Early intervention

Looking for early intervention for sensory differences? This article covers everything you need to know about SPD in early intervention.

What is an IFSP? A Parent Guide to Early Intervention Services and IDEA Part C, plus tips for Parents Navigating the 0-3 System and improving outcomes.

Parent advocates will learn about early intervention and autism and early signs of autism and interventions to support development.

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What is early intervention? What is school speech therapy? What happens when my child enters early intervention? What if my child doesn’t qualify for early intervention? These are some of the questions this article addresses. Save this post to be as informed as you can be when deciding what speech therapy options are best for your child.

Looking to get started in Early Intervention as an Occupational Therapist? This post covers all the things you need to know about getting started in Early Intervention including the role of the Early Intervention Occupational Therapist and 9 tips and resources every new Early Intervention OT needs t

The Play Project Autism – A New Approach to Early Intervention Therapy. A resource that is a must have for parents of autistic children

Early intervention helps the children enhance their abilities while also enabling them to learn new skills.

Are you just starting in Early Intervention or a seasoned expert seeking resources to enhance your EI practice? Whether you're an Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, or another Early Intervention professional, this post is a treasure trove of Early Intervention resources de

Planning and prepping for your early intervention speech therapy sessions has never been easier thanks to these must-have resources for parent coaching EI therapy! Includes resources for parent coaching in play based therapy and daily routines. Resources are all written in parent-friendly terms; perfect for sending home as homework or distance learning. Perfect for early intervention speech therapy sessions with late talkers and language delayed preschoolers. Check out these SLP materials…

Why is playing on the floor, or "tummy time" so important? What is DIR Floortime? Learn developmental milestones and fun floortime activities

Joint attention is the ability to share a common focus on something with someone, and is important for a child’s development. It is common for children with autism to have difficulty with joint attention since they are often unable to focus on both the object and the person. #autism #ASD #spectacokids #specialeducation #jointattention

Over the past five and a half years I have learned a lot while working as a school-based speech-language pathologist. When I first started I created a set of homework tasks cards called Toddler Toys and felt that it was time for an update. Through the years I have realized that many of my school-age children benefit greatly from play-based speech therapy and that these cards are not just for toddlers. So, I have updated the file and compiled 15 of my favorite, most used play-based speech…

The purpose of play is NOT...independence from you. As much as we want our babies, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children to "play on their own" and "give us some peace and quiet"... that's...

Early intervention refers to the phase where you provide services and support that will help babies and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities. These delays can include speech therapy, physical therapy, autism, etc. #autism #earlychildhooddevelopment #autismlearning #earlyintervention

5 warning signs your child may need early intervention and how to get started with pediatric therapy #ad

Toy cars are perfect toys for encouraging early language skills with your late talkers, or language delayed preschoolers. I've shared 5 engaging activities you can do with toy cars to develop early language skills in your early intervention therapy sessions. Use toy cars to target language strategies, imitating actions, symbolic sounds, and more. Check out the 5 engaging early language activities over on the blog now.

Did you know that a single play activity can strengthen development in multiple areas? See how playing with blocks can stimulate a young child’s fine motor, cognitive, communication, and social-emotional skills, in this infographic adapted from Early Social-Emotional Development.