Early Intervention & Early Childhood Services

Capable Kids and Families (St. Louis Arc) 314-569-2211
1177 N. Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63132

Early Intervention & Childhood Services
A program designed to promote early intervention by providing children ages 0-6 and families with developmentally appropriate toys and therapeutic equipment free-of-charge, connecting families to community resources that meet their needs and facilitating network building and supportive friendships among parents. 

Central Institute for the Deaf (CID)
Patricia Hoffman – 314-977-0151 or 314-977-0209
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825 S. Taylor Avenue
Saint Louis MO 63110
314.977.0132
www.cid.edu

Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) is one of the nation’s largest and oldest listening and spoken language schools. CID has a history of more than 100 years of developing and providing specialized education services for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

CID teaches children with hearing loss to listen, talk, and read. We prepare children to participate and succeed in their neighborhood schools. CID does not teach sign language. Families who send their children to CID have chosen a listening and spoken language option as a method of communication. All children wear devices such as hearing aids or cochlear implants to assist them in hearing. Generous private support makes us affordable for all.

Education
CID offers age-appropriate educational opportunities for children and families. Through the Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center, parent educators offer in-home parent coaching and therapy for families of children with hearing loss birth to age 3 years old. We also offer an on-site toddler class for 2 year olds. Our Anabeth and John Weil Early Childhood Centers provides education and services for children ages 3 to 6. Our Viriginia J. Browning Primary School provides education for children aged 6 through age 12.

All CID programs are designed to prepare students for general educational settings. In a highly individualized, assessment-based program, we weave speech, language, and auditory instruction throughout academics subjects as appropriate to the age served. Additionally, students attending CID participate in music, art, physical education, and other special activities.

Family Support
CID offers many opportunities for family connection and support. Families in the Joanne Parrish Knight Family Center have opportunities to meet together for support and education. Families with CID school children may participate in a family connection program called Hearing from the Heart. This free program offers families scheduled time to share a meal and talk about issues relevant to parenting a child with hearing loss. Additional, CID offers a family resource specialist to assist families in finding community resources to meet their family’s specific need.

Audiology, Speech-Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy
CID offers on-site pediatric audiology services for both students at CID and for children in the community at large. Students enrolled at CID are offered classes with small student-teacher ratios. Students also participate in individually targeted speech-language therapy. An occupational therapist is on-site to consult with teachers and provide direct therapy to hearing impaired children as needed.

Delta Gamma Center for Children with Visual Impairments 314-776-1300
1750 S. Big Bend Blvd., Richmond Heights, MO 63117

Education, Advocacy & Parent Training
The Center offers a comprehensive array of highly specialized educational and therapy services for eligible children and their families from diagnosis until 36 months of age. Parents and other caregivers receive guidance on how to meet the child’s needs throughout their daily routines through assessment, demonstration of activities and recommendations for adaptations in the child’s environment. All services are offered at home and other community sites, such as day care centers. Families are provided assistance with transition into preschool services in their local school district when their child turns three years.

Early Intervention
Comprehensive family-centered early intervention for families of children, birth to 3, with visual impairments, including individuals with additional disabilities.  Must reside within a 50 mile radius. Center-based services: parent-child classes and educational workshops for parents. Home-based services: educational services from a teacher of the visually impaired, orientation and mobility training, family support, and occupational, physical and speech therapy services as needed. Consultation to other facilities is also available.

Family & Sibling Support
In an effort to provide families with opportunities for connections, information and support, a wide array of individual and group family support services are offered.  Individual services include short-term consultation about family concerns including information about visual impairments or community resources and a parent-to-parent program.   A variety of activities and specialized groups are offered throughout the year for families, parents, grandparents, siblings, and youth, ages three through high school, who are visually impaired or blind.

for information about
St. Louis Family Support and Respite Coalition please contact members:

Allison LaMont – 314-776-1300
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Easter Seals Midwest 314-432-6200
10176 Corporate Square Drive, Suite 150 St. Louis, MO 63132

Behavior Therapy
Services in 30, 45, or 60-minute intervals. Efforts made to coordinate mutually convenient time between therapist and family. Each session focuses on the individual’s behavioral issues, as determined from their TouchPoint Assessment and goals set by the family. TouchPoint therapists incorporate methodologies specifically designed to assist and support the individual in learning how to make appropriate choices from a selection of options. BT services may also focus on social skills, such as how to conduct themselves in a social setting or how to react in a stressful situation.

Two-week Parent Training Program offered each month year-round. It is intensive, M-F, approximately 8:30 a.m.—4:30 p.m. Parents are presented with workshops, videos, handouts, and each day an opportunity to observe a trainer work with their child. During the Training, parents begin to implement what they are learning in their classroom sessions with their child during exchange sessions. To ensure content understanding, parents have homework each evening to complete. This course may be taken for college credit, if desired.

In-Home Parent Training
A trainer comes to the family’s home for two hours a week over a 12 weeks period.  During visits, workshops are presented.  In addition, trainer observes family’s home environment and offers suggestions for restructure to present a more “workable” arrangement.  Trainers may also offer ideas on using existing materials within the home to teach and communicate more effectively with their child.  The child need not be present for these sessions, but coaching and modeling can occur if they are at home.

Staff can also educate parents on how to advocate for their child within their specific school system, and may, upon request and authorization, offer consultation services as desired.

