Early Childhood Intervention
For Infants And Toddlers And Their Families
Our Multi-disciplinary Team consists of more than 50 professionals
with long term field experiences. This team includes
Educators, Developmental Specialists, Occupational, Speech and
Physical Therapist, Behavioral Specialists, Parenting Specialists,
Family Therapists and Psychologists. They have one thing in common:
all are experienced in working with the clients with special needs
and their families
in their natural setting, addressing a variety of needs,
ethnologies, and etiologies
The Early Intervention Program provides services for families with children, birth through three years of age, who may have or have not special needs and prefer assistance in child development, parenting skills, like to optimize development, and prevent developmental deficiencies.
Early Intervention / EARLY START
Our In-Home Early Intervention Program provides services for
families with children, birth through three years of age, who have
developmental delays, diagnosed disabilities or are considered at
risk for developmental delays. The intervention is provided in the
child’s natural environment, embedded within their naturally
occurring daily routines and everyday relationships. Any
interference to Early Intervention services due to inappropriate
behaviors will be addressed using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
strategies.
In-Home Services
The Early Intervention services, are provided by a highly trained
and qualified early intervention teacher with experience in early
childhood education and development. The early intervention teacher
provides support, training and designs intervention strategies to
strengthen skills in six developmental domains: cognitive skills,
language skills, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self-help
skills and social-emotional skills. These intervention strategies
are individually designed to meet each child and family’s unique
needs. Parents also play an integral part of the intervention
sessions and are considered experts on their child’s development.
These services include in-home services in the greater Los Angeles
and Orange County areas, while specialist consultation such as
Occupational & Physical therapy, Language & Speech therapy, Applied
Behavior Analysis & Family Counseling, is made available in
one of our centers. A combination of services can be provided
upon request.
How does this work?
Under the direction of the Early Interventionist, with
support of the program's Specialists and consultants as needed,
parents and children learn through active participation in planning
and practice of learning experiences and new skills.
Through parent professional partnerships in designing the plans and
developing goals for desired outcomes, observations, demonstrations,
and communications, parents and children will become familiar with
developmental issues, appropriate skills for that age, toys and
equipment enhancing the necessary skills, to stimulate
development and acquire optimal outcome.
Emphasis is on the influential role a parent or other caretaker has
in the development of the young children, therefore including
current Childrearing practices, Applied Behavior Analysis, optimal
Family Communication and Parenting strategies
Director
Tel: 626-812-0055
email: LBawarshi@Cal-Peds.com
Lisa
Tennant, BS
Tel: 626-812-0055
email: LTennant@Cal-Peds.com
Garry Van Zee, Ph.D, BCBA
Executive Director
Tel: 626-812-0055
email: Gvanzee@Cal-Peds.com
