Measuring Parental Language to Target Families for Early-intervention Services

Supporting Families through Early Intervention

Internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. In many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home to teach parents how they could overcome the childchr('39')s impairments. The logic of early intervention was inequitable. For example, the soo...

supporting families through early intervention

internationally early intervention programmes for infants and preschoolers with disabilities have proved to be remarkably successful. in many countries, they began with teachers for visually impaired or hearing impaired children visiting the family home to teach parents how they could overcome the child's impairments. the logic of early intervention was inequitable. for example, the sooner...

Omid Early Intervention Programme for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Families in Iran

Child development research has established the importance of support and services for children with special needs and their families at very early stages after the diagnosis. These services offered in the form of the early intervention programmes. There is a dearth of early intervention programmes for children with autism spectrum disorders and their families in Iran. A parent based early inter...

A Pilot Telerehabilitation Program: Delivering Early Intervention Services to Rural Families

The enTECH Telerehabilitation Program explored the use of telerehabilitation as an alternative service delivery model for early intervention therapy services. Utilizing the Kentucky Telehealth Network, two families living in rural Kentucky received occupational therapy services over a 12-week period. Following program implementation, qualitative data was collected using participant journals and...

Parental Involvement in Early Intervention Programs for Children with Autism