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Getting help for your family

Finding the right support can feel overwhelming. These are trusted places to start, with what each one offers and how to reach them.

After a Liftoff visit

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Community resources

We recommend discussing referrals with your child's pediatrician or therapy team to determine what is most appropriate for your child.

Early intervention and education

EarlySteps

Who it helps: Families with infants and toddlers from birth through age 3 (35 months) who have a medical condition likely to result in a developmental delay, or who have developmental delays.
What support it offers: Services designed to improve the family's capacity to enhance their child's development. Services are provided in the child's natural environment, such as the child's home, child care, or any other community setting typical for children between birth and 3 (35 months).
How to connect: Talk with your child's pediatrician or therapy team about a referral, then open the EarlySteps page.

Open the EarlySteps page

Child Search

Who it helps: Children ages 3 through 21 living within Livingston Parish Public Schools who have a disability and need special education, related, or special services.
What support it offers: Children who may have a disability are identified, located and evaluated so they can be offered special education and related services.
How to connect: LPPS Pupil Appraisal Center, 29849 S. Magnolia Street, Livingston, LA 70754. Child Search Department phone 225-686-7600 ext. 142, fax 225-686-7609.

Open the Child Search page

Livingston Parish Early Childhood

Who it helps: Families looking for local early childhood programs in Livingston Parish.
What support it offers: Help connecting with local early childhood programs, including public Pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, and participating child care centers. The website also gives information about eligibility, enrollment, and the coordinated application process.
How to connect: Open the Livingston Parish Early Childhood locations page.

Open the locations page

Family support

Families Helping Families

Who it helps: Parents of children with disabilities on the Northshore.
What support it offers: Peer-to-peer support, information, referrals to disability resources, and education and training. Northshore Families Helping Families is a 501c3 nonprofit established under the guidance of Act 378 of 1989, and is the only family resource center for individuals with disabilities on the Northshore.
How to connect: Open the Families Helping Families website.

Open the Families Helping Families website

Parents as Teachers

Who it helps: Families who want a voluntary early childhood development program.
What support it offers: Research-based curricula that help families raise children to be healthy, safe, and learning. Their mission is to promote the optimal early development, learning, and health of children by supporting and engaging their parents and caregivers.
How to connect: Open the Parents as Teachers website.

Open the Parents as Teachers website

Developmental sites we love

The Basics

Who it helps: Parents who want simple activities to do with their child.
What support it offers: Activities and ideas to learn and grow with your child.
How to connect: Open The Basics Brain Boosts page.

Open The Basics

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Who it helps: Parents who want play activities backed by research.
What support it offers: Brain-Building Through Play: activities for infants, toddlers, and children.
How to connect: Open the handouts and tools page.

Open the handouts and tools page

Zero to Three

Who it helps: Parents who want short videos about development and parenting.
What support it offers: Each of these 14 videos explores child development milestones, parenting challenges and tips, as well as strategies for building strong parent-professional partnerships.
How to connect: Open the Sparks video series.

Open the Sparks video series

Pathways.org

Who it helps: Parents who want activity ideas for babies.
What support it offers: Since 1985, Pathways.org has been a nationally recognized leader in early childhood development, helping parents and healthcare professionals work together to maximize babies' development.
How to connect: Open the Pathways.org activities page.

Open the activities page