Child Development Center and Chesterbrook Academy Overview

Chesterbrook Academy

The Chesterbrook Academy Preschool at the Research Park recently opened its doors with a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 16, 2007.  The Chesterbrook Academy serves the Urbana/ Champaign Community with a quality preschool program that is conveniently located on The University of Illinois Campus.
 
The new 13,000 square foot center will accommodate 182 children, and is located at Oak Street and Hazelwood Drive in Champaign.  In addition to serving employees at the Research Park, this new Chesterbrook Academy preschool will also be convenient for University of Illinois workers, as it will be located close to the park-and-ride lots for the University. Enrollment for the new school is open to the public.

Chancellor Richard H. Herman, stated, “We are delighted that the Research Park will now offer an on-site child development center and preschool. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is committed to programs and services that strengthen the families of our employees, and this new facility will help achieve that goal.”

The new Chesterbrook Academy serves children ages six weeks to five years of age, and will also offer after school and summer programs for school-age children.  The Chesterbrook Academy utilizes the Nobel Learning Communities preschool curriculum, Links to Learning. Links to Learning is an integrated curriculum for children six weeks to five years of age that incorporates the latest scientific research on the developing brain and provides a strong foundation for future learning.

For more information, you can visit http://uiuc.chesterbrookacademy.com or call 217-344-4863.

University of Illinois Speech & Hearing Science

The Department of Speech & Hearing Science plan to move their Speech-Language Pathology Clinic to a new location in Research Park where it will share facilities with the Chesterbrook Academy.  The clinic serves both children and adults and provides the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. Individual and group therapy is provided mostly by graduate students under the supervision of an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Certified Speech-Language Pathologist (CCC-SLP).

In addition to the services already provided, the new, conveniently-located, state-of-the-art site will facilitate best practice in the area of speech-language therapy for adults and children through:

• the creation of naturalistic environments including kitchen, living room, and preschool areas
• cutting-edge technology that includes video monitoring
• multisensory room for interdisciplinary study

For more information on the Department of Speech and Hearing Science, you may visit http://www.shs.uiuc.edu/default.htm or call 217-333-2230.