By Katie Willis | Director of Development
ICEC's Ounce of Prevention program continues to be the only one of its kind in the Orange County area. Providing weekly family-centered early intervention classes and specialized services for children who may be at risk or have known developmental delays, the program is provided free of charge for families, regardless of economic background, with the help of a generous grant from the Assistance League of Laguna Beach.
The State of California continues to reduce funding for the children but our funders have continued to support the children we can serve and enable the amount of services they receive.
It is crucial for parents to intervene early in their child's development. Most families suffer tremendously both emotionally and financially when a developmentally delayed child is born. Early Intervention focuses on special instruction and therapy designed to help infants and toddlers with "special needs" improve their developmental skills. Our mission is to assist each developmentally delayed child in achieving optimum developmental potential. Our Motto is to ‘Treat Special Needs with Special Care” - this is accomplished by providing therapy and intervention designed for each child's abilities, while offering emotional support, training and resources to the total family.
The Ounce of Prevention Program was created to provide developmental assessments and early intervention services to at risk infants and toddlers who have been eliminated from the social services system due to cuts in to the California Department of Developmental Services and public schools. The program is designed to:
Our early intervention and education services allow our children to walk to elementary school rather than riding the special education bus, being mainstreamed into regular classrooms without an aide, and being fully included in academic and athletic activities.
We are so indebted to our gracious donors and hope to continue the services we provide well into the future with their help.
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