Home Based Services
Stepping Stones Early Intervention Program
The Arc's Stepping Stones Early Intervention Program is the first step in a continuum of services for families with an infant/child diagnosed with a developmental disability. Components include regular home visits by a Parent Infant Educator who works alongside parents to assist infants and toddlers, up to age three, in reaching developmental milestones. Parents are taught how to stimulate the child's progress in the areas of cognitive and motor development, language training and self-help skills. Click for more information.

Prevention Services
Learning Together Centers
The Arc's Learning Together Center provide child care to infants and preschoolers whose teenage parent (s) are enrolled in a Palm Beach County School District's Teen Parent Program. This collaboration between the Arc and the School District was designed as a prevention program to target each child's needs for optimum development in a stable and nurturing environment. At the same time, the teen parents are continuing their high school education and learning essential child rearing skills.

Family Services
Parent Support Groups
Family-to-Family provides a matching program to give parents and caregivers of newly diagnosed children or families new within our community the opportunity to speak with an experienced parent who has concerns similar to their own. The experienced families lend emotional support and act as guides through the maze of services available to our community. The program also provides education and training opportunities for decision makers, service providers, families, medical community and others regarding the needs of persons with disabilities. COPE is one The Arc's parent education groups which meets regularly to discuss important issues for families raising a child who is disabled. Click for more information on Family Services. Contact: rgabriel@arcpbc.org

Developmental Enhancement Project
As a specialist in child development, this teacher will act as a resource to center staff. Children whose teachers indicate a developmental area of concern will be screened initially through the use of an observation tool. Once it is determined by the Special Educator, the concern is valid, a general assessment of the child will be administered. The Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) will be administered to children exhibiting concerns in cognitive development. A functional assessment/motivational assessment will be administered to children exhibiting behaviors which interfere with learning. Depending on the results of the assessment, the Developmental Specialist will develop a plan of action and share this with the child's teacher and parent. Based on the plan of action, activity plans will be developed in the domain of concern. The center staff will learn the appropriate method to use to include children exhibiting areas of concern into the daily activities of the classroom.

Therapeutic Education
Potentials Charter School
Potentials School is a public charter school which serves children 3-10 years of age who are unable to walk and have limited speech. The school began as a dream of The Arcís staff, board and parents who saw the need for a school that set high standards and expectations for young school-age children with severe disabilities.

Advancements in technology have greatly improved lifeís possibilities for these children. At Potentials School the teachers and therapists expect the most from their young students. They provide a setting where intensive classroom learning experiences are combined with in-classroom speech, occupational and physical therapy. Currently, the program serves thirty children. Click for more information. Contact: Jmowatt-karter@arcpbc.org

Community Inclusion Services
The Community Inclusion Program is a unique program in Palm Beach County that is funded by Children's Services Council to help fully include children with special needs, ages birth through middle school, into their community child car centers and after school programs. The Community Inclusion Program offers free trainings to any child care center or after school program in Palm Beach County.

The Community Inclusion Program also works with families of children with special needs by providing hands on training to child care centers or after school programs that have children with special needs already enrolled or transitioning in. The training and information varies depending on the needs of the child. Contact: cmartin@arcpbc.org