PROGRAM SERVICES GUIDE
Welcome to Easter Seals
Kids. Therapy. Progress. These three words define our passion. At Easter Seals, we know that early identification of developmental delays in children, and therapeutic intervention to support development, make a big difference! Our dedicated team of physicians, therapists and staff help children and fami-lies reach new milestones each and every day. We provide a wide variety of services, supports and community education designed to promote progress. The 2014 Fall / 2015 Winter Program Guide contains program information and schedules for families and pro-fessionals related to therapeutic interventions, group classes, family support activities, and community educa-tion. We hope you will find it helpful, and encourage you to visit our website for more informaeduca-tion.
About Easter Seals
Easter Seals’ mission is to provide exceptional services to ensure that peo-ple with disabilities and their families have equal opportunity to live, learn, work and play in their communities. Easter Seals is committed to providing quality therapy services and family support. For over 30 years, Easter Seals has earned the highest level of accreditation through CARF International and the American Camp Association (ACA), and in 2013 Easter Seals re-ceived recognition as the first CARF accredited program offering behavioral services and supports for individuals with autism in Central Illinois. Easter Seals provides services for children from birth to age 21, and is a provider in the Early Intervention System.
Treatment Philosophy
All treatment and intervention services at Easter Seals are based on focused, functional outcomes, or clear statements about skills and activities that reflect the changes that your child and family want to see as a result of therapy. Functional outcomes are designed to maximize your child’s practical skills such as movement, eat-ing, communicateat-ing, getting dressed, interacting with others, or joining in family and community activities. Functional outcomes provide a clear focus and direction for all our interventions.
When parents first make contact to start services, one of our coordinators will ask about parent concerns and priorities. Questions will include, “what is your child doing that you would like to change?” or “what is your child not doing that you would like for him to do?” Answers to these questions will guide evaluations and the development of focused, functional outcomes for therapy services. If therapy is recommended, and the deci-sion is made to start services, the frequency of therapy sesdeci-sions will be based on best practice guidelines. (Please see our website and the Parent Handbook for additional information about frequency of therapies.) Once the functional outcome is met and that Interval of Care is complete, your child is released from ongoing therapy, or a new priority and outcome will be identified for continued services.
To ensure that your child has the best chance of meeting his functional outcome, our therapists provide care-givers with a specific home program of activities to be carried out during daily routines. Our therapists moni-tor progress and change the home program as your child improves and reaches his milestones. In order to support therapy and progress, it is essential and required that caregivers be engaged in therapy services and carrying out the home program. At Easter Seals, we value our partnership with families and we recognize the critical role families play in supporting and educating children. We appreciate the opportunity to share your journey of progress!
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Therapy at Easter Seals is provided by credentialed and licensed therapists who specialize in pediatric services. Therapists are credentialed and enrolled as providers for Early Intervention and major insurance companies.
Programming and Therapeutic Services
Our Locations
Peoria Center Bloomington Center Timber Pointe Outdoor Center 507 E. Armstrong Ave. 2404 E. Empire St. 20 Timber Pointe Lane
Peoria, IL 61603 Bloomington, IL 61704 Hudson, IL 61748 P: 309.686.1177 P: 309.663.8275 P: 309.365.8021 F: 309.686.7722 F: 309.662.7872 F: 309.365.8934
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The Ray and Kathy LaHood Center for Cerebral Palsy represents a collaboration among Easter Seals, the Uni-versity of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Children’s Hospital of Illinois, Bradley UniUni-versity, and service providers throughout the region. The Center provides a full range of diagnostic and treatment services for children with cerebral palsy and their families. All therapists have specialized training in working with children with a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy.
Therapy services include Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Feeding Therapy, Aquatic Thera-py, Counseling, Developmental TheraThera-py, and the Therapeutic Fitness Center, along with the following specialty services:
Assistive Technology Clinic and Resource Services offer evaluations and fittings for positioning and mo-bility devices such as bath chairs, car seats, customized wheel chairs and seating systems, feeder seats, stand-ers, strollstand-ers, and walkers.
Orthotics Clinic offers custom fitted, prescribed orthotic braces to provide stability, support and proper positioning of the feet and ankles during standing and walking. Serial Casting is a specialized strategy used to address decreased movement in the ankles or legs and muscle tightness.
Constraint Induced Movement Therapy is a therapeutic approach for the treatment of children with hemiplegia that typically results in significant improvement in the use of the impaired arm. A restraining splint or cast is used on a child’s unaffected arm or hand in order to require the affected limb to be used for func-tional and play activities.
Augmentative Communication improves a child’s ability to communicate wants and needs through high-tech strategies such as DynaVox® and the iPad®, and low-high-tech strategies such as Picture Exchange Communi-cation.
