Child Development Network
Child Development Network
Child Development Network
The Child Development Network is an agency specializing in early intervention services through
the Early Start program as well as private pediatric therapy services. We provide early
intervention through therapeutic developmental services in the home or community to
children ages birth to three who are not meeting the typical timeline for their developmental
milestones due to prematurity, developmental delay, or a disability.
Our team of therapists provide individualized, attentive, and compassionate family-centered
developmental support. We are passionate about working with children and their families.
We look forward to having the privilege of assisting you and your child to reach their greatest
potential.
The Child Development Network is an agency specializing in early intervention services through the Early Start program as well as private pediatric therapy services. We provide early intervention through therapeutic developmental services in the home or community to children ages birth to three who are not meeting the typical timeline for their developmental milestones due to prematurity, developmental delay, or a disability.
Our team of therapists provide individualized, attentive, and compassionate family-centered developmental support. We are passionate about working with children and their families. We look forward to having the privilege of assisting you and your child to reach their greatest potential.
The Child Development Network is an agency specializing in early intervention services through the Early Start program as well as private pediatric therapy services. We provide early intervention through therapeutic developmental services in the home or community to
children ages birth to three who are not meeting the typical timeline for their developmental milestones due to prematurity, developmental delay, or a disability.
Our team of therapists provide individualized, attentive, and compassionate family-centered developmental support. We are passionate about working with children and their families. We look forward to having the privilege of assisting you and your child to reach their greatest potential.
What is the Early Start program?
What is the Early Start program?
What is the Early Start program?
The Early Start program is one of the ways that the state of California helps their youngest
residents when there is a concern regarding their development. The Early Start program
provides therapeutic support in the home or community to the child and family. The focus is on
helping the child (age 0-36 months) reach their developmental goals.
When there is a concern regarding a child’s development, the child’s parent, pediatrician, or
any caregiver can contact the local Regional Center. In our area, from Goleta to Carpinteria, CA,
you would call the Tri-Counties Regional Center and can be reached at 805-962-7881.
You may ask to speak to an Early Start service coordinator and relay your concerns about the
child and ask to have the child assessed (at no cost to you) by an Early Start provider. The Tri-
Counties Regional Center service coordinator will meet with you to go over intake paperwork
and then an Early Start team of therapists will contact you to come evaluate your child’s overall
development. Your child is found eligible by the regional center if they show a 25% delay in one
or more developmental domains or by established risk factors. This is followed up by a meeting
to set up your child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) with agreed upon goals and
services for your child and family.
The Early Start program is one of the ways that the state of California helps their youngest residents when there is a concern regarding their development. The Early Start program provides therapeutic support in the home or community to the child and family. The focus is on
helping the child (age 0-36 months) reach their developmental goals.
When there is a concern regarding a child’s development, the child’s parent, pediatrician, or any caregiver can contact the local Regional Center. In our area, from Goleta to Carpinteria, CA, you would call the Tri-Counties Regional Center and can be reached at 805-962-7881. You may ask to speak to an Early Start service coordinator and relay your concerns about the child and ask to have the child assessed (at no cost to you) by an Early Start provider. The Tri-Counties Regional Center service coordinator will meet with you to go over intake paperwork and then an Early Start team of therapists will contact you to come evaluate your child’s overall
development. Your child is found eligible by the regional center if they show a 25% delay in one or more developmental domains or by established risk factors. This is followed up by a meeting to set up your child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) with agreed upon goals and services for your child and family.
The Early Start program is one of the ways that the state of California helps their youngest residents when there is a concern regarding their development. The Early Start program provides therapeutic support in the home or community to the child and family. The focus is on
helping the child (age 0-36 months) reach their developmental goals.
When there is a concern regarding a child’s development, the child’s parent, pediatrician, or any caregiver can contact the local Regional Center. In our area, from Goleta to Carpinteria, CA, you would call the Tri-Counties Regional Center and can be reached at 805-962-7881. You may ask to speak to an Early Start service coordinator and relay your concerns about the child and ask to have the child assessed (at no cost to you) by an Early Start provider. The Tri-Counties Regional Center service coordinator will meet with you to go over intake paperwork and then an Early Start team of therapists will contact you to come evaluate your child’s overall development. Your child is found eligible by the regional center if they show a 25% delay in one
or more developmental domains or by established risk factors. This is followed up by a meeting to set up your child’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) with agreed upon goals and services for your child and family.
