Infant and Toddler Early Intervention Services

Please use the menu below to easily navigate through our Early Intervention Services.

• Autism
• Cleft lip and /or palate
• Developmental delays
• Deafness and Hearing Loss
• Emotional and Behavioral difficulties
• Health and dietary concerns affecting development
• Oral-motor and feeding problems
• Physical disabilities
• Sensory-processing concerns
• Sleeping Concerns
• Speech and Language delays
• Torticollis and Plagiocephaly (Flat Head Syndrome)
• Vision Impairments

Autism Spectrum Disorder

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with autism spectrum disorders includes:

• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disorder on the child's development and family life
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Specialized assessment and therapeutic strategies for difficulties in:
  --> Sensory processing
  --> Tactile defensiveness or sensitivities
  --> Oral sensitivity to textures
  --> Sensitivity or intolerance to movement
  --> Excessive interest in sensory stimulation
• Support for the family in developing a functional communication system for the young child
• Behavioral support
• Linking family members and representatives of community agencies to develop a comprehensive and consistent approach to supporting each young child as a member of their family, including Wrap Around Support Services
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Cleft Lip and/or Palate

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with cleft lip and palate includes:

• Assistance in accessing community services available
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Strategies and equipment to develop the infant's feeding ability
• Support of experienced professionals to address feeding and nutritional concerns
• Information on the impact of cleft lip/palate on speech and language development
• Strategies to improve the young child's speech production
• Information and support in understanding the impact of this condition on child’s development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Developmental Delays

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with developmental delays using a transdisciplinary approach to look at development of the whole child, and:

• Parent instruction and education on normal developmental processes, timelines and expectations
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Assistance in achieving developmental motor milestones
• Play strategies to develop motor, cognitive, language, adaptive and social skills
• Relay information on the normal acquisition of sensory motor development
• Information and support in understanding the impact of these delays on child's development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Deafness and Hearing Loss

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with hearing losses includes:

• Information on the impact of a hearing loss on all areas of development
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Audiological evaluations and follow-up with the family
• Assistance with obtaining hearing aids and helping the young child learn to wear the aids
• Specific methods and strategies to help the young child learn to use their auditory (hearing) skills
• Information and team support in selecting communication method(s) for use by the young child and family
• Assessment of areas related to sign language development:
  --> Vision
  --> Fine motor
  --> Cognition
  --> Vestibular
• Assessment of vestibular and sensory processing
• Information and support in understanding the impact of a hearing loss on child's development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with emotional and behavioral problems includes:

• Team members provide comprehensive intervention for caregivers to understand and address the emotional and behavioral challenges of their infants and toddlers.
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Team members experienced in seeing the "behavior" as a symptom and working with the family to determine both the function of the behavior and ways to intervene and manage the problem within family life
• Interventions for specific challenges may be addressed to include behavioral issues associated with:
  --> Attention
  --> Impulsivity
  --> Negativity
  --> Regulation of temperament
  --> Frustration due to limited verbal communication skills
  --> Attachment and engagement difficulties
• Assessment of sensory motor processing
• Assessment of purposeful play ability
• Assessment of the home environment for play opportunities, sensory stimulation, and structure
• Strategies to help develop play and social interaction skills with siblings and other children
• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disability on child's development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Health and Dietary Concerns Affecting Development

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with health or dietary problems impacting their development includes:

• Conducting individual assessments and reviewing existing medical reports on the following:
  --> Nutritional history and dietary intake.
  --> Physiological or metabolic issues compromising growth and development.
  --> Feeding skills and feeding problems.
  --> Food habits and food preferences.
• Developing and monitoring appropriate plans to address the nutritional needs of infants and toddlers with disabilities, based on the findings of the assessments
• Providing information, education and counseling for the parents of the infant or toddler experiencing nutritional, dietary or health issues
• Working with the family and their primary care physician to collaboratively design and implement a plan to address identified needs
• Making referrals to appropriate community resources to carry out nutrition goals.

