Early Childhood Wellness Program
Enhancing children's health, happiness, and well-being through social-emotional and physical health services.
As a part the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County's Healthy Beginnings Program, Parent-Child Center's Early Childhood Wellness (ECW) Program provides comprehensive physical and social-emotional health services in specific subsidized childcare centers throughout Palm Beach County. Services are provided by Master's level therapists and nurses with specialized training in the field of early childhood. The program is based on research and best practice in the field and interventions are designed to enhance social-emotional well-being and physical health for infants, toddlers, and young children that may be at-risk for future difficulties.
Using a collaborative team approach, program staff provide services focusing on increasing the ability of children to grow, develop, and learn in ways that enhance their social, physical, and emotional health. Team members are trained in the areas of 0-5 screening and assessment, play therapy, family therapy, developmental issues, parenting, attachment, childhood disorders, and trauma.
Program Services
Comprehensive physical health screening, counseling, education, and follow-up to promote optimal health and development.
Ongoing observation to identify infants, toddlers, and young children displaying atypical behaviors;
Follow-up assessment for children referred for services;
Individualized interventions and strategies developed by team based on screening and assessment results across all developmental domains;
Peer play groups designed to help develop social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and communication capacities;
Individual play sessions to support healthy social-emotional development and growth;
Dyadic sessions and home visits to promote healthy attachment and use of positive parenting practices;
Ongoing social-emotional consultation, collaboration, and support for child care center staff;
In-depth evaluation for infants, toddlers, and young children with significant social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, physical, and/or developmental challenges;
Home visits by team therapists and nurses to provide assessment of needs, family therapy, filial sessions, education, and referrals to community resources.
Parent support and educational groups; and
Collaboration with community partners to ensure a seamless system of care and family access to community resources.
Program Locations
ECW currently provides services within the following childcare centers:
Atkins
Beeline Child Development Center
PBCC's Center for Early Learning
Twiggs Learning Tree
ABC Children’s Learning Academy
Great Expectations
Little Dude Ranch Academy
Haverhill Baptist Dayschool
Opportunity, Inc.
Tiny Tykes Academy (Skees)
Creative Learning Experience
Kiddie Haven Preschool
Prochild
Highland Elementary
O’Say Child Development Center
Building Blocks
Treehouse Learning Center
Wee Care Child Development Center
No child or family is denied access to services on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. In the event we are unable to meet the special needs of a child or family, an appropriate referral will be made.
ECW is funded through the Children Services Council of Palm Beach County. For more information, please e-mail our program director.
