Easter Seals Disability Services

Birth-to-Three Program

Easter Seals provides services for the Birth-to-Three Program, a State-of-Connecticut early intervention program available to eligible families whose children under age 3 have significant developmental delays or disabilities.

Birth-to-Three provides a coordination of support and services that are family oriented, built upon mutual respect and choice, occur in natural settings, foster collaborative partnerships and recognize current best practices in early intervention.  Easter Seals partners with Connecticut's Department of Developmental Services to bring these services to families in greater Waterbury, northwestern and central Connecticut.  

3 Locations to serve you. For information call:

Easter Seals, Birth-to-Three Program
22 Tompkins Street
Waterbury, CT 06708
203-754-5141

Easter Seals, Birth-to-Three Program
158 State Street
Meriden, CT 06450
1-203-237-1448

Easter Seals, Birth-to-Three Program
24 Stott Avenue
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: 860-859-4148
Fax: 860-859-4159

If you have concerns about your child’s talking, feeding, walking, handling toys, seeing, playing alone or with others, hearing or sleeping, call the Birth-toThree Infoline at 1-800-505-7000.  If you would like to learn more about Easter Seals' role in the Birth-to-Three Program, please click here to contact us.

Together, we can make a difference in your child’s life.

To learn more about Connecticut's Birth-to-Three System, please click here.

Foster Care Clinic
 

Easter Seals provides multidisciplinary screenings for children within 60 to 90 days of placement in the foster care system, providing a report on the child's:

• Functional health
• Overall development
• Social development
• Emotional health
• Dental health

The Easter Seals staff collaborate with the foster parents and the regional office of Department of Children & Families (DCF) to provide this service and to identify children who require further specialized diagnosis or therapeutic services.

Foster care examinations are conducted at the Easter Seals Tompkins Street facility or at the Safe Home where the child resides.

For more information on the Easter Seals Foster Care Clinic, please click here to contact us.  

Precious Hands
 

Precious Hands is a collaborative program offering education and support services to foster parents caring for medically fragile children and their families.  Gloria Caporuscio, Kathy Beck and Irene Kish developed and founded the program in 1998.  Easter Seals partners with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) to bring this service to families in greater Waterbury and northwestern Connecticut.  For more information on the Precious Hands program, please click here to contact us.  

Preschool Intervention

Easter Seals offers a ten-week, hands-on program for the parents of infants, toddlers and preschoolers.  While children are taught early childhood skill-building, parents learn behavioral intervention techniques. The program is open to greater Waterbury families. Most classes meet twice weekly for two hours.  Transportation may be provided to Waterbury families. Easter Seals partners with the Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) to provide this important service.

For more information on the Easter Seals Preschool Intervention program, please click here to contact us. 

Web Sites of Interest:
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Connecticut Birth-To-Three Program
Saint Mary's Hospital
Waterbury Hospital
City of Waterbury Web Site