Children learn and develop best when participating in natural learning opportunities that occur in everyday routines and activities as part of family and community life.

Children learn best when they are in familiar places and with familiar people.  Feeling secure and attached to their primary caregivers is important for early learning.

Children learn best when they are interested and engaged in an activity, which in turn strengthens and promotes competency and mastery of skills.

Mastery of functional skills occurs through high-frequency, naturally occurring activities in a variety of settings that are consistent with family and community life.

Parents prefer interventions that are easy to do, fit into their daily lives, and support their child in learning skills that help them participate in family and community life.

Embedding interventions in routines selected and preferred by families greatly increases the likelihood that the family will repeat therapeutic activities independently.

Learning is what happens between intervention visits – through child-initiated play during everyday routines and activities and with multiple repetitions and lots of practice.

Services provided within children’s typical daily routines are more meaningful and increase the number of learning opportunities available to the child and parent.