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“Imagine that your child is born with wings.”
― Carolyn Parkhurst, Harmony

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Early Intervention

  • Developmental assessment

  • 1-hour weekly treatment sessions face to face

  • Home program design

  • Online consultation every 8 weeks.

  • Details click here

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Why Early is Better?

Research shows that:

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Early diagnosis of and interventions for autism are more likely to have major long-term positive effects on symptoms and later skills.

National Research Council, Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism. Educating Children With Autism. Lord, C., McGee, J. P., eds. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2001

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Early interventions occur at or before preschool age, as early as 2 or 3 years of age. In this period, a young child's brain is still forming,7 meaning it is more "plastic" or changeable than at older ages. Because of this plasticity, treatments have a better chance of being effective in the longer term.

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bauman, M. L., Choueiri, R., Kasari, C., Carter, A., Granpeesheh, D., et al. (2015). Early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder under 3 years of age: Recommendations for practice and research. Pediatrics, 136(Suppl 1), S60–81. PMID: 26430170

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Early interventions not only give children the best start possible, but also the best chance of developing to their full potential.

Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Early Intervention for Autism, 2017. 

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The sooner a child gets help, the greater the chance for learning and progress.

Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Early Intervention for Autism, 2017. 

Zwaigenbaum, L., Bauman, M. L., Choueiri, R., Kasari, C., Carter, A., Granpeesheh, D., et al. (2015). Early intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder under 3 years of age: Recommendations for practice and research. Pediatrics, 136(Suppl 1), S60–81. PMID: 26430170

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Recent guidelines suggest starting an integrated developmental and behavioral intervention as soon as ASD is diagnosed or seriously suspected.

Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Early Intervention for Autism, 2017. 

With early intervention, some children with autism make so much progress that they are no longer on the autism spectrum when they are older. Many of the children who later go off the spectrum have some things in common:

  • Diagnosis and treatment at younger ages

  • A higher intelligence quotient (IQ, a measure of thinking ability) than the average child with autism

  • Better language and motor skills

Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Early Intervention for Autism, 2017.

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At the end of early intervention, most parents felt competent in caring for their children, advocating for services, and gaining access to formal and informal supports. They also were generally optimistic about the future. Most (82%) parents believed that their family was better off as a result of early intervention. Parents were somewhat less positive in their perceived ability to deal with their child’s behavior problems or gain access to community resources, and lower family outcome scores were found for parents of minority children, children with health problems, and children who were living with a single adult.

Thirty-Six-Month Outcomes for Families of Children Who Have Disabilities and Participated in Early Intervention

Donald B. Bailey, Kathleen Hebbeler, Donna Spiker, Anita Scarborough, Sangeeta Mallik and Lauren Nelson

Pediatrics December 2005, 116 (6) 1346-1352; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2004-1239

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