guest for Clinic’s Grand Reopening
LOMBARD, ILLINOIS, MAY 28, 2021—There’s no doubt that outgoing Franco Bibbiano is a confident 14-year-old. But that was ...
Holocaust Remembrance Day
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are sharing a personal post from our Executive Director, Karine Fiore, ...
The World has Lost a Ground-Breaking Pioneer: In Memory of Dr. Darold Treffert
Dr. Darold Treffert died unexpectedly on Monday, December 14th, 2020 at the age of 87. Dr. Treffert’s compassion for children and their families continues to ...
Choose CHAT on Giving Tuesday
What’s the saying? “Out of the mouth of babes?” DONATE Seven-year-old Jimmy took it to a whole new ...
CHAT Collaborates with Enlace to Provide Literacy Programs to Little Village Families
This summer, CHAT began partnering with Enlace, a Chicago nonprofit that convenes, organizes, and builds the capacity of ...
Testimonial from Jackson Charter School
At first I was skeptical and didn’t know what to think about transitioning our building to teletherapy for ...
CHAT recognizes three SLPs for their embodiment of core CHAT values in 2019
This week, CHAT recognized three SLPs for their embodiment of core CHAT values in 2019: Celia Kaufer, for ...
Quest Academy to Host CHAT’s Katie Trainor as guest speaker of Parent Ed Series on Executive Functioning
Executive Functioning is often called the command center of the brain. It’s the set of skills that allow ...
Lynfred Winery Selects CHAT as June 2020 Charity of the Month!
On #GivingTuesday 2019, Lynfred Winery Roselle and Wheeling announced their 2020 charity of the month recipients, and we are so ...
“Are you going to cry?”
Our Annual Appeal Changed Felix’s Life Felix is a Chicago 4th grader. We began supporting him with speech ...
40th Anniversary Celebration
On September 25, we honored the legacy of our founder, Phyllis Kupperman, with a special celebration to mark ...
CSLD Announces Launch of New Brand, CHAT
Welcome to CHAT, our new brand. CHAT stands for Communication Health, Advocacy & Therapy. Born from a desire ...
CHAT Celebrates 40 Years
On September 25, we will honor the legacy of our founder, Phyllis Kupperman, with a special celebration to ...
CHAT Serves 58 Children with Summer Programs
In the summer of 2018, we launched an initiative in partnership with Distinctive Schools to bring our life changing summer ...
Meet Kamryn,
Our Chicago Bears Kid
Thanks to a generous gift from Koren and Mike Furrey, Wide Receivers Coach of our hometown team the ...