Early Intervention Group
Most moms and dads say to me, ‘I thought there was a problem at 14 or 15 months…’ and they say, ‘We’ll wait because sometimes children change over time.’ That’s not a good answer. You have to distinguish between the lesser problems, when we can wait and see later, and the major problems, when we should have acted on them yesterday. We can’t wait nine months, we can’t wait two months.
Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan, Child Psychiatrist
What is G-ESDM?
Our Early Stimulation Groups are part of a therapeutic and play-based program serving children 0–6 years old with special needs. We use the principles of the Early Start Denver Model in a group format (G-ESDM) to support learning opportunities tailored to each child’s strengths, needs, and personality.
Our program provides intensive early stimulation to maximize development and unlock each child’s potential across varied domains such as mobility, language, social behavior, and self-awareness.
With a staffing ratio of 1 adult for 2–3 children, our program efficiently supports progress across multiple developmental domains.
Developmental science
Ensuring learning follows each child’s developmental stage.
Naturalistic ABA strategies
Teaching through play, motivation, and real-life situations.
Social-affective neuroscience
Promoting social engagement and positive emotions to support brain development.
Individualized programs
Setting personalized goals based on each child’s strengths and needs.
Cooperative group learning
Enhancing social and communication skills within group interactions.
Peer-mediated learning
Using peers as models to strengthen imitation, language, and social regulation.
Skills Acquired
Social communication
Receptive communication
Expressive communication
Play skills
Motor skills
Cooperative participation
Emotional engagement
Peer interaction
Independence skills
Cognitive skills
We orient our approach along the Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Intervention (NDBI).
With a small adult-to-child ratio, our instructors can efficiently support learning and development in young children with special needs.
Certified ESDM therapist supervise the programs, review the individualized goals and provide ongoing support to the team to optimize the teaching opportunities in the natural setting.
Therapies like speech, occupational, art therapy and music therapy are integrated to address various developmental needs, ensuring a comprehensive approach.
The program is individualized for each child, setting personalized goals and strategies, with regular updates provided to families.
Our interventions are based on the child's interests, follow a highly structured schedule of activities, and include a certain level of inclusion (depending on the child). When necessary, we use extensive visual support to accompany the instruction. Parent and staff training, a transition plan and follow-ups are then implemented.
All of our programs and therapies are structured specifically according to the needs of the child and the needs of their family. In this way, the child develops academic and functional skills for daily living. Our goal is that each child leaving the center can have acquired the building blocks for individual growth and development that will serve as a starting point for future independence, opportunities and personal choices once in the community.