Development builds upon a structure of foundational capacities and skills that support relating, communicating, functioning, and thinking. The building blocks of this foundation must be tailored to individual profi les as each child develops along unique pathways and at different rates. It is important to understand the relative strengths and the relative hurdles each child faces in order to understand the developmental change processes that lead to progress and life-long learning and functioning. The spontaneous and organized experiences offered through interactive relationships as part of a comprehensive intervention program will illustrate how to develop and strengthen the foundational capacities necessary to advance progress

Development builds upon a structure of foundational capacities and skills that support relating, communicating, functioning, and thinking. The building blocks of this foundation must be tailored to individual profi les as each child develops along unique pathways and at different rates. It is important to understand the relative strengths and the relative hurdles each child faces in order to understand the developmental change processes that lead to progress and life-long learning and functioning. The spontaneous and organized experiences offered through interactive relationships as part of a comprehensive intervention program will illustrate how to develop and strengthen the foundational capacities necessary to advance progress