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Early Start Denver Model Therapy
The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is a comprehensive behavioral early intervention approach for children with autism, ages 12 to 48 months. The program starts by assessing the needs of your child to define the skills to be taught by using a set of teaching procedures that can be used during play or during your child’s daily routines. The ESDM can be delivered by therapy teams and/or parents in individual therapy sessions in either a clinic setting or the child’s home.
This early intervention program integrates a relationship-focused developmental model with the well-validated teaching practices of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).
Its core features include the following:
Naturalistic applied behavioral analytic strategies
Sensitive to the normal developmental sequence
Deep parental involvement
Focus on interpersonal exchange and positive affect
Shared engagement with joint activities
Language and communication taught inside a positive, affect-based relationship
For more information visit the ESDM site at