The Autism Program
Autism Diagnostic Clinic
Applied Behavior Analysis Services
The P.L.A.Y. Project
Autism Learning Center
Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech Therapy Feeding Therapy Developmental Therapy Developmental Screenings Aquatic Programs Specialty Clinics
Individual, Group & Family Counseling Support Groups
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THE AUTISM PROGRAM AT EASTER SEALS
Today, as many as one in every 68 children is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, making autism the fastest growing developmental disability in the United States. Early diagnosis and treatment are associated with dramatically better outcomes and are essential for future success. The Autism Program at Easter Seals provides high-quality, comprehensive autism services for children and their families.
Comprehensive Autism Services
Autism Diagnostic Clinic is a one-day multi-disciplinary, comprehensive medical evaluation and administra-tion of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2). It may also include communication and occu-pational therapy evaluations. Our diagnostic professionals are prepared to provide appropriate differential diagnosis. If it is not autism, we will identify the disorder and provide resources to support progress.
Families leave the clinic with a short written summary and receive a comprehensive diagnostic report 30 days following the clinic. Referrals to the Clinic must come from a physician, and a child receives an autism screen-ing prior to diagnostic schedulscreen-ing.
Autism Resource Centers are all-inclusive, trusted resources for Autism information and referral services across the lifespan. The resource centers contain a number free resources and items available for loan.
Applied Behavior Analysis Services reduce a specific problem behavior through focused behavior or Dis-crete Trial techniques to teach complicated skill sets. ABA Services may be provided in the home, school, or at one of our Easter Seals centers.
Educational Behavior Evaluations are offered for children ages 3 to 21 with interventions designed to en-sure academic, social, behavioral, and emotional success in educational environments. Evaluations are provid-ed by a school psychologist with more than 30 years of provid-educational experience.
New Diagnosis Family Orientation Program provides information on autism spectrum disorders, inter-ventions for autism, and community resources for parents and families. Sessions are free of charge and regis-tration is required. Visit our website for upcoming session dates and locations.
The P.L.A.Y. Project ® (DIR Intervention) teaches parents and caregivers by coaching and modeling unique therapeutic techniques to elicit social interaction, joint attention, and shared enjoyment. P.L.A.Y. is a family-focused, intensive, effective, and affordable intervention for young children with autism.
Aquatic Social Skills Therapy is a warm water therapy group for children 5-8 years of age with autism. The environment maximizes relaxation and sensory regulation, and reduces anxiety. Groups meet weekly at Easter Seals in Peoria.
The Autism Learning Center: an intensive therapeutic autism program isfor children ages 3 to 5 who have a medical diagnosis of Autism or Pervasive Developmental Disorder. In a preschool-type environ-ment that is developed and monitored by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, children gain academic, social and emotional skills through structure and play. The Autism Learning Center is located at the Peoria Center and is covered by most insurance companies. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays. Morning and afternoon ses-sions available.
Fall Semester
August 4 - December 15, 2014 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Spring Semester
January 12 - May 20, 2015 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Programs partially funded by
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THE AUTISM PROGRAM AT EASTER SEALS
Program Schedule
Social Skills Therapy Groups provide structured opportunities for children with an autism diagnosis to learn and practice appropriate social skills including greetings, emotions, non-verbal cues, vocal tone, appropri-ate boundaries, and manners. Groups meet weekly at the Easter Seals Center in Peoria.
Brave Buddies for children ages 5 to 8. On land and in the water.
Land Group meets Thursdays 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. August 21 - September 25, 2014
Water Group meets Mondays 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. January 12 - February 16, 2015
Fantastic Friends for children ages 9 to 12.
Positive Peers for teens ages 13 to 16.
Groups meet Thursdays 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. October 2 - December 11, 2014: Emotions
January 8 - February 19, 2015: Essential Communication Skills
New Diagnosis Family Orientation Program
Meets 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Sessions are free.
Peoria Center Bloomington Center
Friday, October 10, 2014 Friday, September 5, 2014 Saturday, December 13, 2014 Friday, November 14, 2014 Friday, February 20, 2015 Saturday, January 24, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Autism Helpline
1-855-511-3773 Toll Free
MAKE THE FIRST FIVE COUNT
Make the First Five Count As a parent, you will get excited about your child’s major milestones such as those first words or those first steps. Your child’s milestones are important because they are good indicators of language, motor skills, social/emotional, and cognitive development. You can Make the First Five Count for your child by tracking five areas of development: cognitive, sensory, language, social/emotional, and move-ment. You can access a free online screening tool to monitor your child’s development at
Developmental Screenings for children birth to 5 years offer a brief snapshot of overall development to identify potential delays. Call the Easter Seals Center nearest you to schedule an appointment.
Peoria Center Bloomington Center
Friday, November 7, 2014 Scheduled upon request Friday, February 6, 2015
Easter Seals staff are credentialed Early Intervention providers for the State of Illinois. We are the largest single provider of Early Intervention services in downstate Illinois. For more information about Early Interven-tion services, contact our office or a Child and Family ConnecInterven-tions office near you.
