My youngest son attended The Florida Center's early child education classrooms and received OT and Speech from The Florida Center starting at the age of 17 months. Thanks to the very skilled and caring staff of The Florida Center, my son (who was officially diagnosed with Autism at the age of 4) continues to be mainstreamed with his typical developing peers. My son is now 7 and a half and has a very bright future ahead of him ... in large part due to the excellent intervention services he received when he was a toddler and preschooler at The Florida Center.
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- EIN 59-1947024
- (941) 371-8820
- 4620 17th St Sarasota FL 34235-1843 USA
- www.thefloridacenter.org
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Causes: Family Services, Human Services
Mission: The florida center provides prevention and early intervention services to young children and their families at risk for academic, social, and economic failure. Because of this, our young children achieve developmentally appropriate milestones and parents have the support and knowledge to nurture their child's development; thus decreasing risk factors related to child abuse and neglect, academic and developmental delay, and behavioral and mental health disorders that create added costs to society. The florida center is a nationally accredited agency. Our mission- "build strong families one child at a time". Our vision- we envision a time when every child will be loved, nourished, and encouraged to reach their full potential.
Programs: Healthy families:healthy families is an award-winning evidence based program that prevents child abuse and neglect among florida's highest-risk families by promoting healthy child development by increasing family stability and self-sufficiency. Healthy families serves over 700 families annually, of which more than 95% of children in the program have no verified findings of abuse or neglect. The florida center is the lead agency for healthy families in sarasota, desoto/hardee and charlotte counties.
early intervention services:early intervention services include behavioral health, developmental and mental health therapies. Developmental therapies include a full array of diagnostic and developmental services, such as speech and occupational therapy. Mental health therapy includes a variety of services focused on the healthy social and emotional development that include: building better behavior's community outreach, child-parent psychotherapy, the fussy baby network and circle of security. Services are provided to over 1,300 children, birth through age eight, and their families annually. In addition, our early childhood experts are recognized nationally as experts in their fields and train over 1,000 professionals across the united state annually.
the starfish academy:the starfish academy is a highly-rated, national accredited comprehensive, inclusive early childhood education program that fosters optimal learning opportunities for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Typically developing children and children with special needs participate in school readiness activities supported by evidenced-based curriculums. The academy offers onsite developmental, behavioral and mental health therapies. The academy's primary focus is on language and early literacy, self-regulation, social-emotional learning, cognitive and physical development. The academy has 2 locations serving north and south sarasota county and enrolls over 110 children annually.
fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd):fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (fasd) clinic is focused on the prevention of fasd, along with the assessment and treatment for those children affected by fasd. The fasd clinic at the florida center is florida's only clinic and provides diagnostic assessments, intervention services and training on the topic of fasd throughout the state of florida. The clinic completes over 60 diagnostic assessments and trains more than 500 professionals annually.