Early Intervention for Young Children

We wanted to share with you a new website resource on early intervention with children with autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and other disabilities: aackids.psu.edu

This provides guidelines for early intervention to maximize the language and communication development of young children with complex communication needs.

Please click here or on any of the links below to access the site. We hope you find it to be useful. Feel free to forward the website to others who might be interested.

The website is intended for

• Parents of young children with special needs
• Education and rehabilitation professionals
• Students in preservice programs in education, speech language pathology, and related areas

The website provides

• Step-by-step guidelines for evidence-based intervention to build language and communication skills
• Videotaped examples of intervention with young children with special needs

The website is based on research funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) as part of the AAC-RERC