Family Services for Infants and Toddlers
Early Intervention is a childhood program, providing services to children from birth to age three. The program serves families whose children have a developmental delay or are at risk of developing delays.
Families are the true experts regarding their children. They decide what program is best for their child. Their Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) facilitates a partnership between the family and the service providers. Parents, Developmental Specialists and other team members build on strengths and abilities by promoting the child’s self-image in a positive learning environment.
Child Development Services, located at 611 N Canal St., provides a choice of developmental activities within a structured and coordinated program of early intervention to children with developmental delays and their families, or those families with children who are at risk of developing delays, in order to achieve family outcomes.
Services provided:
- Service Coordination/Case Management
- Respite
- Comprehensive developmental screening, assessment and eligibility evaluation
- Home-based services, such as developmental instruction, in the child’s home or other community settings
- Activities designed to promote walking, talking and muscle coordination, which enhance the child’s overall developmental skills
- Access to developmental evaluations and therapies; occupational, speech, and physical therapy, as well as infant mental health services, nutrition services, vision and hearing impairment services.
- Family Counseling
- Water Therapy
- Transportation for eligible families
- Center-based activities in an environment that stimulates learning and interaction with peers
- A parent-complete child-monitoring program to follow a child’s growth and development from 8 weeks to 5 years
- Specialty services in basic child development, Infant Massage Instruction (available to families) and the Rainbow Connection childcare program, located at 902 W. Cherry Lane, available to children in the community who are 8 weeks to 30 months of age. To view the Rainbow Connection childcare program’s page click here.
Infant Massage Instruction:
- Nurturing touch can relieve stress in both parent & baby
- Relaxes and soothes
- Increases confidence and sensitivity to baby’s cues
- Stimulates growth & healthy development
- Enhances ability to understand baby’s special needs
- Releases stress and helps babies sleep better
- Helps relieve gas and symptoms of colic
- Focuses on bonding between caregiver and child
To refer a child to the Center or for more information contact the CARC, Inc. Child Development Services at (575) 887-2272. There is no charge for service coordination or initial evaluation. Further services are funded through Medicaid and State funds.
