Northern Star Therapy Services
Working together to strengthen the abilities of children and their families.
Speech-Language and Feeding Therapy for Kids
Mansfield Area | Bellville
Ohio
Northern Star Therapy's vision is to work together with families, educators and healthcare providers to strengthen the abilities of children and their families.
We are currently providing speech and language services to children with speech delays, language delays, and feeding difficulties (picky eaters). Contact us for a free phone consult to further discuss your concerns.
Meet Nancy
M.A., CCC-SLP
Owner/Speech-Language Pathologist
Hey there! My name is Nancy and I'm so glad that you are here!
I am a wife, mom, and practicing speech-language pathologist for 24 years, most of those years primarily spent working with pediatrics. I spent 20 years working in the pediatric medical outpatient setting and have also spent 6 years in the school systems.
While I work with children with a variety of speech and language disorders, my passion and areas of specialization are in working with children with speech sound disorders (articulation disorders, phonological disorders, apraxia), language delays, and pediatric feeding disorders (picky eaters).
My services focus on children aged 0-5 with speech sound disorders, expressive and receptive language delays, and pediatric feeding disorders (picky eaters). I use best practices and work closely with the family to improve skills and promote mastery. I understand the need for activities to be easy, fun/play-based, versatile, and functional. I also know how critical it is to empower parents with knowledge and information to support skills at home. No teacher is as effective as the child's parent!
If you have questions, please reach out anytime!
Good faith estimates of health care costs are provided as part of the No Surprises Act.
Skilled Services Available
Picky Feeding
Language Disorders
Speech Sound Disorders
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Speech Delay
Play-based treatment
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Late Talkers
School Contracts
Getting Started:
Free Consultation and Screenings (for ages 0-5)
Let's Talk!
As a parent, you may have concerns that your child is exhibiting a speech sound disorder, an expressive and/or receptive language delay/disorder or feeding difficulties (picky eater). Every child is different, but generally, if you have a concern, you should act as soon as possible to see if your child would benefit from an assessment. There is no benefit in the "wait and see" approach. I am a firm believer in early intervention and outcomes are better the earlier we can begin speech therapy services. If you have questions, I'm always happy to talk and answer your questions and/ or to provide a free screening. Early Intervention is critical!
Assessment
Gathering the Details!
After your free consultation, if it is determined that further information regarding your child's speech/language or feeding skills is needed, we will schedule an assessment. Assessment may include formal/standardized assessments, informal tasks, observation and parent/child interview. An evaluation may take 1-2 sessions and can be 1-1.5 hours in length. Following assessment and interpretation of results, the therapist and parent will discuss findings to determine next steps.
Treatment
Making a Plan!
Following the assessment, an individualized plan of care will be developed to target areas of need and to determine frequency of sessions. Sessions are scheduled for 30 minutes (25 minutes of treatment with 5 minutes of parent education) and may be scheduled weekly or every other week.
Accepted Insurance Plans
If your insurance is not listed or you’re uninsured, Northern Star Therapy Services may still be able to offer you services. We also accept HSA/FSA cards as well as private pay.
Cost of Evaluations: $250
Current Cost of Treatment Sessions: $85
Private Pay/Same Day/Prompt Pay Discount may be available (please inquire)
Recent Reviews
Nancy is patient, kind, and thorough. She has had such a positive impact on our family by helping our son with his speech difficulties. She communicated well with us and connected so well with our son. We are forever grateful for the loving care and skills she has provided our son. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking a speech specialist for their child. Thank you Nancy!
Ed L.
Ms. Nancy treated our daughter like her own! She really worked with her and got her over the hump that we couldn't do ourselves! Her knowledge and experience was so evident! It was hard to say goodbye when our daughter didn't need her services any more. We will be forever grateful to Ms. Nancy!
Rebecca N.
The impact the Northern Star Therapy has had on our daughter is phenomenal. Mrs. Labaki has been able to connect with our daughter in a way that our school district contacted speech therapist just couldn’t. Amazingly, Nancy was able to arrange a collaboration with the district therapist so that out daughter could get supplement therapy that was supportive of her IEP goals. There is no question that the therapy provided by Mrs. Labaki has had an incredible impact on our daughter’s development, and has contributed greatly to her academic success. I highly recommend Northern Star Therapy.
Coach B.
Nancy does such a great job, she makes therapy so enjoyable and fun for our kiddo. We’ve seen so much progress since starting therapy with her.
Adam J.
Nancy has been providing services for my daughter for the last 10 months and I couldn’t be happier with the progress in my daughter’s language development. Nancy’s approach and experience has provided an inviting environment for my daughter to increase engagement and confidence! She provides excellent information to our family also to ensure we are using successful strategies at home too. I really don’t know what we would do without Nancy!
Andrea J.
We love Northern Star Therapy! Nancy has been ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL helping us with speech for our daughter who was diagnosed with Autism. She is incredible with kids and our daughter loves going to therapy! Can't thank her enough for all her help for our family 🤍
Tiffany C.