Sibshops

Family & Sibling Support
Each group takes on an educational component to teach family members about specific methodology to teach their children skills for independence.  As well, they allow family members to share their experiences with others. Connections Groups are in North County, North City, South City, and West County.

Also available: Parents of a Child w/ an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Sibling Support Groups, Natural Support Workshops, and Social Support Group for Young Adults w/ Asperger’s Syndrome.

Temporary Residential Support
Support to families affected by autism and/or other behavioral challenges in or out of family’s home.  Services may be available days, evenings, and overnights in varying lengths of time, based on provider availability.  Currently offered to residents in St. Louis City and St. Charles & St. Louis Counties.

Therapy—Occupational, Physical, & Speech
Clinical Services offers speech/language, pragmatic language, occupational/sensory integration and music therapies in 30, 45 or 60-minute intervals. Efforts made to coordinate mutually convenient time between therapist and family.  Session focus is on the individual’s particular issues as determined from one of  TouchPoint’s Assessments, as well as goals set by the family.

Therapists incorporate methodologies specifically designed to assist and support the individual in learning how to express themselves and/or their emotions appropriately, both one-on-one and in peer/social situations, and/or make appropriate choices from a selection of options within their environment.

Music Therapy offers at least four ways music can benefit an individual with autism (communication, cognition, sensory integration, and behavior/social integration).

for information about
St. Louis Family Support and Respite Coalition please contact members:

Kait Calys-Strohm – 314-432-6200 ext. 1375
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Hayley Menges – 314-567-8190
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Theresa Deiters
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First Steps
First steps offers coordinated services and assistance to children, birth to age 3, who have delayed development or diagnosed conditions are associated with developmental disabilities.

Therapy—Occupational, Physical, & Speech
First Steps offers coordinated services and assistance to young children with special needs and their families.  First Steps is designed for children, birth to age 3, who have delayed development or diagnosed conditions that are associated with developmental disabilities.

Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition
Karen Martin – 314-367-8373 – O
314-607-0557 – C
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Parents as Teachers314-432-0749
2228 Ball Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146

Early Intervention & Early Childhood Services
Parents as Teachers helps organizations and professionals work with parents during the critical early years of their children's lives, from conception to kindergarten.

Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis
Administrative Office / St. Louis County 314-726-6044
St. Louis City 314-772-2299
St. Charles County 636-477-7704
11 Worthington Access Drive Suite E
Maryland Heights, MO 63043

Visit the Recreation Council’s website for information about other leisure and recreation agencies that provide services to individuals with disabilities.

Also you may download the Council’s quarterly newsletters, Guide to Leisure Services, and its annual Summer Opportunities Guide, as well as vouchers and information on the Council’s various voucher programs.

NOTE: Many agencies provide a recreation component. The Recreation Council can direct you to appropriate services.

Childcare
The Recreation Council of Greater St. Louis offers an after school/extended day voucher program for residents living in St. Louis County. This voucher program enables working families to obtain for their son or daughter, ages 13-21, after school services which will meet their unique family after school care needs. Families can choose between, or a combination of, in-home, out-of-home, and/or an organized after school-program services. The funding assists the family to address a portion of the costs of their after-school services.

For information about
St. Louis Family Support and Respite Coalition please contact members:

Susan Fleming
Office 314-726-6044
Fax 314-726-3454
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Mindy Davis
Office 314-772-2299
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Peggy Welker
Office 314-726-6044, ext. 103
Fax 314-726-3454
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Carol Callahan
Phone 636-477-7704

St. Louis Arc 314-569-2211
1177 N. Warson Road, St. Louis, MO 63132

The St. Louis Arc provides informational workshops for individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and advocates from September through May each year. Workshop topics vary each month.

Visit St. Louis Arc website to view the current workshop calendar.

The St. Louis Arc also offers Meet Up Groups support groups, and networking events each month.

Pre-employment and Supported Employment
The St. Louis Arc’s Employment Services supports adults in seeking part- and full-time paid employment, provides initial and ongoing job coaching and retention services and works with employees and their supervisors to ensure successful job placements. Also offered are the Teens in Motion and Neighborhood experience projects for young adults ages 13—20. 

ARCH
Families are reimbursed for care for an individual with a developmental disability. Funding is available for residents of St. Louis County and St. Louis City.

Capable Kids and Families (St. Louis Arc)
A program designed to promote early intervention by providing children ages 0-6 and families with developmentally appropriate toys and therapeutic equipment free-of-charge, connecting families to community resources that meet their needs and facilitating network building and supportive friendships among parents.

Belle Children's Services
We connect individuals and their families to Home and center-based therapies to strengthen the body and mind.

Behavior/Intervention Therapy

Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
An intensive early intervention program for toddlers, 14 to 36 months of age, who have been diagnosed with autism.

Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Services
Provides consultation and direct services to reduce or increase targeted behaviors ages 15 months to 13 years

For more information about respite services or for information about
St. Louis Family Support and Respite Coalition please contact:

Ann Mangelsdorf 314-817-2275
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Brianne Smith 314-817-2216
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Julie Thompkins  314-817-2269
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United Services for Children 636-926-2700
4140 Old Mill Parkway
St. Peters, MO 63376

Sibshops
For siblings

Therapy—Occupational, Physical, & Speech
United Services provides pediatric therapy services to children six weeks to Kindergarten. The therapists at United Services provide a wide variety of services,  including speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy to help children develop gross motor skills, fine motor skills, and language skills.