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630.929.0122

Pediaprogress
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • CAREERS
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • Blog
  • Patients
  • Services
    • All Our Services
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Speech-Language Therapy
    • Infant & Child Feeding
    • Physical Therapy

Our Team of Therapists Maintain...

  • Professional licensure with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation
  • Certificate of Clinical Competency from ASHA (American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association)
  • Illinois Early Intervention Credential through DHS (Department of Human Services)
  • A diverse range of additional trainings/certifications in specialized pediatric approaches 

OUR exceptional office team

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Founder / Owner / Clinical Director

Speech-Language Pathologist


* MA - Northern Illinois University

* BS - University of Illinois

* Downers Grove North alum

* Recognized by Apraxia Kids for Advanced Training & Clinical Expertise in CAS

* Early Intervention Initial Evaluator

*Enjoys dancing, yoga, and taking long walks


Additional Languages:

America

Founder / Owner / Clinical Director

Speech-Language Pathologist


* MA - Northern Illinois University

* BS - University of Illinois

* Downers Grove North alum

* Recognized by Apraxia Kids for Advanced Training & Clinical Expertise in CAS

* Early Intervention Initial Evaluator

*Enjoys dancing, yoga, and taking long walks


Additional Languages:

American Sign Language

Integrity is choosing courage over comfort. - Brene Brown


A person's a person, no matter how small  

- Dr. Seuss


And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love 

- 1 Corinthian 13:13

Kristin Banks

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Patient Care Coordinator


* Studied Criminal Justice with minor in psychology at Howard University

* Interned with Young Ladies of Tomorrow

* Enjoys dancing and reading


If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.- Maya Angelou

...Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be EMPOWERED.- Michelle Obama

Don't just fly, soar! -Disney

Jessica Simmons

Mindy Vasilakopoulos, MA, CCC-SLP

Jessica Simmons

Medical Billing Specialist 


* AS - Ultimate Medical Academy

* Enjoys spending time with family (game nights), trying new foods and adventures, and spending time outside with nature. 


Live, laugh, love - Unknown


Before anything else preparation is the key to success - Alexander Graham Bell


If you can dream it you can do it - Walt Disney

OUR Phenomenal Physical Therapists

Rachel Krippinger, PT, DPT

Rachel Krippinger, PT, DPT

Rachel Krippinger, PT, DPT

* Doctor of Physical Therapy - Midwestern University

* BS - Ohio State University

* Enjoys crafting and traveling


Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. - Roy T. Bennett


Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want. - Ken Poirot


To make a difference in 

* Doctor of Physical Therapy - Midwestern University

* BS - Ohio State University

* Enjoys crafting and traveling


Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. - Roy T. Bennett


Today is your opportunity to build the tomorrow you want. - Ken Poirot


To make a difference in someone's life, you don't have to be brilliant, rich, beautiful, or perfect. You just have to care. - Karen Salmansohn

Emily Tompkin, PT, DPT

Rachel Krippinger, PT, DPT

Rachel Krippinger, PT, DPT

* Doctor of Physical Therapy - Northwestern University

* BS - Ohio State University


* Enjoys exploring new trails to run and walk, reading, and trying new recipes with family and friends. 


It’s all the imperfections that make something beautiful. That’s what makes it different and unique from everything else. -Bob Ross 


Nobody cares how much 

* Doctor of Physical Therapy - Northwestern University

* BS - Ohio State University


* Enjoys exploring new trails to run and walk, reading, and trying new recipes with family and friends. 


It’s all the imperfections that make something beautiful. That’s what makes it different and unique from everything else. -Bob Ross 


Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care. -Theodore Roosevelt 



OUR Super Speech-Language Pathologists

Aubry Cortez, MS, CCC-SLP

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

* MS - Rush University

* BS - Northwestern University

* Enjoys yoga & crafts


Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. - Theodore Roosevelt


Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade .

- Benjamin Franklin

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

* MS - Illinois State University

* BS - University of Illinois

*  Enjoys boating, jet skiing, biking, Bears games, and reading 


For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. - Jeremiah 29:11


Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. - Helen Keller

Allison Rush, MS, CCC-SLP

Alex Giammanco, MS, CCC-SLP

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

* MS - Elmhurst University

* BS - University of Illinois

* Enjoys baking, traveling, and playing with her dog, Loki


Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde 


All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney 

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

* MS - Lewis University

* BS - Governor's State University

* Enjoys cooking, hiking, traveling, &   reading 


Additional Languages:

Polish


Love the life you live. Live the life you love - Bob Marley


Children need models rather than critics   - Joseph Joubert

Marisa Potter, MS, CCC-SLP

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Ashley Ludwinski, MA, CCC-SLP

* MS - University of Nebraska

* BA - Augustana College

* Studied Communication Sciences and Disorders, Spanish for the Professional Use

* Minor in Latin American Studies

* Enjoys reading, being outdoors, watching movies, and traveling


Additional Languages: 

Spanish


Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. 

