Early Intervention Program
Services available through the Early Intervention Program
1. Our Occupational Therapists can help with:
Developing fine motor skills
Developing play skills to support participation
Developing self-care skills including eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, grooming, and sleep
Accessing positioning equipment such as bath chairs, feeding seats, car seats, and wheelchairs
Physiotherapy
2. Our Physiotherapists can help with:
Supporting the development of gross motor milestones
Developing physical skills to participate at home and in the community
Adapting the environment (home, daycare, or preschool) for safety
Accessing equipment such as standing frames, walkers, orthotics, wheelchairs, and seats
Speech Therapy
*Clients are only eligible for EIP speech therapy services if they are also in need of occupational therapy and/or physiotherapy services. If your child only needs speech therapy, please contact your local health unit.
3. Our Speech Therapists can help with:
Building back-and-forth interactions with your child before they’re even using words (e.g. sharing attention, and using gestures like showing, reaching and pointing)
Learning what words mean and how to put them together into sentences
Making clear speech sounds
Playing and making friends
Setting up other communication systems – augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) – when speaking may be challenging
Developing safer eating skills
Rapid Response Feeding Team
Our feeding team consists of an occupational therapist and a speech language pathologist. This is a prioritized, temporary service in order to provide urgent feeding support to children and their families. When the feeding urgency is resolved, clients are either discharged or put on an appropriate Early Intervention Program waitlist for follow up services.
Our feeding team can help with:
Assessing oral motor skills and making food and liquid suggestions to reduce risks when eating and drinking
Supporting infants and caregivers if bottle aversion has been identified as a concern by the family or pediatrician
Supporting children discharged from a hospital with a feeding plan
4. Social Work
Families/caregivers of children who are eligible for Occupational Therapy and/or Physiotherapy services in EIP may also request Social Work consultation and support in the following areas:
-Counselling regarding the impact of the child’s special needs or disability
-Managing the emotional demands and stresses of family life
-Transitioning to/from daycare, preschool, and kindergarten
-Identifying available resources and funding sources
-Planning, coordinating, and navigating services
1. Our Occupational Therapists can help with:
Developing fine motor skills
Developing play skills to support participation
Developing self-care skills including eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, grooming, and sleep
Accessing positioning equipment such as bath chairs, feeding seats, car seats, and wheelchairs
Physiotherapy
2. Our Physiotherapists can help with:
Supporting the development of gross motor milestones
Developing physical skills to participate at home and in the community
Adapting the environment (home, daycare, or preschool) for safety
Accessing equipment such as standing frames, walkers, orthotics, wheelchairs, and seats
Speech Therapy
*Clients are only eligible for EIP speech therapy services if they are also in need of occupational therapy and/or physiotherapy services. If your child only needs speech therapy, please contact your local health unit.
3. Our Speech Therapists can help with:
Building back-and-forth interactions with your child before they’re even using words (e.g. sharing attention, and using gestures like showing, reaching and pointing)
Learning what words mean and how to put them together into sentences
Making clear speech sounds
Playing and making friends
Setting up other communication systems – augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) – when speaking may be challenging
Developing safer eating skills
Rapid Response Feeding Team
Our feeding team consists of an occupational therapist and a speech language pathologist. This is a prioritized, temporary service in order to provide urgent feeding support to children and their families. When the feeding urgency is resolved, clients are either discharged or put on an appropriate Early Intervention Program waitlist for follow up services.
Our feeding team can help with:
Assessing oral motor skills and making food and liquid suggestions to reduce risks when eating and drinking
Supporting infants and caregivers if bottle aversion has been identified as a concern by the family or pediatrician
Supporting children discharged from a hospital with a feeding plan
4. Social Work
Families/caregivers of children who are eligible for Occupational Therapy and/or Physiotherapy services in EIP may also request Social Work consultation and support in the following areas:
-Counselling regarding the impact of the child’s special needs or disability
-Managing the emotional demands and stresses of family life
-Transitioning to/from daycare, preschool, and kindergarten
-Identifying available resources and funding sources
-Planning, coordinating, and navigating services
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Contact Page: https://bc-cfa.org/programs/early-intervention/
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Disabilities
Acquired Brain Injury, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Behaviour Disorders and Conditions (ie. ADHD), Blind / Visual Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Deaf / Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, Down Syndrome , Dual Diagnosis, Epilepsy / Seizure Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome / Spectrum Disorders , Intellectual / Developmental Disability, Learning Disorder / Disability, Mental Health , Neuromuscular Disorders, Other / I don't know, Paraplegia / Quadriplegia, Physical Disability / Mobility Impairment, Schizophrenia , Speech Impairment / Social / Communication Disorders, Spina Bifida, Substance Use/Addiction
Age
0-5
Eligibility
Children who…
-Are between birth to kindergarten-entry age
-Have their home address in Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, or Richmond
-Have a confirmed or suspected developmental delay or disability
-Require Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy* and/or support from our community feeding team
-Are between birth to kindergarten-entry age
-Have their home address in Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, or Richmond
-Have a confirmed or suspected developmental delay or disability
-Require Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy* and/or support from our community feeding team
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