Supporting Families with Young Children

When

Thursday, December 11, 2025 (3-4:30pm)

Select portions of this workshop were recorded. Please see below.

Description

Join this virtual training to: 

• Recognize many children with developmental delays and disabilities are not identified early. 
• Find out about the CDC’s “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” campaign and its free resources to support families to monitor and discuss their child’s development. 
• Understand developmental milestones for children at 36-months.
• Learn how the NYS Early Intervention Program (EIP) can help eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. 
• Understand who can refer children suspected of delay or with a diagnosed condition to the NYS EIP and the referral process.
• Understand the process for how children exit the EIP at their third birthday and the process for transitioning children who may continue to need services from the EIP to preschool special education programs through their local school districts. 
• Learn about the supports, services, and resources available for eligible children and their families in New York State.

Meet the Presenters

Dr. Romina Barros is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician who serves as the NY State CDC Act Early Ambassador and the Chief Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at the NYU Langone Hospital- Long Island.

Karen Dwyer, M.S. is the Manager of the Training, Technical Assistance and State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) unit in the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Early Intervention.

Mary Amendola R.N. is a Public Health Program Nurse at the New York State Department of Health in the Bureau of Early Intervention.

This workshop is presented in collaboration with the  Ramirez June Initiative, dedicated to connecting New Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities to vital resources, information, and services. It is also supported by the  New York State Office for New Americans. For assistance, please call the NYS New Americans Hotline: 1-800-566-7636.

Recording

The content in this presentation is geared towards serving the migrant populations in New York State as defined under Title I, Part C and the approved State Service Delivery Plan, and may NOT be appropriate to all situations.

Please refer to the  disclaimers page, which includes the vendor notice, Google™ Translate disclaimer, and nondiscrimination and accessibility policy, before proceeding further.