If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. — Derek Bok, Harvard University president. Last week Jennifer McIntyre, early childhood coordinator of the Austin Public Schools, gave school board ...

Kids are always a priority at the Early Childhood Intervention Program. The program was named the Best of the Best nonprofit organization. This is a first in the category for the program, but it also ...

Early childhood intervention advocates are calling on the state to increase funding by $60 million to better support children with developmental delays and disabilities who are on long waiting lists ...

Every step 10-year-old Braden Brown takes is an accomplishment. Braden was born with several disabilities including Convulsive Epilepsy and therapy is key to Braden’s success. But the services he ...

The Carolina Abecedarian Project was designed to test the effectiveness of intensive early intervention with children from low-income families. All 111 children who participated received nutritional ...

Born at just over 27 weeks gestation, Victoria Zerlin began life with unusual challenges. She spent her first 80 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at University Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas ...

Youth programs designed to prevent drug use and delinquency and support healthy development can reap lasting benefits not only for participants, but also for their kids, according to a decades-long ...

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley raised awareness to the importance of early childhood intervention programs. A news release says these federally mandated programs serve 13,200 children across ...

In late winter, Jeff Bridges got word that state-funded therapy for his 1-year-old son, who was born prematurely, would be slashed by half starting in July. Bridges was upset. But he had a better ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Services for children with developmental concerns and disabilities were set to be drastically cut, but now, according to a new email to parents, those plans have been paused. PREVIOUS ...

For 20 years, Clara’s House, a behavioral health program based in St. Cloud, has been a place of respite for children ages 5-18 who struggle with mental health concerns. In recent years, the ...