Early Intervention Programs

FRI Family Intervention:

It is an essential service and an integral part of multidisciplinary Early Intervention program. Family Routine Interventionist is a trained professional who collaborates with the family and a team of specialists, intervening in the child’s natural environment (home) in a systematic and routine based manner.

Role

The role has twofold; one works with the child on the developmental domains (communicational, physical, social-emotional, and learning), their adaptive s skills (feeding, dressing, and grooming themselves) and safety. The other, coaches the parents. And other care takers by providing them with the relevant information, techniques, and support to better teach/play with their child, to set realistic goals. As well as to address the challenges they face at home or outside in their daily lives.

How it is done?

This is done in order to ensure that the child and his family have a better quality of life, not only on a familial level but also on societal one by prompting better integration and a more positive outlook of situation (child case).

TED Therapie D’Echange et de development: It is a new work technique applied by ECIL Center with children with delays, communicative disorders, or autism disorders. It aims to develop children’s social communication and interaction skills. The center participated in its Arabization. (IE, its translation) and its application with children in cooperation with Saint Joseph University.

Feeding program: Feeding intervention program evolved in ECIL after the Speech and Language Therapy and Occupational Therapy departments participated in a Canadian specialized course that lasted a whole year remotely in the treatment of eating and swallowing problems. And the center started this service since June 2020.

MDS: The MDS Coaching Program is a multidisciplinary early intervention initiative designed to accompany parents of newborns and infants (0–12 months) with disabilities or developmental risks during the earliest and most sensitive phase of their child’s development.

The program is grounded in a family-centered coaching model, recognizing parents and caregivers as the primary agents of change in their child’s life. Rather than relying solely on therapist-led interventions, the program focuses on empowering parents through psychoeducation, emotional support, and guided skill development, enabling them to actively support their infant’s development within daily family routines.

Through coordinated sessions led by a multidisciplinary team, the program aims to strengthen parental understanding, confidence, and skills while promoting the child’s holistic development across motor, cognitive, communication, and social-emotional domains. The model emphasizes accompaniment, prevention, and integration into natural routines rather than isolated therapy sessions.