Episode 90. What does a Developmental Therapist do within the Early Intervention Program

In today's episode, I chat with Kirst Nordstrom who is a Developmental Therapist in Nashville TN. Kirsti talks about the Family Guided Routines Based Intervention framework which she uses to coach families to help their children with developmental delays or disabilities maximize function with strategies to promote feeding, reading, play, movement, speech, and other milestones of development. Timeline: 03:00 Kirsti's background 05:40 What is Family Guided Routines Based Intervention and how is it part of Early Intervention? 06:49 How are children referred to Developmental Therapy 07: 56 What are the bright spots in your day as Developmental Therapists 09: 01 Kirsti's career-pathing. 10:25 Kirsti volunteering at AWAKE 11: 30 Coaching 411 in Developmental Therapy 13:30 Kellan's therapy 15:00 Kirsti's PArent Takeaways. Most states have a free voluntary Early Intervention Program available to families who are concerned about their child's development. In the State of Tennessee, this program is called TEIS and is part of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. This program is brought to you by Shari Tidwell FNP at Family Practice Clinic.