Kennedy-Donovan Center, Early Intervention Program-Attleboro Area

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Kennedy-Donovan Center, Early Intervention Program-Attleboro Area Kennedy-Donovan Center’s Attleboro Early Intervention program supports 750 children and their families out of its Attleboro facility. Kennedy Foundation.

The Kennedy-Donovan Center (KDC) was founded in 1969 with a three-year demonstration grant from the Joseph P. The impetus was a wish by Rose Kennedy that her daughter could someday live a typical family life. Luella Hennessey Donovan, the Kennedy family nurse, and KDC founder, embarked on a new career providing educational, therapeutic, and community-based programs for young children with special needs. Luella's single program, run with just three staff, has expanded tremendously over the last 40 years.

Service Area: Attleboro, North Attleboro, Mansfield, Norton and Foxboro. Kennedy-Donovan Center’s Early Intervention Program is comprehensive, family-centered and community based. Certified by the Department of Public Health, Early Intervention provides services to young children, birth to 36 months, who have or are at risk for developmental delays. A team that includes developmental specialists, physical, occupational and speech therapists, work with the family and child to determine their needs and create a care plan. Home visits are provided to enhance the developmental progress of the child. Early Intervention Services are provided in natural settings such as the home, child care centers or community play groups.

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Referrals are made to the Program by parents, physicians and other professionals in the community who have a concern about the child’s development and other concerns expressed by the family. Service Area: Attleboro, North Attleboro, Mansfield, Norton and Foxboro.

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Developmental Evaluations, Home Visits, Child-Focused Groups, Parent Support Groups and Center Visits.

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