Every year 1.45 million children, all under the age of five, enter school with learning and health issues that put them far behind their peers and have a lasting, negative effect on their ability to meet their full potential. Make the First Five Count encourages parents to be more aware of the social and developmental milestones that children should be reaching during the first five years of life. Learn the 5 important milestones now...

We all know that the first five years of life really count. They’re incredible years of learning that shape children’s futures. Yet, every year 1.45 million children, all under the age of five, enter school with learning and health issues that put them far behind their peers and have a lasting, negative effect on their ability to meet their full potential.

As the leading provider of autism and early intervention services, Easter Seals has created a new program called Make the First Five Count which encourages parents and loved ones to be more aware of the social and developmental milestones that children should be reaching during the first five years of life. Some of these developmental milestones include:

Cognitive: Thinking skills: including learning, understanding, problem solving, reasoning, and remembering.

Social/Emotional: Interacting with others; having relationships with family, friends, and teachers, cooperating, and responding to the feelings of others.

Recognizing a problem in developmental milestones is the very first step to ensuring a child gets the services he or she needs early – at the time they can benefit the most. When kids get the right treatment and therapy early in life, they’re ready to learn alongside their peers and build lifelong skills. Known as early intervention services, these therapies work to strengthen a child’s physical, social, emotional and intellectual abilities well before kindergarten.

LEARN THE 5 MILESTONES BY 5 YEARS OLD THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT:

http://www.westglen.com/online/5by5guide.pdf