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Who doesn't love a good visual!

"🔸Just look at all of the ways babies learn to communicate prior to having an abundance of spoken words.

🔸Gesture development starts early, around 6 months of age. These examples are just the most commonly used gestures.

🔸The sky is the limit for the number of gestures you can teach to help your child better communicate!

🔸Model gestures as you go about their day and encourage them to use gestures by creating opportunities to communicate and waiting to give them a chance to show you!

🗨️ What new gesture has your baby recently learned?"

Service Coordinator: Connections family-centered therapies has an immediate opening for a Service Coordinator to work with Early Intervention families in Onondaga County.

Connections offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Excellent Compensation
• Paid Vacation
• Flexible Schedule
• Continuing Education
• 401K with Company Match

Job Description:

The ideal candidate will have experience with children with a wide range of developmental challenges. You must be outgoing, friendly, self-motivated and possess the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. The service Coordinator will also:

· Establish rapport with families and work directly with them in their homes

· Be Responsible for ensuring that IFSPs are being implemented

· Have knowledge of and inform parents about Medicaid, private health insurance, and how they apply to Early Intervention.

· Obtain medical information from pediatricians

· Participate in IFSP meetings, write reports, and complete online billing

Job Requirements:

· Associate's Degree plus 1 year of Service Coordination Experience or

· Bachelor's Degree in a Health or Human Services Field

· A passion for working with children is essential for your success with Sprout.

* Candidates must have reliable transportation.

Core strength is the foundation for children to be able to assume and maintain an upright posture while standing or sitting.

If a child has poor core strength they will struggle with both fine and gross motor skills?

Which is your child’s favorite?

Mary Beth Witte is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with thirty-four years of experience working with children between the ages of 0-5 years with various developmental disabilities. Mary Beth recently completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Le Moyne in May of 2019. Mary Beth is part of the Connections Family Therapies team and provides itinerant occupational therapy within the Syracuse communities. Mary Beth is the co-founder of the Sensory Processing and Caregiver Education Program (SPACE), providing detailed recommendations to parents, and caregivers regarding sensory processing delays that affect the overall occupational performance of their child across a variety of settings. Mary Beth mentors hopeful college students as they enter the field of Occupational therapy providing hands-on experience for increasing their confidence and abilities in the pediatric setting. Mary Beth is inspired by working with children daily. In her free time, Mary Beth likes to spend time with her 3 grown daughters, ride a bike, go for walks with her dog Onyx, and relax by looking at what new and exciting therapy toys are available on Amazon.

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As children develop so does the complexity of their fine motor skills and coordination.

The past year or two have been a challenge, to say the least, especially for those who have children with sensory processing concerns! Children with sensory processing concerns have a heightened awareness of their immediate surroundings and can act out behaviorally.

The Space program at Connection's Family-centered Therapy consists of 6 approved visits listed on the IEP that occur monthly. Consideration of implementing the SPACE program in this time of need may reduce the frequency, intensity, and duration of maladaptive behaviors and increase abilities for coping with underlying sensory processing dysfunction. Socially disruptive behaviors can impair progress in academic skills, impede the achievement of developmental milestones and create impairment in family routines, social participation, and quality of life.

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