The Process:
Early Start Therapy Services
The Process:
Early Start Therapy Services
The Process:
Early Start Therapy Services
If your child is found eligible for Early Start services, the type and frequency of services your
child and family receive is determined by a Tri-Counties Regional Center team.
Child Development Network is one of the service providers for Early Start, completing
evaluations and assessments as well as providing therapy services. At the Child Development Network, we have a full professional team of therapists to meet the differing needs of each family and child.
Our Therapists:
Child Development Specialists
Work on the overall development of your child and consult with other specialists (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and Speech Therapists) to come up with and implement strategies that can help you and your child reach your goals.
Speech and Language Therapists
Work on speech and language acquisition and production. They can also help with alternatives to verbal speech to help your child communicate with you and others.
Physical Therapists
Works with you to find ways to get your child moving with developmentally appropriate strength, patterns, and progression.
Occupational Therapists
Help with a variety of life activities from fine motor skills, sensory processing, feeding, toileting, co-regulation, and self-regulation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!! We would love to help you navigate
this sometimes confusing multi-agency process.
If your child is found eligible for Early Start services, the type and frequency of services your child and family receive is determined by a Tri-Counties Regional Center team. Child Development Network is one of the service providers for Early Start, completing evaluations and assessments as well as providing therapy services. At the Child Development Network, we have a full professional team of therapists to meet the differing needs of each family and child.
Our Therapists:
Child Development Specialists
Work on the overall development of your child and consult with other specialists (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and Speech Therapists) to come up with and implement strategies that can help you and your child reach your goals.
Speech and Language Therapists
Work on speech and language acquisition and production. They can also help with alternatives to verbal speech to help your child communicate with you and others.
Physical Therapists
Works with you to find ways to get your child moving with developmentally appropriate strength, patterns, and progression.
Occupational Therapists
Help with a variety of life activities from fine motor skills, sensory processing, feeding, toileting, co-regulation, and self-regulation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!! We would love to help you navigate this sometimes confusing multi-agency process.
If your child is found eligible for Early Start services, the type and frequency of services your child and family receive is determined by a Tri-Counties Regional Center team. Child Development Network is one of the service providers for Early Start, completing evaluations and assessments as well as providing therapy services. At the Child Development Network, we have a full professional team of therapists to meet the differing needs of each family and child.
Our Therapists:
Child Development Specialists
Work on the overall development of your child and consult with other specialists (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and Speech Therapists) to come up with and implement strategies that can help you and your child reach your goals.
Speech and Language Therapists
Work on speech and language acquisition and production. They can also help with alternatives to verbal speech to help your child communicate with you and others.
Physical Therapists
Works with you to find ways to get your child moving with developmentally appropriate strength, patterns, and progression.
Occupational Therapists
Help with a variety of life activities from fine motor skills, sensory processing, feeding, toileting, co-regulation, and self-regulation.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!! We would love to help you navigate
this sometimes confusing multi-agency process.
Our Impact
Our Impact
“Our twins were both diagnosed with speech delay at 20 months old. We were referred to the Child Development Network to help with the speech delay as well as some other minor developmental issues. Through the wonderful dedicated people at CDN, our children flourished quickly. Their kind and gentle interaction with the twins was comforting. Within 6 months one child was speaking above her age level and ultimately graduated from the program. Our other child graduated at 3 yrs old, talking up a storm! Our children are happy, healthy, active little talkers now. Thank you so much to the wonderful professionals (Jennifer, Gwen, and JoDee) at Child Development Network!”
- Laurie Starks
“Finding out your child has a terminal disease is heartbreaking and can be debilitating. It is hard to know what to do next and life feels so isolating. That is why I am so thankful for the Early Start program and the professionals they sent out. The Child Development Network specialists were so knowledgeable and kind and were unbelievably free of cost. The weekly visits not only engaged my son in new ways, they also gave me something to look forward to and someone with whom to discuss my concerns. Upon my son’s passing I was confident he had had the best care possible because of the education and compassion that came from the Child Development Network’s professionals.”
