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Programs for Infants & Children at STAR
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For additional information about programs for infants offered through the STAR Rubino Family Center, please contact Barbara Fitzpatrick, Director of Programs for Infants and Children at (203) 855-0634 or bfitzpatrick@starinconline.com.
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 STAR offers a wide range of early intervention services to help strengthen the capacity of families with children who have developmental disabilities. Our mission is to help families meet the developmental and health-related needs of their infants or toddlers. At the STAR Rubino Family Center, we provide educational, therapeutic and social services for infants and toddlers from birth to age three with special needs, as well as their families. These include but are not limited to:
- Communication Skill Development
- Play Skill Development
- Fine Motor Development
- Gross Motor Development
- Counseling and Social Work
- Family Support Development
Services are available in the setting that is most conducive to your child’s security and comfort level such as the home, a familiar daycare center, activity center or community park(s). |
 Supplementary services are available to infants and toddlers through STAR’s Private Services. This early childhood program offers a continuum of early intervention and supplementary services for children from birth-to-three years of age and also three-to-five years of age. The focus is on assessment, treatment and collaboration with the family, preschool and daycare. Services include:
- Speech and language therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Developmental therapy
- Family support development
We can help evaluate your child to determine the best range of services for his or her development, and also evaluate your child’s progress.
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 This play-based curriculum encourages communication, play skill development, socialization, motor skill development and self-management in a friendly, nurturing environment to maximize each child’s social and emotional development. Groups are facilitated by certified staff. Parents participate in the groups and learn strategies to increase their child’s language, movement and/or social skills. Parents and children also learn how to handle separation periods.
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Community Support
 Our staff provides observation, consultation and support to community providers, other caregivers, preschools and daycare centers to help make your child’s experience successful.
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Community Fun
 Community activities are planned for our participants and their families, including library time, music group, gym class, trips to the supermarket, park, beach or museum. These activities provide support and entertainment while increasing the child’s skill development.
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STAR can help a child diagnosed with special needs, as well as his or her family. Guidance toward appropriate medical and program services, referrals to available community resources and further discussion of the child’s special needs are offered.
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