My family is a single mother who is attending school in pursuit of a medical assistant degree, this will be her first child and she is 39 years of age. She filled out the potential parent application for EHS and is now on the waiting list. She is in her last trimester hoping to have her baby and enroll her child when the new fiscal year starts.
She has had several complications with a rise in her blood pressure. And because of her age, she had a screening and diagnostic testing. She was counseled that there is a chance her child will have Down Syndrome.
My task is to help her and her child from the womb until 8 years of age. She is already receiving prenatal care so I will focus on helping her and her child beginning at three months of age.
I want to be a part of the first three months, but I am not sure how or what I could do. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated. Also, I have ideas on what a comprehensive early childhood program would entail but little experience working with a child who has Down Syndrome. From what I gathered all children benefit from early childhood learning and their family support. I would need specialists and educators prepared to help give her child all the help possible to ensure progress. Any ideas will be helpful, and I thank you in advance of them.
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