Early Intervention
Cody Gifford House
Cody Gifford House offers educational instruction and a comprehensive array of therapies to infants and toddlers with varying developmental disabilities and delays and/or medical conditions.
Schedule
12-month program, Monday to Friday
Center Based: 90-minute group development sessions with bussing (8:30am - 10am, 10:30am - 12pm, 1 - 2:30pm) as well as separately scheduled speech, occupational, and physical therapy sessions (parents welcome).
Apply
Eligible children must have a demonstrated need for speech, occupational, or physical therapy, as well as special instruction.
Programs offered:
Center-based Early Head Start/Early Intervention: Cody Gifford House uses a combination of Early Head Start and Early Intervention criteria to create a blueprint for equitable inclusion. Children enrolled in the program must be living in poverty or homeless as well as having severe disabilities or developmental delays. Combining these two programs allows us to provide a full day of instruction and services compared to traditional half-day Early Intervention programs.
Home-based Early Intervention: Our home-based services bring speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and special instruction directly to many additional children whose disabilities or therapeutic needs do not require the comprehensive intensity of center-based care.
Keith Haring School
The Keith Haring School is a nurturing Early Intervention and Early Head Start program that serves low-income children ages 0-3 who have severe developmental disabilities and delays, are from formerly or currently homeless families, or are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. The Keith Haring School is located in the same building as ABC’s Supportive Housing program for families living with HIV/AIDS.
Schedule
12-month program, Monday to Friday
Center Based: 8:30am - 3:30pm
Apply
Eligible children must have a demonstrated need for speech, occupational, or physical therapy, as well as special instruction.
Programs offered:
The Keith Haring School provides occupational, physical, and speech therapies, highest-quality educational instruction, and ABC’s new Early Head Start/Early Intervention model, in two beautiful, spacious classrooms.
EI Referral System
Designed to increase participation in Early Intervention (EI) services, our groundbreaking and scalable EI referral system continues to help families from historically marginalized communities access special education evaluation and services for their very young children. ABC’s expert service coordinators are in contact with parents from the moment a pediatrician suggests special education services might be needed right through to when they receive those services. By sticking with families throughout the process, ABC helps navigate the obstacles that often cause families with few resources to give up on submitting an Early Intervention application for their child with special needs.
Our Impact
100%
of children completed their Early Intervention evaluations when ABC was the evaluator, compared to 83% when another provider carried out the evaluation
100%
of children made progress towards their Individualized Family Service Plan goals
188%
increase in the number of children meeting or exceeding expectations in the language domain in the last program year