- Liz Beckner
“Her visits have helped my daughter tremendously. She has been my rock in encouraging me and teaching me how to help my daughter develop her motor skills.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
“The best thing about CDN is their wonderful, friendly, and flexible staff. JoDee and Gwen are positive, helpful, and encouraging. They are also very easy to talk to and are great listeners!”
- CDN Parents
“I really appreciate all the time spent and help given to individualize his care. Everyone has been especially wonderful, helpful, and attentive. I truly feel my son has vastly improved his speech and we are tremendously grateful for this as we do not believe it would have been possible without the implementation of your program’s team and services.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
- CDN Parents
“Our twins were both diagnosed with speech delay at 20 months old. We were referred to the Child Development Network to help with the speech delay as well as some other minor developmental issues. Through the wonderful dedicated people at CDN, our children flourished quickly. Their kind and gentle interaction with the twins was comforting. Within 6 months one child was speaking above her age level and ultimately graduated from the program. Our other child graduated at 3 yrs old, talking up a storm! Our children are happy, healthy, active little talkers now. Thank you so much to the wonderful professionals (Jennifer, Gwen, and JoDee) at Child Development Network!”
- Laurie Starks
“Finding out your child has a terminal disease is heartbreaking and can be debilitating. It is hard to know what to do next and life feels so isolating. That is why I am so thankful for the Early Start program and the professionals they sent out. The Child Development Network specialists were so knowledgeable and kind and were unbelievably free of cost. The weekly visits not only engaged my son in new ways, they also gave me something to look forward to and someone with whom to discuss my concerns. Upon my son’s passing I was confident he had had the best care possible because of the education and compassion that came from the Child Development Network’s professionals.”
- Liz Beckner
“Her visits have helped my daughter tremendously. She has been my rock in encouraging me and teaching me how to help my daughter develop her motor skills.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
“The best thing about CDN is their wonderful, friendly, and flexible staff. JoDee and Gwen are positive, helpful, and encouraging. They are also very easy to talk to and are great listeners!”
- CDN Parents
“I really appreciate all the time spent and help given to individualize his care. Everyone has been especially wonderful, helpful, and attentive. I truly feel my son has vastly improved his speech and we are tremendously grateful for this as we do not believe it would have been possible without the implementation of your program’s team and services.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
- CDN Parents
“Our twins were both diagnosed with speech delay at 20 months old. We were referred to the Child Development Network to help with the speech delay as well as some other minor developmental issues. Through the wonderful dedicated people at CDN, our children flourished quickly. Their kind and gentle interaction with the twins was comforting. Within 6 months one child was speaking above her age level and ultimately graduated from the program. Our other child graduated at 3 yrs old, talking up a storm! Our children are happy, healthy, active little talkers now. Thank you so much to the wonderful professionals (Jennifer, Gwen, and JoDee) at Child Development Network!”
- Laurie Starks
“Finding out your child has a terminal disease is heartbreaking and can be debilitating. It is hard to know what to do next and life feels so isolating. That is why I am so thankful for the Early Start program and the professionals they sent out. The Child Development Network specialists were so knowledgeable and kind and were unbelievably free of cost. The weekly visits not only engaged my son in new ways, they also gave me something to look forward to and someone with whom to discuss my concerns. Upon my son’s passing I was confident he had had the best care possible because of the education and compassion that came from the Child Development Network’s professionals.”
- Liz Beckner
“Her visits have helped my daughter tremendously. She has been my rock in encouraging me and teaching me how to help my daughter develop her motor skills.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
“The best thing about CDN is their wonderful, friendly, and flexible staff. JoDee and Gwen are positive, helpful, and encouraging. They are also very easy to talk to and are great listeners!”
