Services Overview
For the past 50 years, Little Red School House has helped thousands of families imagine a different future for their children, by providing critically important family-centered early intervention programs.
At Little Red, our staff help advances the quality of life for ALL children, focusing primarily on children ages birth to three years with, or at risk of developmental delays and disabilities.
We provide services to all eligible families, regardless of their ability to pay.
Family-Centered Early Intervention
At Little Red, families work one-on-one with a Parent Coach, in the child's natural learning environment, identifying learning opportunities in daily family routines such as bath time, mealtime, or during play. Each family creates a customized Individualized Family Service Plan with their Coach, outlining the specific early intervention goals.
Little Red uses an embedded Family Resource Coordinator (FRC) model – meaning all Parent Coaches are FRCs, i.e. community resource experts. This allows for continuity and for strong relationships between family members and their coach.
Little Red's hands-on coaching model empowers and supports caregivers, enhancing their capacity to meet the special needs of their infants and toddlers with disabilities, and maximizing each child's ability to thrive.
Little Red's family centered early intervention services and programs include:
- Developmental Screenings & Comprehensive Evaluations
- Individualized Family Service Plans
- Family Resource Coordination
- Referral Services
- Supports provided by a team of professionals made up of Physical or Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Special Educator, and counselor and Parent Coaching supports from one team member.
- Feeding Intervention
- Counseling
- Parent & Infant Support Groups
- Parent & Toddler Play Groups for children of all abilities
- Parent Workshops
- Spanish Speaking Preschool
- Homeless Shelter Outreach
Nurse Family Partnership- Click Here for Referral Form
In October 2011, Little Red School House welcomed our newest program. Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is an evidenced based home visitation program available for first time mothers, 25 years of age and under. Specially trained Community Health Nurses visit families in their home throughout the pregnancy and continue to visit until the child is 2 years old. The nurses visit weekly and bi-weekly during the pregnancy, infancy and toddler period. The education curriculum includes information during each phase of the development. This relationship based model builds on the parent’s strengths supporting the parent child relationship, healthy parent-child outcomes and goals for the future helping first time parents succeed. This program is free to eligible women. Call 425.775.6070 for information. Click Here for a local program handout (Spanish version) or check out the links below for more information about the National Nurse Family Partnership.
Parent Coaching
Learn about our program model
Children ages birth to three years old, learn through their primary relationships and through exploring their own environment. Parent Coaching in natural learning environments exploits what infants and toddlers' brains are naturally programmed to do. When parents integrate learning intentionally into typical daily routines, infants and toddlers make more progress and make it more quickly than in any other model. Parents who know their children well, and who feel confident to support their development as infants and toddlers have closer relationships with their children for their entire lives: they are stronger advocates and are more satisfied with their parenting. Coaching is the most effective means of achieving these important early intervention outcomes. For more resources and information about the Parent Coaching model, click here.
Parent Club
Parent Club is an opportunity to learn about a variety of child and family topics, to discuss and share successes and challenges, and to connect and socialize with other families from Little Red School House. At each meeting, our qualified staff will present information on topics such as picky eaters, play and learning, sensory processing and social-emotional development. For more information about dates and locations, click here
Play and Learn Group Opportunities
Little Red offers a variety of Free or low cost Parent /Caregiver and Child Play & Learn Groups. These groups are a great way to meet other parents/caregivers and learn new skills to support your child with developmental delays or disabilities. All Play & Learn Groups are open to children birth to five of all abilities, community based, and designed to meet the developmental needs of all children.
Click Here to see current play group opportunities.
Parent Classes
Little Red is currently offering Hanen "It Takes Two to Talk" classes. This popular program was developed by The Hanen Centre and is recognized around the world for its research into how parents and caregivers communicate with their children and how the communication skills of children with language delays can improve by involving the most important people in a child's life. Learn more about The Hanen Center at www.hanen.org. See NEWS and EVENTS for current class information.
Read the Hanen brochure | View more Parent Resources
Outreach Program
In 2003, Little Red School House expanded its mission to include outreach services to children birth to three at risk for developmental delays. In this outreach program, children in local homeless shelters, transitional housing, and childcare settings are screened in an effort to identify those children who are falling behind their peers. The objective of Little Red's outreach program is to increase the likelihood that children in transition will be successful in school by improving their readiness to learn.
Service Area
Little Red staff work with families living in Snohomish County, Washington. Little Red contracts with six local school districts, the Snohomish County Division of Developmental Disabilities, and the Washington State Infant/Toddler Program, and provides extensive outreach and early intervention services for at risk children living in local homeless shelters, and children living on the Tulalip Indian Reservation.
Family Resources
Our community is rich with resources for families. We hope the following links and phone numbers are helpful in your search for information, support networks, and local resources. View more
Parent Feedback
How are we doing? You can contact us directly or download our Parent Feedback Form and mail in anonymously to our Leadership Team.
Share Your Story
As a parent or guardian of a child who has received services at Little Red School House, you have the unique opportunity to share your family's experience and success stories with others. By telling your story, you are helping community members understand why it is so important to support Little Red programs. Click here to download an "Our Story" form.
