Early intervention

Early (childhood) intervention is a system of coordinated services that aims to support disabled and/or developmentally delayed children. Early intervention services give specialised support to children and families in the early years (from birth to school entry), including special education, therapy, counselling, service planning and help getting universal services like kindergarten and child care.

Small Steps lies at the basis of many therapies that are often provided as part of early intervention services, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. Add some information on which diagnoses can benefit from early intervention, including ‘unspecified developmental delays’…

• Down syndrome
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• Unspecified developmental delays