Helpful Links and Resources

• Early Steps 
  • Early Steps is Florida's early intervention system that offers services to eligible infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with significant delays or a condition likely to result in a developmental delay. ​
• PBS (Positive Behavioral Supports Corporation) 
  • Behavioral Therapy
• Autism Speaks
  • National organization to support individuals with Autism and their families
  • Autism Speaks Support Groups
• Autism Inspiration (sample content)
  • Activities for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• National Association for Down Syndrome
  • National support system for individuals with Down Syndrome and their families
• Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Information and technical assistance ​​​
• Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resource Center (FDLRS)/ Island Coast
  • Partners with Lee & Collier County School District and the Early Steps program to assist in the identification and screening of children birth to 5 years of age who are not enrolled in the public school system and who have or are at risk of developing disabilities or learning problems.