Early identification of problems enables the right king of help to meet a child's developmental and behavioral needs that puts them on an appropriate path for future learning. Services and programs are designed to evaluate and monitor to meet goals. Specific kinds of play at home helps build and enhance program learning.
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Early Childhood Intervention
Developmentally appropriate activities
Play school using pictures, such as animals, numbers, alphabet, helps in recognition and identification of the things in the world. For example, a picture of an apple to relate to the letter A.
Reading stories from picture books.
Playing with age appropriate puzzles.
Sing-a-longs with well-known, easy to understand children's songs.
Keeping the child busy to occupy the mind with positive things.
Effective Strategies
Characteristics of effective strategies include:
Reading stories to help language, literacy, and communication.
Moving objects in sequence helps physical development and health.
Recognizing objects by sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell starts learning about science.
Counting with fingers or objects starts learning in Math.
Organizations that Offer Services
Children's Medical Services www.cms-kids.com
The Florida Center for Early Childhood
(941) [HIDDEN]
Space Coast Early Intervention Center
3790 Dairy Rd
Melbourne, FL
(321) [HIDDEN]
Email:
How Children are Screened and Evaluated
Children are evaluated based on an Early Steps evaluation that determines the child's specific developmental and behavioral needs (Community Outreach, n.d.). Child and family specific needs are a guide to setup services based on the family's concerns, resources, and goals they want to accomplish. The goal is to empower the family through a comprehensive team of professionals with fewer appointment times and more family time (Florida's Early Step System, 2012).
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Necessity of Early Intervention
Birth to three years is the most vital time in a child's learning. Early identification of problems enables the ability to find help and start a child on the right path. Early intervention helps a child learn and develop at their full potential. It enables families and care givers to gain competence and confidence they can use at home to help the child in better ways. Most intervention services are home based where the child learns in his/her own living environment.
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