Join Team USF Bay Area Early Steps! Easter Seals is a national organization helping individuals with disabilities and special needs, and their families, live better lives for more than 85 years. All of the money that we raise will be poured back into your local programs at an unprecedented $.94 cents on the dollar! In Tampa, the programs into which all funding goes are: Murray Child Development Center - Easter Seals has the nation’s largest network of inclusive child development centers for infants through preschool (0-5 years of age). In these settings educators meet the needs of students (with and without disabilities) through use of specialized approaches and instruction to prepare preschoolers for entry into the school system Support for current students to help them achieve at their highest level. With a focus on reaching developmental milestones through hands-on learning, services are provided in a natural environment to promote growth and success. Teen Parenting programs at Easter Seals provide high quality childcare in a loving environment for the infants and toddlers of teen mothers. This allows the teens to stay in school, reduces the risk of developmental delays in their children, and improves the quality of life for both mothers and their babies. This program is very successful in teaching vital parenting skills to teen parents, and keeping them in school so both they, and their infants, will enjoy a successful and more independent future. Military Respite Services Easter Seals Florida provides respite care for Air Force and Navy Service Members at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa who have children with disabilities. This program allows service member families to take care of personal errands with the confidence that their child with a disability or special need is being safely cared for by a trained, Easter Seals respite care provider.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:58:36 +0000
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