Early Intervention Services for Neurodiverse Children

Early intervention programs provide supports for neurodiverse learners.

Children with special needs are not eligible for Early Intervention services at a young age.

The benefits of early intervention include minimizing the need for special education and related services after children reach school age.

Neuroplasticity is highest during the first years of life.

Family training services are provided to assist the family in understanding the special needs of the child and promoting the child’s development.

Medical services in early intervention are only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes.

Occupational therapy services relate to self-help skills, feeding and food tolerance, dressing and undressing, motor, postural development, etc.

Physical therapy services aim to prevent or lessen movement difficulties and related functional problems.

Psychological services involve administering and interpreting psychological tests and information about a child’s behavior and child and family conditions related to learning, mental health, and development.

Social work services provide individual or group counseling or family training.

Special instruction services include designing learning environments and activities that promote the child’s development.

Speech-language services are for children with delay in communication skills or with motor skills such as weakness of muscles around the mouth or swallowing.

Therapeutic early childhood classrooms are staffed by trained early interventionists.

An early childhood intervention team typically consists of special education specialists, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, and other support staff.

Decisions in early childhood intervention are made by professionals working independently within their own disciplines.

In a transdisciplinary team, roles are fixed and do not change.

What is the key feature of the early childhood intervention model?

Which service aims to prevent or lessen movement difficulties and related functional problems?

What is the primary focus of speech-language services in early intervention?

Which professional is typically part of an early childhood intervention team?

What type of services involve administering and interpreting psychological tests and information about a child’s behavior and family conditions?

What do special instruction services in early intervention primarily focus on?

Which service relates to self-help skills, feeding and food tolerance, and dressing and undressing?

What are the main functions of social work services in early intervention?

Who typically staffs therapeutic early childhood classrooms in early intervention programs?

What is the aim of providing early intervention?

What is the primary benefit of early intervention for neurodiverse learners?

Which type of service in early intervention aims to assist the family in understanding the special needs of the child and promoting the child’s development?

What is the focus of occupational therapy services in early intervention?

Which service in early intervention aims to prevent or lessen movement difficulties and related functional problems?

What is the main reason for providing medical services in early intervention?

How do early intervention programs maximize the potential for neurodiverse learners to live independently in society?