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Top 5 Benefits of Early Intervention

Considering Early Intervention? Here are the top 5 benefits you want to know! 1. Early Intervention helps your child make the most of learning through play. Purposeful play is a child’s work and essential to brain development, particularly during their first three years. If your child appears to be experiencing developmental challenges, getting support early...
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Enriching the Lives of Chronically Ill Children and Their Families

At teli, we provide Early Intervention to children from 0 to 3 years of age.   Over our years of service, many of the children we care for are children with chronic illness or disabilities.  One of the largest challenges facing these children and their families is how these children can experience fun, in a...
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The Calming Effect of Infant Massage

A gentle touch can do wonders to help anyone feel loved and cared for.  For an infant that may be going through a fussy period or may be experiencing colic, a gentle touch can help to quiet them in the moment as well as nurture their growth and development, communication and learning. Vanessa Doherty, a...
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Important Resources for Children with Spina Bifida

Did You Know that Approximately  1 in Every 1000 Children are Born with Spina Bifida? Spina Bifida is an abnormality of the nervous system that occurs in a baby’s development during the first month of pregnancy.  It is often defined as a neural tube defect or a gap in the fusing of the neural tube...

Early Intervention & Your Child's Development

Early Intervention – the Enormous Difference Maker in Your Child’s Development Becoming a parent, especially for the first time, is a very exciting time!  Your child is learning so many new things…. and so are you!  But what if you look around and notice that your child isn’t progressing like their peers? Importance of Early...

Early Intervention Therapy and its Importance in a Child's Future

Morgan wasn’t sitting up or babbling like other kids and her mother was beginning to get concerned.  Kim was a first time mom and in talking with family and friends, they all reassured her that children develop at their own pace. They provided countless examples of kids who didn’t walk until they were 2 and...
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Is It Just “Bad Behavior”?

Are you concerned about your child’s behavior?  Typically, children may act out when they are stressed or scared, however if the behavior is extreme and occurring frequently something else might be At teli, we work with many children with developmental delays from birth to adolescence and in some cases, encounter childhood behavioral management challenges.  While...

3 Questions to Ask Before Selecting an Early Intervention Provider

You know the feeling, you have had concerns about your child’s development and the doctor has just confirmed your suspicion. Your child has developmental delays and Early Intervention Services are recommended, but you are not sure where to turn.  You wonder who provides Early Intervention and what is important to consider when selecting a provider....
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Behavioral Concerns in Children and What to Do!

You know the drill, you are trying to get out the door and your child decides it is time for a tantrum? Is there something really disturbing them or this a play for attention? Your child doesn’t seem to have any interest in speaking. Is this because he doesn’t know how to form sounds or...
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