About Us
Early Intervention Services is one of three programs that comprise Partners in Child Development, a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing the growth and development of every child to maximize their potential.
Early Intervention Services has been serving children and families in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for more than 45 years.
Learn more about our history.
Through individualized plans, therapeutic services are provided to children not meeting age-appropriate development milestones or to children at risk of not meeting such milestones due to a diagnosis or who are at risk of development delays due to a medical or social history.
From infancy through age three, the brain is rapidly developing. By providing Early Intervention Services during this critical time of development, children often present improved outcomes that positively affect their lives and their family’s life.
Our Leadershipship Team
A Note from Cheryl
Leslie Siciliano, MS, CEIS
Program Director
Greater Lowell
A Note from Leslie
Karen Purtschert, MSPT
Program Director
Greater Lawrence
A Note from Karen
Our Team
Our highly-specialized and experienced staff work in multidisciplinary teams for both evaluation and therapeutic services to best serve children — our clients — and to support parents, families, and caregivers.
Our team is dedicated to and trained specifically to work with young children. They are passionate about nurturing the growth and development of children, one child at a time.
Disciplines
Our Early Intervention Services includes a wide range of disciplines to offer children extensive skills as therapies are provided.
Below are the disciplines represented in both our Greater Lawrence and Greater Lowell Early Intervention Programs, enabling us to offer extensive experience and specialization to the families and communities we serve.
Speech Language Pathologists
Physical Therapists
Occupational Therapists (OT)
Registered Nurses
Social Workers
Developmental Specialists
Certified OT Assistants
Music Therapists
Mental Health Clinicians
Specialists
We are extremely proud of the specialization our professionals have to nurture the growth and development of children, one child at a time.
- Certified Lactation Consultant
- Certified Sleep Consultant
- Staff trained in SOS approach to feeding program
- Staff trained in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Staff trained in trauma-informed care
- Staff trained in Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT)
- Staff trained in postpartum depression
- Staff trained in neuro-affirming approaches to treating children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Early Intervention Services have been phenomenal for our child and it has been amazing to see how much his language has improved in the span of a year… Our specialist has also been wonderful and supportive. It is nice to develop a close relationship with our specialist and to count on them as an additional resource. We highly recommend taking advantage of this service if your child needs it!
-Jessica, mom, Andover, MA
Get Started with a
Free Evaluation.
Children can be referred to either of our Early Intervention Programs by parents, pediatricians, caregivers, teachers, friends, or other professionals.
Families may and are encouraged to contact us directly.
Nurturing the growth and development of children, infants up to age three.
