Early Intervention
What does it mean?
Our Early Intervention (EI) services support children from birth to three years old with developmental delays or disabilities.
Through EI services, we work with families to set meaningful goals that support their child’s cognitive skills (thinking, learning, problem-solving); communication skills (gesturing, talking, listening, understanding, interacting with others); and social–emotional skills (playing, understanding feelings, making friends).
Therapeutic Interventions
Early intervention (EI) is the process of providing services and support to infants, toddlers, and their families when a child has, or is at risk for, a developmental delay, disability, or health condition that may affect typical development and learning.
Alexandra is familiar with implementing principles of DIR Floortime. This is a relationship-based therapy that helps children reach six key milestones that contribute to emotional and intellectual growth, while supporting cognition and language development.
- Self-regulation and interest in the world
- Engagement in relationships
- Two-way communication
- Complex communication
- Emotional thinking
We work with parents on how to direct their children into more and more complex interactions. This process, called “opening and closing circles of communication,” is central to the Floortime approach.
