Developmental Intervention (DI) designs learning activities that promote the child’s acquisition of skills in a variety of developmental areas. Developmental intervention includes (but is not limited to) these types of activities:

• Promoting a positive parent-child relationship as the core of intervention efforts
• Identifying activities and daily routines which can be utilized as learning opportunities for the child
• Working directly with the child and any other persons identified by the family
• Sharing knowledge of child development with families
• Teaching the family to design learning environments and materials to promote the child’s acquisition of a variety of skills
• Networking with and providing consultation to community providers and friends that the family chooses
• Monitoring progress toward meeting developmental outcomes
• Coordinating the intervention activities that are provided within the New Jersey Early Intervention System’s team

For more information please contact:

Donna Castellano
Director of the Early Intervention Program
(973) 763-9900, ext. 1501
dcastellano@cpnj.org