Early Intervention
At Easterseals Florida, every individuals potential is recognized and nurtured; families are a part of the process to success.
Overview
Our Early Intervention Services provide specialized instruction and therapies to those with developmental delays or disabilities. These services support brain development during the most critical years of a child’s life. We focus on empowering families and caregivers through coaching, helping them integrate effective strategies into everyday routines across home, daycare, and community settings.
Our Programs
Individuals may receive support in communication, movement, behavior, and daily living skills. Our multidisciplinary team of professionals, including special instructors, speech-language pathologists, occupational and physical therapists, and social workers, work together to help meet developmental goals in nurturing, familiar environments.
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Early Intervention Assessment Team (EIAT)
Our Early Intervention Assessment Team provides developmental evaluations for children from birth to 35 months of age who have been referred based on a score of “concern” on the Ages and Stages Questionnaire®, Third Edition. -
Early Learning and Intervention Program (ELIP)
The Early Learning and Intervention Program (ELIP) provides short-term, gap early intervention services for children ages birth to 5 in Hillsborough County. -
Early Steps
Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system that offers services to eligible children, birth to 36 months, with significant developmental delays or a condition likely to result in a developmental delay. -
North Beaches Early Steps Program
North Beaches Early Steps (NBES) provides early intervention services to children and their families residing in Volusia, Flagler, Lake, Sumter, and Putnam Counties.
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