Getting started with telehealth for early intervention: Learning modules

Intervention is individualized to your child.

In this module, we will discuss common strategies and terms that may be used during your child’s intervention to help keep them successful.

Your provider will create an intervention plan. In this plan, your provider will give specific information about what skills they will be targeting with your child and on what the specific goals are for your child in these skill areas.

Remember several important things:

What you think is important! Your provider wants your input on your child’s plan, if you have questions or concerns with their plan; your provider wants to hear these.

Skills are often prioritized, meaning that your child will start learning skills that will then be built on to help them learn other skills later on.

Goals are set up to help your child be successful, meaning that they are broken into smaller and achievable steps towards the overall goal.

During intervention, your provider and you can use your child’s areas of strength to target areas where they are learning new skills.

An example of breaking down goals into smaller and more achievable steps to keep your child successful.

Requesting

1. Requesting using a gesture
2. Requesting using a gesture + verbal or AAC

Imitating Play

1. Following 1-step imitation during play
2. Following 2-step imitation during play

Waiting

1. Tolerating waiting for 30 seconds when provided with an alternative activity
2. Tolerating waiting for 2 minutes when provided with an alternative activity

An example of breaking down goals into smaller and more achievable steps to keep your child successful.