Child Development Therapy
An approach to therapy which encompasses both prevention and intervention across all five developmental areas.
Ages
Birth to three
The Child Development Specialist (also known as Early Interventionist or Infant Stimulation) represents a discipline that uses an approach to therapy which encompasses both prevention and intervention. This specialty includes evaluating a child's developmental status, planning and coordinating an intervention program, providing direct counseling for children and their families, advising parents, and collaborating and consulting with other child service providers.
A Child Development Specialist (CDS) has a background in child development, psychology, education, special education, plus experience with children under 3 years of age, and often a master's degree in Early Intervention. The CDS works with families to help children achieve skills in a typical developmental order. They are able to assist children in the areas of physical skills, cognitive development, communication, social/emotional skills, and adaptive skills. The CDS helps families learn to manage challenging behaviors and provides developmentally appropriate suggestions for rules and routines.
Our Child Development Specialists create a nurturing and supportive environment to foster children's capacity to explore and learn. Through games, play, music, art exploration and family education, the Child Development Specialists facilitate the child in reaching his or her highest potential across the 5 developmental areas of cognitive, social, gross motor, fine motor, and language skills.
In the field
What a session actually looks like
Our clinicians work where children live and play — living room floors, kitchen tables, backyards and parks — with caregivers right there in the session.
Caseloads are built around real drive times, and every clinician is supported by an interdisciplinary team that shares strategies across disciplines.
Children that are experiencing the following challenges:
- Behavioral issues
- Poor attention span and difficulties in focusing
- Difficulties with following directions
- Listening skills
- Comprehension and cognitive challenges
- Delayed language skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Social skills challenges with communication and interaction
- Difficulties with coordination
- Body awareness and sensory differences
This is the clinical work our child development therapy team is trained to take on every day.
Our team
Clinicians who stay
Average employment retention at Every Child Achieves is over eight years. Our clinicians stay because the work is meaningful, the mentorship is real, and they are treated as professionals.
We are always looking for pediatric clinicians who love this age group as much as we do.
Parents and families that are experiencing the following challenges:
- Parenting insecurities
- Difficulties in family dynamic
- Difficulties dealing with a special needs child
- Struggling to establish healthy routines for the family
- Advocacy and resources
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