Brain Builders

Brain Builders Speech, language, occupational, physical, feeding & orofacial/myofunctional therapy services in Harford County.

When your child knows a skill in therapy but still needs help using it at home, that is common.It often means the skill ...
09/16/2026

When your child knows a skill in therapy but still needs help using it at home, that is common.

It often means the skill needs more practice in real life, with the people and routines your child already knows.

At Brain Builders, we focus on making progress useful outside the session.

What that can look like:
- Real-time parent training so you leave with practical support
- Strategies tailored to your child and your family’s daily routines
- Positive, confidence-building sessions that help kids feel comfortable learning
- Support that connects therapy skills to home, school, and everyday moments

When families feel equipped, progress has more places to show up.

If your child needs help carrying a skill from therapy into home life, reach out to schedule an evaluation.

https://www.mybrainbuilders.com

🎉 Brain Builders is FOUR! 🎉Four years ago, Brain Builders opened its doors with a simple goal: to create a place where c...
09/15/2026

🎉 Brain Builders is FOUR! 🎉

Four years ago, Brain Builders opened its doors with a simple goal: to create a place where children and families could receive high-quality, individualized therapy while feeling supported, welcomed, and understood. 💙

What started small has grown into something we are incredibly proud of - a multidisciplinary team providing Speech, Occupational, Feeding, AAC, and now Physical Therapy to hundreds of children and families in our community.

We are so grateful to every family who has trusted us with their child, every provider who has referred a family our way, and every member of our team who has helped Brain Builders grow into what it is today.

Four years of learning. Four years of growing. Four years of "building brains."

Thank you for being part of our journey. Here’s to year FIVE! 🎈💙

09/14/2026

When a child says no to food, it usually means one of three things: preference, skill, or stress.

A calm refusal is often just preference. A child who seems unsure, messy, or overwhelmed may be showing a skill gap or a stress response at the table.

That’s why mealtime support works best when we look at the whole picture, not just the bite in front of us.

Feeding therapy can help your child build comfort and confidence around food
We look at skills like coordination, not just what your child eats
Families get a plan based on their child’s needs
Caregiver support is part of the process, so you’re not doing this alone

If mealtimes feel hard, reach out for support.

🐮 You HERD that right! Brain Builders has DAYTIME speech therapy openings available! 💙If you've been considering speech ...
09/13/2026

🐮 You HERD that right! Brain Builders has DAYTIME speech therapy openings available! 💙

If you've been considering speech therapy for your child, now may be a great time to get started.

Our pediatric SLPs support children with:

🗣️ Speech sound development & articulation
💬 Expressive and receptive language
🧠 Childhood apraxia of speech
👥 Social/pragmatic communication
📱 AAC & functional communication
🌱 Early communication and language development

Daytime appointments can be especially convenient for preschoolers, homeschool families, younger children, and families with flexible schedules.

💙 Daytime Speech Therapy Openings Available

📍 Brain Builders | Abingdon/Bel Air

Contact us to learn more or schedule an evaluation!

There's work to do on the farm! 🚜🧡Farm chores may look like simple play, but they're packed with opportunities to build ...
09/12/2026

There's work to do on the farm! 🚜🧡

Farm chores may look like simple play, but they're packed with opportunities to build skills children use every day.

Think about everything happening when a child feeds an animal:

🪣 Carrying the bucket → strength & coordination
✋ Grasping and releasing food → fine motor control
🤲 Using two hands together → bilateral coordination
👀 Reaching toward a target → hand-eye coordination
⚖️ Standing, reaching & bending → balance and body awareness
🧠 Remembering the steps → motor planning & sequencing
🐮 Interacting with something new → sensory exploration & confidence

At Brain Builders, we can take something that feels like play and intentionally adapt it to work toward the skills each individual child needs for greater independence.

That's pediatric OT. 🧡

To them, it's feeding the cow.
To us, it's play with a purpose. 🐮

🐷🌾 Happy Farm Week from Brain Builders!

Welcome to the Brain Builders farm! 🚜🌽Farm Week gives us the perfect opportunity to explore where foods come from and to...
09/11/2026

Welcome to the Brain Builders farm! 🚜🌽

Farm Week gives us the perfect opportunity to explore where foods come from and to make food a little less intimidating for our feeding kiddos.

🥕 Carrots grow underground
🍎 Apples grow on trees
🌽 Corn grows on stalks
🥛 Milk comes from cows
🥚 Eggs come from chickens

For a child who is learning to accept new foods, eating doesn't have to be the first goal.

