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WHAT THE
FUTURE HOLDS
Family
Learning
Intervention
Program
For many years the Little Light
House has offered monthly meetings
through our Family Learning Interven-
tion Program (FLIP). The purpose of
these meetings is to provide resourc-
es and training for parents, develop
social support and a time of fellow-
ship. However, because the need has
increased greatly, this program will
be expanded to offer more time slots
for training opportunities, topic-spe-
cific training opportunities, and more
interactive training opportunities.
FLIP is designed to fill the gap while
the family waits for placement in
our Early Intervention (EI) Program
or Developmental Center. Families
are given tools and resources to aid
their child in development and have
the opportunity to ask our highly
credentialed staff questions they
may have in regards to their child’s
education and therapy.
Families enrolled in the EI Program
will be highly encouraged to still
attend FLIP.
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Early Intervention
Program
Did you know that by the age of three years old roughly 85
percent of the brain’s core structure will be formed? This means
that for children with special needs early intervention is crucial.
The Little Light House’s trend data shows that approximately
83 percent of the children placed on our waiting list are under
three years at the time of placement, but sadly have to wait
approximately 2 - 3 years before being offered enrollment.
As our renovation is complete, in order to meet this time-
sensitive demand, the Little Light House will be expanding our
programs to offer an Early Intervention Program to reach more
children at a much younger age. This will permit services during
that crucial developmental window. Our EI Program will function
as group classes with both the parent and child being led by a
certified special education teacher and therapist. The parent
is a key component of this program. We want to empower and
provide them with resources and techniques to help their child
reach appropriate developmental milestones based on the
child’s ability. We will coach the parents as to how to best care for
their child so that techniques used daily at the LLH to help our
students achieve goals can be carried out in each child’s home.
Once operating funds are secured to hire the additional staff,
there will be four classrooms with eight children accompanied by
their parent as part of a 2 hour program twice a week per class.
There will be morning and afternoon sessions each day Monday
through Thursday.