A continuum of therapeutic educational services guide and support families as their child grows from an infant to a young preschooler. Early Intervention services include: Integrated Parent/Child Groups Early learning experiences are enriched by a gentle, nurturing environment where parents learn strategies to encourage interactive play and language development. Infant and toddler groups are available for typically developing and special needs children.Developmental Groups - Engaging, nuturing classrooms are available 2-5 days per week.Related Services - Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Parent Training, Social Work, Counseling and Psychological Services are provided in the family home, daycare or at Starting Early.Specialized Programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Down syndrome Bilingual Services for Spanish-speaking families.
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• Home and community based training.
• Individualized parent training.
• Open door policies.
• Participation in team meetings.
• Participation in the development of an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and an Individual Family Support Plan (IFSP).
• Participation in therapy sessions.
• Participation in classroom parties and other special events.
• Weekly education and support groups.
• Weekly in-school participation.

Expert diagnostic teams perform multi-disciplinary evaluations in the family home or at Starting Early Program locations in Ronkonkoma or Huntington. We are approved by the state of New York to assess children from birth to five years old. Specialized evaluations are available for families who suspect their child may have Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The evaluation team includes:

• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Psychologists
• Registered Nurses
• Social Workers
• Special Educators
• Speech Pathologists

Huntington:

Evaluation Coordinator: Loyda Mastrelli (631) 266-4413

Ronkonkoma:

Evaluation Coordinaor: Sandra Reifer (631) 580-4024

Students transitioning from the Early Intervention Program or are referred to from their school district Committee on Pre-school Special Education (CPSE) attend either our Medford or Ronkonkoma Campus. The preschool program provides six hours of intensive intervention through individual and small group instruction utilizing the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis. Our students benefit from a 6:1:3.5 class size ratio. Students meeting prerequisite social, academic, behavioral and language skills are accompanied to a community-based preschool program by a trained, New York State Certified assistant instructor. This experience provides our students with an opportunity to generalize skills learned at YAP and begin to develop the ability to learn from their typically developing peers in a more natural educational setting. Our students’ parents receive hands-on parent training during the school day where they learn to teach their child so that they may be able to continue their child’s education at home and generalize skills learned at YAP. The program also provides bi-monthly evening lectures that teach parents the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis in order to give them a better theoretical understanding of how their child learns. The goal of our program is for our students to return to their home school district’s kindergarten programs by age six.