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YAI is a US-based organization that provides programs and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in New York, New Jersey, and California. YAI offers education, employment, clinical, family, community, and residential support, as well as social and travel opportunities.
New York Foundling is a child welfare agency founded in 1869 by the Sisters of Charity. It provides foster care, adoptions, education, mental health, and other services for children, families, and adults in New York City and beyond.
ESDM is an intervention for young children with autism spectrum disorder, developed by Sally J. Rogers and Geraldine Dawson. It involves joint activity routines, parent training, and assessment of skills in language, social, imitation, cognition, and play domains.
HASC is a Jewish non-profit agency in New York City that provides services to children and adults with special needs. It offers early intervention, preschool, school age, summer camp, and assisted living programs, as well as an annual benefit concert.
The Abecedarian Project was a controlled experiment in North Carolina that studied the benefits of high-quality child care for poor children from infancy to age 5. It found positive effects on cognitive, academic, and life outcomes, as well as brain structure, but also faced criticisms and challenges.
Youth intervention providers work with young people to help them become engaged and contributing members of the community. Typically, youth intervention programs work with young people between 6 and 18 years of age, but may also work with young people between 18 and 24 years of age.
The Journal of Early Intervention is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of special education. The journal's editor-in-chief is Laurie A. Dinnebeil ( University of Toledo ).
Early intervention in psychosis is a clinical approach to those experiencing symptoms of psychosis for the first time. It forms part of a new prevention paradigm for psychiatry [1] [2] and is leading to reform of mental health services , [3] especially in the United Kingdom [4] [5] and Australia.