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National Organizations

EarlyInterventionSupport.com has found links to national organizations useful to parents and parents of children with special needs.

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For Pennsylvania Residents

EarlyInterventionSupport.com, located in western Pennsylvania, has many clients and supporters in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Region. We've collected links specific to Pennsylvania.

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Alternative Therapy for Special Needs

 

Ability Plus Therapy: Helps children with neuromuscular disorders achieve greater independence.

Therasuit: TheraSuit LLC is a pioneer of intensive Therapy and TheraSuit Method for children and adults with Cerebral Palsy.

Suit Therapy: TheraSuit LLC is a pioneer of intensive Therapy and TheraSuit Method for children and adults with Cerebral Palsy.

Suit Therapy Pilot Study:  The primary goal of the outcome study was the assessment of functional skills, which have the most influence on the quality of life.

Pediatrics Fitness Center: TheraSuit applies very specific pressure to the body. TheraSuit applies very specific pressure to the body. Pediatrics Fitness Center practices Therasuit therapy.

Pediatrics Plus Therapy: Many children over three years old can benefit from the use of the Therasuit � (Suit Therapy) during therapeutic activities. Inspired by the technology developed to help Russian astronauts counteract the negative effects of weightlessness (muscle atrophy, loss of bone density, and lack of ability to ambulate), the Therasuit � acts as an external set of muscles.

Euro Fitness Rehab: A child�s growth and development is a complicated process. Sometimes conditions such as birth defects, illness or injury can interfere. Diagnosis and treatment is crucial and requires the expertise of specialists trained in pediatric rehabilitation/habilitation. Eurofitness Pediatric Rehabilitation is a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation/habilitation center that provides diagnostic, treatment and referral services for children up to 18 years old that �experience difficulty with the normal developmental process, exhibit disabilities/disorders, or present with learning difficulties.

Island Dolphin Care: Island Dolphin Care, Inc. (IDC) was developed to help children with special needs and their families who are dealing with developmental and/or physical disabilities, emotional challenges, and critical, chronic or terminal illness.
 
Therapies 4 Kids: Intensive Suit Program for Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Developmental delays, Autism, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and other disabilities caused by trauma.

Bright Steps Forward: Bright Steps Forward, Inc. is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that provides funding for intensive pediatric therapy to financially disadvantaged children with neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, disabilities of prematurely, autism and other congenital or acquired conditions that affect their physical functioning.

 

 

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