The Children's Center for Communications and Development

 

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The Children’s Center provides speech and language therapy, special education, audiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, behavior management, auditory-verbal therapy and parent education for infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities. The Center also offers outreach and technical assistance to public school early intervention programs in service development, assessments and intervention design. A resource loan library is maintained for families of children with disabilities who require adaptive toys, specialized equipment and educational information.

 

United Way dollars help fund services (education, therapy and materials) for children from birth to age five with disabilities in communication and development, including education, therapy and special materials and equipment.

 

Through services provided, the children with special needs improve their physical and communication skills, enabling them to enroll in traditional school districts after graduating from the center.