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GROUP, AQUATIC & SPECIALTY PROGRAMS
Program Schedule
Toddler Talk: An Early Intervention Language Group (new) Toddler Talk, an inclusive language group for children ages 18 to 32 months, focuses on the importance of parent-child interactions for early learning and development. Parents will learn to enhance their child's language skills using play, music, snacks, reading and sign language. Each 90-minute session is directed by a speech-language pathologist with expertise in early childhood language development.
Weekly theme-based sessions focus on a variety of ways to use the child's interests to support communica-tion. Each week a new theme is introduced and skills modeled by a speech-language pathologist. Parents will practice the skills in a play-based, natural environment that supports interaction with their child, and will re-ceive feedback specific to their child's communication needs. The group is open to toddlers with or without a language disorder or delay. Funding through the Peoria County Care & Treatment Board and Early Interven-tion allows parents and their toddler to participate at no cost. Contact the Easter Seals EI Coordinator at 309.686.1177 for more information and to register.
Meets Thursdays from 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. at Northminster Church in Peoria and includes two nature hikes at Forest Park Nature Center.
September 11 - December 4, 2014
Red Café is a free and informal parent group for any parent who has a child with special needs. Meets the first Thursday of every month from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the Peoria Center. Childcare is available. Respite events are offered throughout the year, allowing parents and caregivers to take some time for themselves.
Anxiety Group for children ages 7 to 10 with an Anxiety Disorder or symptoms of anxiety. Meets Mondays from 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. at the Peoria Center. $110 / session.
September 8 - December 22, 2014
Anxiety Disorder Facebook Chat Join Carla Morris, Easter Seals Peoria Center Clinical Services Director, on Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., for a live facebook chat. Learn strategies to help your child with an anxiety disorder and ask the questions you need answered.
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Therapeutic Fitness Center for school-age children and older individuals with disabilities. Programs are designed and supervised by the Easter Seals physical therapy staff at the Peoria Center. $50 for 4 sessions.
Thursday 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Orofacial Anomalies Clinic offers a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis, evaluation, and manage-ment of cleft lip or palate, speech problems, ear deformities or other conditions. The Orofacial Anomalies Team meets the second Friday afternoon of each month at the Peoria Center. Call Dr. Eric Elwood’s office at 309.495.0250 to schedule a visit.
Aquatic Program
The uniquely designed warm water pool at the Peoria Center is fully accessible with water depths ranging from 3 to 5 feet and a water temperature maintained at 92-94 degrees. Class schedules and online registra-tion are available on our website.
Parent-Tot Swim Class for children age 6 months to 3 years and parent. $50 per 8 week session.
Learn to Swim for children ages 4 to 10. Parent may join. $50 per 8 week session.
Splashercise for children ages 6 to 18. A physician consent form is required. $65 per 6 week session.
Open Swim for children and adults with disabilities who have received aquatic therapy at Easter Seals.
Semi-private, Private and Adaptive Swim Lessons are available for children ages 4 to 10. Call the
Easter Seals Aquatic Director at 309.686.1177 for information. www.ci.easterseals.com
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Heart to Hands Infant Massage (new) Infant massage is an evidence-based, simple practice of purposeful touch bringing immediate and lasting results. It provides all of the essential indicators of intimate parent-infant bonding and attachment: eye-to-eye, touch, voice, smell, movement, and thermal regulation. Expectant parents often take infant massage instruction in advance so they are able to begin this wonderful loving touch right from the start. Focused sessions include Parent and Baby, Prenatal, and Growing Massage.
Benefits of Infant Massage include:
Helping parents feel more confident and competent in caring for their children
Helping parents ease their stress if they must be separated from their children for extended periods Providing one-on-one quiet time or interactive play
Teaching parents how to read their infant’s cues and recognize their state of awareness Providing a positive way for fathers to interact with their infant
Promoting relaxation and self-regulation, thus reducing fussiness Helping to improve circulation, and sensory and body awareness Enhancing neurological development
Helping with congestion, gas, colic, and pain management Improving sleeping patterns
Heart to Hands Infant Massage classes are led by Joanna Stuck, PT, CIMI, and meet at Easter Seals in Peoria.
Call the Easter Seals Rehab Coordinator at 309.686.1177 for more information or to register for the massage instructional classes. Online registration is also available at .
Class Session Dates Time
Parent and Baby Thursdays, September 4, 11, 18, 25
Wednesdays, October 1, 8, 15, 22
Tuesdays, October 28, November 4, 11, 18 Tuesdays, December 2, 9, 11, 18 Tuesdays, January 6, 13, 20, 27 Tuesdays, February 2, 10, 17, 24 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Prenatal Tuesdays, September 9, 16
Saturdays, October 4, 11 Tuesdays, November 11, 18 Saturdays, December 6, 13 Tuesdays, January 20, 27 Saturdays, February 21, 28 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 6:45 - 7:45 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Growing Massage Saturdays, September 13, 20
Tuesdays, October 21, 28 Saturdays, November 15, 22 Tuesdays, December 2, 9 Saturdays, January 24, 31 Tuesdays, February 17, 24 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 6:45 - 7:45 p.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 6:45 - 7:45 p.m.
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