We visit families at their homes to demonstrate, consult, educate, and assist families in working with their child who has a special need. An early interventionist goes into the home to visit weekly with the families. Families have someone they can trust working with their children. We work on using daily routines to encourage a child's development and independence. Daily routines, eating habits, toilet training, behavior management skills, gross and fine motor skills, communication, sleeping habits, and cognitive skills are just a few of the topics covered during home visits.
Routine based intervention, plus play education can provide a child with a stable, consistent environment for learning. Parents learn to use dress time as a way to promote language, problem solving skills, and motor activities through demonstration and instruction. Parents have a person to discuss their child's accomplishments and concerns. They have support and are taught to be advocates for their child. The child receives one-on-one time from a trained professional. They learn to expect the person, to trust a new person, and to interact with someone who is not family. Basic social interaction skills are developed with weekly greetings and good-bye routines.
Children are provided the comfort and familiarity of their homes to learn new skills. We work with children who have diagnosis, such as Down Syndrome or Cerebral Palsy, who are medically fragile, such as low immune systems or lung failure, who were born prematurely, or who are delayed in one of five areas: gross and fine motor, cognition, adaptive, communication, or social skills. The children learn to be independent, to interact, to play, and to communicate their wants and needs. They are provided opportunities to explore beyond their expectations and to prepare for success in the public school system.
Our goal for all children and their families is to teach them the skills they need to advocate and succeed in the future. We want to empower, encourage, and educate them in ways that maximize their child's early years. The brain is growing faster between the ages of birth to three years than it will for the rest of a person's life. We want to feed the brain, so it will grow and flourish to its greatest potential.
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