Challenges of Child Functional Improvement in Family-Oriented Early Intervention: Parental and Professional Perspective

Early intervention involves a process of supporting children at risk or with confirmed developmental disorders, as well as their families. Specific goal of this case study is examining the impact of family-oriented early intervention on the level of functionality in a case of a child with developmental language disorder. A family of two and their child aged 2 years and 8 months with a confirmed developmental language disorder, was supported by the model of Family Oriented Early Intervention. According to the obtained data on the achieved milestones, significant progress was confirmed in daily functioning, and in areas of psychomotor development of child S. N. which was covered by the early intervention approach. Early Intervention improved child and family quality of daily living in natural surroundings of the boy S.N., but also confirmed improvement of reaching its developmental milestones.