The Goals of the DIR Support Program

Children with developmental, learning, and/or emotional challenges often benefit from work in three broad areas: mastering social and emotional capacities; learning to think more creatively, logically and reflectively; and strengthening "processing" capacities - motor planning and sequencing, auditory and language, visual spatial, and sensory modulations. Strengthening these areas improves the child's overall emotional, social, intellectual and academic growth.

The DIR Support Services will develop an individualized plan for each of the areas described above in order to help the child and family work on specific challenges and improve functioning.

In the first session the staff will discuss the child's specific challenges and work with the child and family to develop the individualized plan. The plan will include two components: an active home and educational program and a DIR Support Services intervention program. The ongoing work with DIR Support Services will continually revise the home and educational program and will be closely coordinated with the parents to facilitate the child's developmental progress. For out-of-town clients, regular telephone consultations will compliment on-site follow-up sessions. To develop a comprehensive intervention plan, the first meeting will take from three to four hours. Follow-up sessions will be 45 minutes each.