Special Needs Organizations in Lakeland + Polk County
If you are raising a child with unique needs or have a special needs adult in your family, we can help you find local special needs organizations and autism resources.
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We provide vital guidance and assistance to parents of a child with cerebral palsy. Visit our website to learn more about cerebral palsy, sources for financial assistance, and many resources.
Early Steps is Florida’s early intervention system that offers services to eligible infants and toddlers (birth to thirty-six months) with significant 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.
Early Steps services are based on Early Steps evaluations and your family’s concerns, priorities, and goals. Early Steps uses a Team Based Primary Service Provider approach which aims to empower each eligible family by providing a comprehensive team of professionals from the beginning of services until the age of three. The 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.
For 40 years, Huntington’s highly trained tutors have worked with students of all ages and abilities to improve their grades and build self-confidence, organizational skills, and good study habits. Whether your child is struggling academically or just wants to get ahead, we can tailor a tutoring program that will achieve results. Offering one-on-one tutoring and test prep programs.
Social Spectrum Club is a safe space for children and teens with Autism and related disabilities to socialize, play, learn & grow. Tweens & Teens ages 12-18 with Autism, (or related disabilities) as well as kiddos or peeps who feel like they just don’t fit in, as well as their siblings/friends. Weekly in-person and virtual meetings and activities. Visit the website to learn more and join the club.