Kristy Krantz, PT – Sprout Developmental Services Working in early intervention we have to be creative and support parents to think outside the box, tailoring learning and development activities to […]
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One Step Closer
Kristy Krantz, PT – Sprout Developmental Services For my job, I have the amazing privilege of working with children with disabilities and their families. After their child is born I […]
Ready, Set, Push! Birthing the PSP Pilot
Lisa Cloninger, MSW, Mecklenburg CDSA Unit Supervisor Did you know that the gestation period for a cow is 10 months? For dolphins, it’s 12 months. For elephants, 18 to 22 […]
Helping Families Manage the Battle Over Food and Nutrition
Kristen L. Brown Weddle, MS, RD, LDN CDSA Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist As Early Interventionists, we’ve all had an infant or toddler on our caseload who was having trouble gaining […]
COWs Want To Know What Coaching Looks Like, Too!
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA We had another great COW, or Concept of the Week, discussion here at the Mecklenburg County CDSA, and yes, it […]
Shout Out to Social Workers!
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA, with contributions from some of our great social workers at the Mecklenburg County CDSA 🙂 There are so many great […]
Rules to Engagement: Are They Really In Denial?
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA Families feel a lot of things when we’re involved in their lives as early interventionists, and it’s important to validate […]
So, You Have to Make the Call – A Table Talk Wednesday Recap
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA Happy New Year to all of our Table Talk Wednesday fans! Luckily for us, our first event of the year […]
It’s Not About Us in 2016
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA; Additional contribution by Peggy Kemp, Infant-Toddler Technical Assistance Specialist, Kansas Inservice Training System (KITS) Happy New Year everyone! EI Excellence […]
So, What Do You Really Need to Know?
Written by Julie Higginbotham, Senior Case Coordinator, Mecklenburg County CDSA I’ve spent a lot of time lately thinking about how we do our work as early interventionists. It’s so interesting […]