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Feeding and Oral-Motor Problems

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with oral-motor and feeding problems includes:

• Assessment of the level of oral motor and feeding skills
• Assessment of related areas:
  --> Positioning during feeding
  --> Oral sensitivities
  --> Preparation and presentation of food
  --> Nutritional needs
• Strategies to assist with developing oral-motor skills
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Assistance in determining the feeding approach which makes feeding pleasurable for the infant and the parent
• Support in finding alternative nipples, utensils and food adaptations to make feeding pleasurable for the young child and the parent
• Assessment of control of posture and adaptations, if needed
• Assessment of hand skills and eye-hand coordination
• Information and support in understanding the impact of this concern on child's development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Physical Disabilities

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with physical disabilities includes:

• Motor facilitation and therapeutic handling to promote normal movement patterns
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Assessment of the need for therapeutic equipment necessary for positioning, mobility, communication, play, feeding, and ease of care in the home
• Assessment of each child's:
  --> Mobility
  --> Functional range of motion
  --> Strength
  --> Eye-hand coordination
  --> Hand manipulation skills
  --> Bilateral coordination
  --> Transitional movements
  --> Variety of positions
• Assessment of related areas:
  --> Communication needs
  --> Feeding and nutritional needs
  --> Collateral health conditions impacting development
  --> Cognitive skills
• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disability on child's development and family life
• Linking families with other diagnostic and therapeutic services
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Sensory-Processing Concerns

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with sensory processing concerns includes:

• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Assessment and therapeutic strategies for difficulties in:
  --> Sensory processing
  --> Tactile defensiveness or sensitivities
  --> Oral sensitivity to textures
  --> Sensitivity or intolerance to movement
• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disability on child's development and family life
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Sleeping Concerns

By twelve to eightteen months most children should be sleeping through the night. When children aren't getting the proper sleep it can lead or contribute to other behavior concerns. Sleeping concerns can include: refusal to go to bed, taking a long time to fall asleep, waking several times a night, night terrors, or being unable to maintain a consistent sleep schedule. Behavioral services can be helpful in working with parents to develop a consistent sleep schedule, identify factors contributing to sleep disturbances, and teaching children to self-regulate (soothe themselves), and fall back to sleep. The ealier sleeping issues are addressed the easier it is to deter negative habits from developing.

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Speech and Language Delays

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with speech and language delays includes:

• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disability on child's development and family life
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Assessment of related areas:
  --> Cognitive skills
  --> Oral-motor skills
  --> Vision
• Audiological development and education to teach family members how to initiate sound development through play
• Linking families with other diagnostic and therapeutic services
• Education and strategies to encourage the development of vocal imitation skills
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making regarding the need for alternative forms of communication
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Torticollis and Plagiocephaly (Flat Head Syndrome)

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with torticollis (shortening of neck muscle) and/or plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) includes:

• Parent instruction and education on the connection between these two diagnoses and the importance of developing symmetric movement patterns and positions
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family’s home
• Specific repositioning techniques and strategies to help develop midline orientation
• Active and Passive range of motion stretching exercises to help relax tight muscles
• Handling techniques to incorporate into feeding, carrying, diapering, and bathing the child
• Developmental motor activities to increase tummy time tolerance and encourage symmetric body movements
• Suggestions of infant/toddler play strategies and equipment to help encourage optimal development
• Periodic head/neck measurements to assess progress
• Information on possible intervention with orthotics, such as a cranial molding orthosis (helmet) or TOT collar, if torticollis and/or plagiocephaly is severe and has not responded well enough to repositioning and stretching exercises
• Expertise and education to support a family’s informed decision-making

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION

Vision Impairments

We excel in providing early intervention supports and services to our youngest infants, toddlers, and their families. Our specialized intervention for the youngest children with vision impairments includes:

• Information and support in understanding the impact of this disability on child's development and family life
• Multidisciplinary team assessment completed in the family's home
• Specialized assessment in related areas:
  --> Adaptations to the environment for best use of vision
  --> Motor skills for manipulation and mobility
  --> Auditory acuity, discrimination and memory
  --> Tactile sensitivities
  --> Vestibular and postural insecurity
  --> Attachment to all caregivers
  --> Emotionality in reaction to change or instruction
• Provide parent education on the sequence of vision development
• Provide information and resources for the family in acquiring appropriate learning materials and toys for their child
• Provide specific strategies and techniques to help the child learn to use their visual, auditory and tactile skills
• Provide strategies and techniques to encourage the child in development of Braille readiness skills, if appropriate
• Assistance in accessing community, state and national resources relating to vision impairment
• Expertise and education to support a family's informed decision-making
• Preparation and support of family and child for transition to preschool

BACK TO TOP

BACK TO EARLY INTERVENTION