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Parent-Child Groups at a Facility:  How to start and maintain this valuable service Author: Izel Obermeyer, OTR/L, ATP, BCTS, FAOTA This session will share the experiences from both a parent and clinician’s perspective of facility-based parent-child groups.  We will showcase how we started this program, how it is progressing and what we did to ensure […]

Routines-Based Intervention Authors: Anne Marie Cellante, MS.Ed & Jenna Lequia, Ph.D. Young children grow and develop in the context of their family. Early intervention programs address this by providing intervention services in natural environment and incorporating family routines into intervention implementation. A naturalistic teaching method to early intervention, Routines-based Intervention, is one naturalistic approach that […]

Including Family Outcomes in the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) Authors: Anne Marie Cellante, MS.Ed & Jenna Lequia, Ph.D. A key component of Early Intervention is the collaborative development of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). The IFSP includes both child and family outcomes which guide the types of services and supports that will be provided to […]

Early Intervention and Telehealth: Best Practices Authors: Anne Marie Cellante, MS.Ed, Amy Lee, Psy.D., & Josie Hartnett, MPH Early Intervention (EI) services promote the development of skills and enhance the quality of life of infants and toddlers who have been identified as having a disability or developmental delay, enhance capacity of families to care for their child […]

Author: Naydine Johney, Psy.D With the increasing diversity of our population, disconnects are likely between providers and the children/families they serve. Cultural and linguistic competency increases access to and acceptability of care, improves quality of care, and reduces disparities in outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations. Given the family-centered nature of early intervention, it is essential that providers exercise cultural and linguistic competency in their practice. This module aims to provide an overview of cultural and linguistic competency, […]

Author: Jenna Lequia, Ph.D. The success of early intervention services is dependent on the use of evidence-based practices and data-based decision making. Data can be used at various levels – individual child, county program, and state program – to inform stakeholders whether or not a particular strategy or approach is effective. This module will describe […]

Strategies to Involve Parents in Early Intervention Author: Jenna Lequia, Ph.D. An important element of early intervention programs across the country is the emphasis on the family unit. Parents and/or caregivers are active players throughout the early intervention process – evaluation, sessions, meetings, and transitioning to preschool. This module is intended to provide early intervention […]

Author: Anne Marie Cellante, MSEd & Jenna Lequia, PhD Under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004), the Early Intervention Program (EIP) provides supports and services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families. The Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC) recommends […]

Natural Environments Authors: Anne Marie Cellante, M.S.Ed. and Jenna Lequia, Ph.D As young children learn best through participating in their everyday routines, with familiar people, early intervention services are provided in a child’s natural environment to the greatest extent possible. This is intended to increase exposure to same age, typically developing children, as well as […]

Overview of Early Intervention Authors: Anne Marie Cellante, M.S.Ed. and Jenna Lequia, Ph.D Early intervention is part of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. As such, each state is required to have a program that serves infants and young children with or at risk of developmental delay. The purpose of this module is to inform […]