Since November 1, 2007, Easterseals
Florida has been home to the Treasure
Coast Early Steps (TCES) program. TCES
provides early intervention services to
children and their families residing in Palm
Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River and
Okeechobee Counties on the southeast
coast of Florida making it one of the largest
regional programs in the state system.
Early Steps is Florida’s early intervention
system that offers services to eligible
children, birth to thirty-six months, with
significant developmental delays or a
condition likely to result in a developmental
delay. Early intervention is provided
to support families and caregivers in
developing the competence and confidence
to help their child learn and develop.
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TCES services are based on Early Steps
evaluations and your family’s concerns,
resources, and goals. TCES uses a Team
Based Primary Service Provider approach to
empower each eligible family by providing a
comprehensive Team of professionals from
the beginning of services through transition.
Our goal is for the family to receive
strong support from one person, provide a
comprehensive team of professionals from
beginning to end, and for the family to
have fewer appointments and more time
to be a “family.” Services are provided to
the family and child where they live, learn
and play, to enable the family to implement
developmentally appropriate learning
opportunities during everyday activities and
routines. See VIP Directory Listing on page 5.
Early
Intervention
Is Key
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