-Ralph Waldo Emerson


May small, beautiful things rem

* MS - University of Nebraska

* BA - Augustana College

* Studied Communication Sciences and Disorders, Spanish for the Professional Use

* Minor in Latin American Studies

* Enjoys reading, being outdoors, watching movies, and traveling


Additional Languages: 

Spanish


Be silly. Be honest. Be kind. 

-Ralph Waldo Emerson


May small, beautiful things remind you: the little things you do matter, too. 

-Morgan Harper Nichols 

Ashley Ludwinski, MA, CCC-SLP

Adrianna Adamczyk, MS, CCC-SLP

Ashley Ludwinski, MA, CCC-SLP

* MA & BS - Truman State University

* Studied Communication Disorders

* Minored in Psychology and Child Studies

* Enjoys cooking, reading, biking, & pickleball 


Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.

- Benjamin Franklin


All experts were once beginners.

- Unknown 

Mya Amendola, MS, CCC-SLP

Melissa Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP

Melissa Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP

* MS - Lewis University

* BA - Augustana College

* Majored in Speech Language Pathology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Spanish for Professional Use

* Enjoys pilates, reading, traveling, and going to country music concerts


Additional Languages:

Spanish


May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the p

* MS - Lewis University

* BA - Augustana College

* Majored in Speech Language Pathology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Spanish for Professional Use

* Enjoys pilates, reading, traveling, and going to country music concerts


Additional Languages:

Spanish


May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. - Romans 15:13


Happiness is contagious so spread it wherever you go. - Pippi Longstocking 




Melissa Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP

Melissa Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP

Melissa Bruce, MA, CCC-SLP

* MA - University of Iowa

* BS - University of Illinois

* Studied Speech Language Pathology and Speech and Hearing Science

* Minor in Psychology

* Enjoys listening to music, nature walks, pickleball, and spending time with her cats!


My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are.

- Maya Angelou


No matter what happens in

* MA - University of Iowa

* BS - University of Illinois

* Studied Speech Language Pathology and Speech and Hearing Science

* Minor in Psychology

* Enjoys listening to music, nature walks, pickleball, and spending time with her cats!


My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are.

- Maya Angelou


No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. - Taylor Swift


I am on my way. I can go the distance.

- Hercules

OUR Outstanding Occupational therapists

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

* BS - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee


Speed doesn’t matter, forward is forward. -unknown 


I always ask God to work through me and let me be a  light of some kind and help in this world, so I always  pray for that, and I always want to do good. - Dolly Parton

Jenny Collins, MS, OTR/L

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

* MS in Occupational Therapy - University of Illinois at Chicago

* BS in Industrial Engineering - Purdue University

* Enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, yoga, board games, puzzles, and spending time with friends and family


Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. - Ruth Bader Gins

* MS in Occupational Therapy - University of Illinois at Chicago

* BS in Industrial Engineering - Purdue University

* Enjoys traveling, trying new restaurants, yoga, board games, puzzles, and spending time with friends and family


Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you. - Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Just keep swimming - Dory, Finding Nemo


When life throws you a rainy day, play in the puddles - Winnie the Pooh


By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. - Edwin Elliot

Sydney Esparza, MS, OTR/L

Saleema Ellis, OTR/L Clinical Manager

Annie Thibault, MOT, OTR/L

* MS & BS - Saginaw Valley State University

* Majored in Occupational Therapy, Rehabilitative Medicine

* Enjoys reading, baking, painting, and trying new coffee shops


Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

-Walt Whitman


Wisdom begins in wonder.

-Socrates



Annie Thibault, MOT, OTR/L

Tatiana Radunovic, OTD, OTR/L

Annie Thibault, MOT, OTR/L

* MOT - University of Minnesota, Rochester

* BS in Psychology- Saint Xavier University

* Enjoys traveling, hiking, baking, and spending time with her husband, daughter, and dog


If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be. - Maya Angelou


Just keep swimming. - Dory, Finding Nemo



Tatiana Radunovic, OTD, OTR/L

Tatiana Radunovic, OTD, OTR/L

Tatiana Radunovic, OTD, OTR/L

* OTD - Midwestern University

* BA in Neuroscience with a Biology & Psychology Minor - Carthage College

* Enjoys crocheting, painting, playing board games, traveling, walking and spending time with family and friends. 


You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. - Wayne Gretzky


What a wonderful world. - Louis Armstrong


Additional Languages:  

Serbian, Croatian & Bosnian





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