Rhode Island Early Intervention

10/22/2025

How do children begin to write? They scribble and make marks with a variety of everyday pencils, markers, and pens easily available to them.

10/05/2025

📅 Join us from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, for “Understanding Sensory Reactivity and Regulation through the Optimal Engagement Band” with Leslie Fanning, Ph.D.

Explore the seven senses, learn about the Optimal Engagement Band, and discover practical strategies for supporting engagement in children and youth with autism in this Community of Practice (CoP) in Autism in Rhode Island presentation.

👉 Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/CoP_autism25

09/25/2025

https://www.chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/09/19/early-childhood-birth-to-5-critical-time-for-brain-development-in-kids/

Parents and early educators play an active role in fostering a child's healthy brain development through responsive caregiving, the Detroit Free Press reports.

06/06/2025

Your new professional development partner - Coming fall 2025!

05/28/2025

04/04/2024

New Opportunity for Students at URI !!

KINGSTON, R.I. — April 3, 2024 — Looking to address a “serious shortage” of specialists to work with some of the youngest children at risk for developmental disabilities in the state, the University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences is offering a certificate program in Early Interve...

02/28/2024

Parents, please consider participating in this important focus group. We strongly encourage the participation of BIPOC families.

02/04/2024

A caregiver’s desire not to spoil their infant is a rich topic, one that is of real concern and a source of anxiety. Research has shown that infants who fully trust that they are central to someone are less demanding and better able to manage their emotions (not spoiled).

11/16/2023

https://www.zerotothree.org/resource/toddler-biting-finding-the-right-response/

Trying your best to understand the underlying cause of toddler biting will help you develop an effective response.