What is early intervention?

Early intervention represents programs and services provided by experts mainly from the departments of health, education and social affairs and family to children at risk in development and their families in the first 3 years after the birth of the child.

 

The goal of early intervention is to support the child's development as much as possible with professional advice and guidance provided to parents of children at risk in development.

 

 

 

 The first 3 years are crucial in the life of every child because of the highest rate of neuroplasticity of the central nervous system in that age period. 

 

Early intervention provided to a child at risk in development in the first 3 years of his life contributes to reducing the difference in development between him and his normal peers and allows him to prepare for full integration into the peer group.

It brings benefits both for the child himself and for all members of the family in which the child grows up.

 
 Early intervention programs and services are effective if they are provided with a family-oriented approach - for the family, in the family, with the family.