The approach

Traditional developmental services are provided in a piecemeal, siloed fashion where the child works with multiple specialists such as Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Child Psychologists etc. An Early Interventionist cuts across these different disciplines and is able to provide comprehensive support and advice to families about their young child’s growth. In addition to this, the Early Interventionist guides the family on how they can introduce changes in the baby’s day-to-day routine to augment his/her development. The Early Interventionist is also equipped to identify whether a child could benefit from more specific speech-language, occupational, physiotherapy, or medical services.

Mission

Over time, they want to make Early Intervention services available to children all across India. One of the major challenges in being able to do so is the severe lack of trained Early Interventionists. Recognizing this gap, they will be launching a training programme for ECI in 2018.