We can explore a food by:

👀 Looking
👃 Smelling
✋ Touching
🔪 Cutting or preparing
👅 Licking/tasting
🥄 And eventually… eating

Talking about, preparing and playing purposefully with food can help children become more comfortable with it without making “take a bite” the starting point.

💚 Sometimes the first step toward eating a carrot is simply being comfortable having the carrot on the table.

Food exploration IS feeding progress. 🌱

BIG news for our little movers!Brain Builders has Pediatric Physical Therapy openings available AND our PT services are ...
09/10/2026

BIG news for our little movers!

Brain Builders has Pediatric Physical Therapy openings available AND our PT services are now in-network with BCBS! 🎉

Pediatric PT can support babies and children working on:

👶 Head control & tummy time
💜 Torticollis & positioning
🔄 Rolling & transitions
🧸 Sitting & crawling
🚶 Standing & walking
⚖️ Balance & coordination
🏃 Running, jumping & gross motor skills
💪 Strength & endurance
🦴 Recovery after injury or surgery

Whether your baby is working toward an early milestone, your child is having difficulty with strength, balance or coordination, or needs support returning to movement and activities after an injury or surgery, our pediatric PT team is here to help. 💜

Sometimes it's a milestone that hasn't arrived when expected. Sometimes a child is moving differently than their peers. And sometimes parents simply have a feeling that something about their child's movement deserves a closer look.

A pediatric PT evaluation can help determine what’s going on and whether additional support may be beneficial.

💜 Pediatric PT openings available now
💙 Now in-network with BCBS

📍 Brain Builders | Abingdon/Bel Air

Contact us to learn more or schedule a pediatric PT evaluation!

Old MacDonald had a LOT to say! 🐮💙Farm Week is here at Brain Builders, and farm play is packed with opportunities to bui...
09/09/2026

Old MacDonald had a LOT to say! 🐮💙

Farm Week is here at Brain Builders, and farm play is packed with opportunities to build speech and language skills!

🐷 Imitate sounds — “oink,” “moo,” “baa!”
🚜 Learn new words — cow, pig, barn, tractor
💬 Expand language — “cow” → “big cow” → “the cow is eating”
❓ Ask & answer questions — “Where's the horse?”
👂 Follow directions — “Put the pig IN the barn.”
🗣️ Practice core words — go, stop, more, open, in & out

Try this one at home:

Sing Old MacDonald with your child, but pause during a familiar part:

“With a moo moo here and a _____ _____ there…”

Then WAIT.

Give your child an opportunity to fill in the missing sound or word. A response might be a sound, word, sign, gesture or AAC selection. and they all count as communication. 💙

Sometimes the simplest play creates the best opportunities for language.

🐮🐷🐔 Happy Farm Week from Brain Builders!

Sensory bins are fun, but there's a LOT of skill-building happening inside! 🎒Our Back-to-School sensory bins give our OT...
09/05/2026

Sensory bins are fun, but there's a LOT of skill-building happening inside! 🎒

Our Back-to-School sensory bins give our OT kiddos opportunities to work on:

✋ Fine motor strength: grasping, pinching and manipulating small objects
🤏 Pincer grasp: picking up those tiny pieces
👀 Visual scanning: finding specific letters or objects
🤲 Bilateral coordination: using both hands together
🧠 Attention & following directions
🌾 Sensory exploration: experiencing different textures in a controlled, playful way

We can make the activity easier, harder or completely change the goal depending on what each child is working toward.

That's one of our favorite things about pediatric OT: to them it's play ... to us, every activity has a purpose. 🧡

For families of selective eaters, back-to-school can make one question especially stressful: “What am I going to pack fo...
09/05/2026

For families of selective eaters, back-to-school can make one question especially stressful: “What am I going to pack for lunch?” 🎒🍎

School lunch can bring challenges we don't always think about:

🥪 A shorter amount of time to eat
🔊 A loud, busy cafeteria
👃 New foods and smells all around them
🧃 Opening containers and packages independently
🍓 Familiar foods looking or feeling different after sitting in a lunchbox
😟 Pressure to eat in an unfamiliar environment

If your child has feeding challenges, the lunchbox doesn't need to become another battleground.

Start with foods your child reliably eats. From there, you can gradually introduce variety and practice new lunch foods at home, where there's less pressure.

And remember: feeding progress isn't always taking a bite. Looking, touching, smelling, licking and interacting with a new food can all be steps toward acceptance. 💚

At Brain Builders, feeding therapy helps children build the skills and confidence they need to make mealtimes, including school lunch, a little easier.

Save this for those “What on earth am I packing tomorrow?” nights! 😅

Address

37 Kensington Parkway
Bel Air North, MD
21009

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 2pm

Telephone

+14109292088

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