About Early
Intervention Specialists
What is an Early Intervention Specialist (EIS)?
An Early Intervention Specialist, often called an EIS, provides Specialized Skills Training (SST) to families that are enrolled in Brighton’s Early Childhood Intervention Therapy Program. They hold at least a bachelor’s degree with coursework related to early childhood intervention and they specialize in overall early childhood development.
Early Intervention helps by addressing developmental delays as early as possible, providing therapies that stimulate a child’s cognitive, motor, language, and social development. This increases the chances of reducing the long-term impact of the delays and improving future learning and behavior. An Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) has expertise in:
- How infants and toddlers grow and learn, including thinking and social skills.
- How all areas of development are related.
- Common infant and toddler behavior, including biting, picky eating and sleep problems.
- How to use activities you do every day to help your child’s development.
Early Intervention Specialists can include speech therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, special education teachers, developmental psychologists, and social workers. These specialists work as a team to provide services tailored to your child’s specific needs. The essential duties of an Early Intervention Specialist include providing Specialized Skills Training (SST), providing targeted case management, performing annual evaluations, and attending IFSP meetings.
How will an Early Intervention Specialist work with you and your child?
As an integral part of your child’s therapy/development team, an Early Intervention Specialist (EIS) will do the following:
- Observe your family’s activities and ask what is important to you.
- Ask questions to learn how to best support you in daily interactions as you care for your child.
- Answer questions about your child’s development and how to best meet his or her needs.
- Ask about activities you tried and help you decide what works and what does not work.
- Help you plan what you can do between visits to aid in your child’s developmental progress.
- Improve your child’s development by showing you activities you can use every day.
Does your child need Early Intervention Services? Contact us today to schedule an evaluation.
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