Cognitive delays may affect a child’s intellectual functioning, interfering with awareness and causing learning difficulties that often become apparent after a child begins school. Children with cognitive delays may also have difficulty communicating and playing with others. Many delays aren’t serious, and most kids can catch up, especially when they get early treatment. The key is to get your child
Read More
Establishing a child as they grow and develop in the early years is of primary concern for any parent. Setting children up for success and equipping them to thrive in the world as adults is wrapped into that concern as well. The early development stages of a young life has its variables for sure, and children develop at different paces
Read More
Early intervention assists children as they work toward meeting their developmental milestones. Developmental milestones are a variety of motor, speech, emotional, social and cognitive skills that children grow into during the first three to five years of life. In some children these milestones are delayed, developing more slowly than is typical for their age group. Signs that indicate possible delayed
Read More
Watching a child grow and develop through the first several years of their life is a marvelous experience. It is a wonder to see them tackle and even solve one cognitive, physical, or emotional puzzle after another, and learn new ways to approach these challenges at light speed. As children develop, they are taking on more and more complex tasks
Read More
Twice a month, we highlight one of the incredible children we work with. In the last post, we looked at Andrew’s amazing progress in working with his occupational therapists to follow directions. This week, we’re going to highlight a wonderful girl as she expands her vocabulary with one of our therapists. Expanding Vocabulary through Speech Therapy Arielle is expanding her
Read More
A few times a month we are taking the opportunity to showcase the milestones and triumphs accomplished by the amazing kids we work with. Previously, we showed how Melia has been learning to crawl and eat with the help of speech and feeding therapy, and this week we want to highlight Andrew who has been meeting his milestones with the
Read More