Early Intervention:

Family Centered Practice

The therapists of every discipline at Talking Together specialize in Early Intervention. TTI has been providing therapy services to support families with children birth to three since 1996.

Marla Vanderpool, as the owner of Talking Together, Inc., has made it her mission to help providers, therapists, and service coordinators work with families along this unexpected journey. As an early interventionist for over 25 years, Marla has seen the field change drastically. She stays committed to keeping Talking Together up to date on the latest research-based interventions. These core values have given TTI the opportunity to provide the best intervention to communities all along the Front Range.

Each therapist at TTI practices with emphasis on the same goal, building connections with their families to create a highly individualized approach to intervention. The family is the expert on their child is a long standing guiding principle of TTI. At Talking Together, Inc. we firmly believe that our role is to walk alongside our families. We want to provide the tools to empower them to support their child’s emerging skills. The goal of EI at TTI is to guide parents be partners in their child’s growth. For that reason, parents are strongly encouraged to participate as much as they are comfortable with during sessions. Treatment is provided in a natural setting, where a child consistently spends time, to facilitate the ideal learning environment.

The therapists of Talking Together participate in ongoing reflective consultation to better understand the ways in which power, bias, and privilege show up in work with families. This awareness is used to center the voices of the families and providers from different ethnicities and socioeconomic experiences to best serve our community in a culturally responsive way.

EI Key Principles

Talking Together, Inc. is committed to following best practice in early intervention. There are seven Key Principles that guide us in our practice. Explore them to see how these align with the values of your family.

  • Infants and toddlers learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with familiar people in familiar contexts.

  • All families, with the necessary supports and resources, can enhance their child's learning and development.

  • The primary role of a service provider in EI is to work with and support family members and caregivers in child's lives.

  • The EI process, from initial contacts through transition, must be dynamic and individualized to reflect the child's and family member’s preferences, learning styles, and cultural beliefs

  • Outcomes must be functional and based on the child and family’s needs and family-identified priorities.

  • The family's priorities, needs, and interests are addressed most appropriately by a primary provider who represents and receives team and community support.

  • Interventions with young children and family members must be based on explicit principles, validated practices, best available research, and relevant laws and regulations.