Language and Communication skills
Cognitive and Perception skills
Social and Play skills
Sensory-Motor skills
Self-Help skills
Emotional Regulation skills
WHO IS IT FOR?
Early Intervention Program for Infants and Young Children (EIPIC) program is specially designed for children from 18 months to 6 years old, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or other developmental disabilities. Our EIPIC includes an individualized program for your child using the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM).
The program is delivered through a multi-disciplinary team of Board-Certified Behavior Analysts/Behavior Consultants, Occupational Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, and Behavior Interventionists
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The children learn in a small classroom type setting. Each classroom may have two to four children. Small classroom setting allows focus on the needs of the children and allows them to effectively socialize and learn in a preschool-style environment.
Despite the group classroom setting, each child has his/her own Individualized Behavior Plan of Intervention (BPI) to ensure that the child learns according to his/ her own learning style and learning pace. The goals are tracked regularly and adjusted according to the child’s speed of acquisition and learning style.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CURRICULUM
The curriculum is based Early Start Denver Model (ESDM).
The ESDM curriculum focuses on building language and communication skills, cognitive and perception skills (including basic reading, writing, and numeracy), social/ group and play skills, motor skills, self-help, and independence. Additionally, we also target any behavior challenges to help children function in the classroom and group learning.
The ESDM incorporates techniques that have received empirical support for improving skill acquisition in young children with autism (e.g. Green et al., 2002; McGee et al., 1999).
Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) was originally developed by Rogers and colleagues and encourages development in a variety of areas known to be affected in autism. The Denver Model focuses on creating an effectively warm and rich environment to foster positive relationships between children and adults and approaches language development from a communication science orientation, emphasizing the social function of language (pragmatics) and the development of non-verbal communication and imitation as foundations for verbal language.
SCHEDULE
Various session times available for clinic-based sessions:
- Morning sessions; Mid-day sessions and, Afternoon sessions
- 5 days a week; 3 days a week or 2 days a week
Schedules for EIPIC services are done for a full school year, i.e., September to June. Children can join at any time of the year. To provide flexibility in the Summer, instead of regular EIPIC sessions, summer camps for children and additional one on one sessions are available.
HOW ARE PARENTS INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM?
Enabling parents to handle the child effectively at home, consistent with the techniques used at our EIPIC center, is key to the child’s success. Hence, regular parent training sessions are automatically included for all who are enrolled in the EIPIC program. Through regular discussion with parents, we can identify needs, wants and achievable outcomes with available resources, which in turn, helps to set meaningful goals, a realistic direction, and shared strategies.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Language and social -communication skills, Articulation skills
Gross- motor skills, Fine motor skills, Activity of daily living skills.
Functional Behavior Assessments, Positive Behavior Support plan, Behavior skills training.
SERVICE AREAS
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Surrey
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Langley
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Delta
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Abbotsford
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Burnaby
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Chilliwack
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Coquitlam
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Maple Ridge