- CDN Parents
“I really appreciate all the time spent and help given to individualize his care. Everyone has been especially wonderful, helpful, and attentive. I truly feel my son has vastly improved his speech and we are tremendously grateful for this as we do not believe it would have been possible without the implementation of your program’s team and services.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
- CDN Parents
“Our twins were both diagnosed with speech delay at 20 months old. We were referred to the Child Development Network to help with the speech delay as well as some other minor developmental issues. Through the wonderful dedicated people at CDN, our children flourished quickly. Their kind and gentle interaction with the twins was comforting. Within 6 months one child was speaking above her age level and ultimately graduated from the program. Our other child graduated at 3 yrs old, talking up a storm! Our children are happy, healthy, active little talkers now. Thank you so much to the wonderful professionals (Jennifer, Gwen, and JoDee) at Child Development Network!”
- Laurie Starks
“Finding out your child has a terminal disease is heartbreaking and can be debilitating. It is hard to know what to do next and life feels so isolating. That is why I am so thankful for the Early Start program and the professionals they sent out. The Child Development Network specialists were so knowledgeable and kind and were unbelievably free of cost. The weekly visits not only engaged my son in new ways, they also gave me something to look forward to and someone with whom to discuss my concerns. Upon my son’s passing I was confident he had had the best care possible because of the education and compassion that came from the Child Development Network’s professionals.”
- Liz Beckner
“Her visits have helped my daughter tremendously. She has been my rock in encouraging me and teaching me how to help my daughter develop her motor skills.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
“The best thing about CDN is their wonderful, friendly, and flexible staff. JoDee and Gwen are positive, helpful, and encouraging. They are also very easy to talk to and are great listeners!”
- CDN Parents
“I really appreciate all the time spent and help given to individualize his care. Everyone has been especially wonderful, helpful, and attentive. I truly feel my son has vastly improved his speech and we are tremendously grateful for this as we do not believe it would have been possible without the implementation of your program’s team and services.”
“My favorite experience with my child has simply been watching him learn and grow while participating each week in the early start program. His improvements have surpassed our expectations and we are so very proud of his accomplishments!”
- CDN Parents
Services
Services
Services
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy may be provided to help a child with needs in the following areas: fine motor skills, sensorimotor including sensory processing/sensory integration, oral motor/feeding, reflexes, muscle tone…
Occupational therapy may be provided to help a child with needs in the following areas: fine motor skills, sensorimotor including sensory processing/sensory integration, oral motor/feeding, reflexes, muscle tone…
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy
A Speech therapist may help children with a variety of speech challenges such as fluency, articulation, pragmatics, and expressive and receptive language skills. Supports are offered to capture their child’s attention and…
A Speech therapist may help children with a variety of speech challenges such as fluency, articulation, pragmatics, and expressive and receptive language skills. Supports are offered to capture their child’s attention and…
A Speech therapist may help children with a variety of speech challenges such as fluency, articulation, pragmatics, and expressive and receptive language skills. Supports are offered to capture their child’s attention and…
Physical Therapy
Physical Therapy
A Physical therapist helps children in Early Start to utilize therapeutic activities to help identify and address tonal and musculoskeletal issues, asymmetries in movement (favoring one side), positioning equipment…
A Physical therapist helps children in Early Start to utilize therapeutic activities to help identify and address tonal and musculoskeletal issues, asymmetries in movement (favoring one side), positioning equipment…
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“Our twins were both diagnosed with speech delay at 20 months old. We were referred to the Child Development Network to help with the speech delay as well as some other minor developmental issues. Through the wonderful dedicated people at CDN, our children flourished quickly. Their kind and gentle interaction with the twins was comforting. Within 6 months one child was speaking above her age level and ultimately graduated from the program. Our other child graduated at 3 yrs old, talking up a storm! Our children are happy, healthy, active little talkers now. Thank you so much to the wonderful professionals (Jennifer, Gwen, and JoDee) at Child Development Network!”
- Laurie Starks
“Finding out your child has a terminal disease is heartbreaking and can be debilitating. It is hard to know what to do next and life feels so isolating. That is why I am so thankful for the Early Start program and the professionals they sent out. The Child Development Network specialists were so knowledgeable and kind and were unbelievably free of cost. The weekly visits not only engaged my son in new ways, they also gave me something to look forward to and someone with whom to discuss my concerns. Upon my son’s passing I was confident he had had the best care possible because of the education and compassion that came from the Child Development Network’s professionals.”
- Liz Beckner