When you become a parent for the first time (especially the first time, or really anytime) you want your child to be perfect, healthy and strong.
However, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things don’t always go your way.
This is where Early Intervention can help you and your child.
Early Intervention is a place that is run by the State of Massachusetts and will help your child who is not developing normally (or if you think is not developing normally, do get an evaluation) to learn in different ways.
The place I have personal experience with is in Stoneham, MA and they were fabulous with my son (now age 5) who is on the mild autism spectrum with PPD.
It is difficult to hear from someone you don’t know that well to let you know that your child has autism or has issues. But, sometimes these issues can be obvious to someone else even though you are with your child more than 80% of the time (for those of us working full time, it seems less than that).
A lot of parents that have twins tell me that they also have been part (or were part of) Early Intervention as well. My suggestion is to do this earlier than later, as the latest age they will take a child is age 2.9 years of age. As soon as that child reaches 3 years old, they are too “old” to be in Early Intervention. Of course, this means that you should talk with your pediatrician about it, discuss it with them in full, and do your homework.
There is a lot more that can help these special children out and I feel good about promoting them since they really helped my son out for the better.
Tags: Autism, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Special Children, Stoneham |