Services

Early Intervention Services

An intervention is a combination of programs to produce effective changes or improve overall health status of the baby. The type, duration and outcome of intervention depend upon the age, type, and severity of the defect. The intervention is specific for each type of defect, and it is specific for each child.

Why Early Intervention?
Neuro plasticity is the ability of the brain to change and adapt with experience. As the brain growth is enormous during the first three years, intervention procedures in this period help the brain to acquire the required functions and hit milestones. With early intervention the child’s disabilities can be prevented or minimized. The child can be made to achieve normal potential or near normal potential of development. It will be cost effective for parents and family.

Types of Intervention
Pediatric Consultation, Growth and Developmental Assessment, Physiotherapy, Sensory Integration, Occupational Therapy, Developmental Therapy, Speech Therapy, Group Therapy, Special Education and School Readiness

Developmentally supportive care – evidence based intervention to protect and promote growth and development in preterm babies from birth - NICU onwards is called developmentally supportive care. It focus on reducing the stress level / pain for the newborn, stimulate more positive experiences, healing external environment, cluster care, sleep protection, family centered care with daily routines -Kangaroo mother care, nonnutritive sucking, nesting, swaddling, massage positive touch by family.

Developmental therapy - Focuses on your child as whole. Therapist looks at the child globally in all domains of development – Physical- gross motor, fine motor, mental - cognition, social emotional, speech and language, self-help skills. Developmental therapy typically begins during significant time of development between ages birth to three. It is a combination of physiotherapy and occupational therapy activities. Parents are involved to understand the strength and weakness of the child and interaction with the environment .Play is the medium used for intervention for children and to empower parents to understand and navigate their child’s learning process. Who can benefit – children with developmental delay, attention deficit, hyperactivity, autistic spectrum disorders, learning difficulties, language delay, and genetic disorders .Sessions focus on joint attention , joint engagement , play skills , attention span , following directions , learning concepts , school readiness , emotional regulation ,

Behavioral therapy – Applied behavioral analysis uses positive reinforcements to teach social skills , language abilities , focus , attention personal habits for children with Autism .It is also used for children with other developmental delay to decrease problem behavior , and enhance learning skills .