Developmental surveillance
Structured milestone surveillance across motor, language, social, adaptive — plus M-CHAT-R where indicated. Clear picture in week one.
Programme · Early intervention
Early intervention therapy for children under 3.
For toddlers showing developmental concerns. Parent-mediated language stimulation, play-based therapy, and structured surveillance — delivered into your home during the most plastic developmental window.
Reviewed by Neuronurture Clinical Team Published 24 May 2026
Sessions
30 minutes
Frequency
1–2 times per week
Ages
0–3 yrs
First call
Free, 30 min
Paediatrician-supervised
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A 30-minute consultation with a developmental paediatrician or senior therapist. We listen, observe, and give you an honest read on whether early intervention is the right starting point.
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Programme overview
How the programme works.
A 22-month-old who isn’t yet babbling. A two-year-old who used to wave and no longer does. A toddler walking on tiptoes who refuses every food that crunches. The signal is rarely loud. It usually arrives as a small uneasy feeling at bath-time, then again at dinner, then often enough that one parent finally says it out loud.
Our early-intervention programme exists for that moment. Not for a diagnosis you do not yet have — for the actionable observation you already do.
Why early intervention is its own discipline
Therapy for a 30-month-old looks nothing like therapy for an eight-year-old. The therapist is, in practice, the parent — coached in real time on technique, timing, and the small adjustments that let a child take the next developmental step. Sessions are short, play-driven, and built around the child’s existing interests.
Early intervention is not “small-version therapy”. It is its own discipline, with its own evidence base, and the parent is its primary instrument.
The doctor’s role in a programme that mostly looks like play
The medical part is upstream and downstream. Upstream: a developmental paediatrician’s assessment maps your child’s profile against published milestone trajectories. Downstream: every four weeks our paediatric team re-reviews progress, asks whether the gap is closing, and recalibrates accordingly. If by month four the plan is not producing change, we don’t double down — we run the formal diagnostic workup that should follow it. The aim isn’t to label a child. The aim is to find the right plan as quickly as honesty allows.
What we ask of parents
To do this well, we need you in the session — not on the periphery. We need you to repeat between sessions and to tell us when something didn’t fit your family’s rhythm, so we can adjust. The parents who report the strongest gains in this programme treat the therapist as a coach, not a tutor. Your child is the player on the field. We sit with you on the bench.
Who it's for
Who this programme helps.
- Infants flagged for delayed milestones
- Regression after 12 months
- Prematurity / NICU graduates
- Younger siblings of autistic children
- Parents seeing red flags, not waiting
- Children at elevated developmental risk
Methodology
Our methodology.
Family-first, naturalistic
Under three, the most powerful intervention is the parent. Sessions teach you the techniques; daily life becomes the therapy.
Cross-modality, single plan
Speech, OT, feeding, regulation — coordinated under one paediatrician-authored plan. No silos.
Comparison
With and without structured care.
Without a plan
Wait-and-watch on red flags
- 'He'll catch up' — six more months gone.
- Concerns scattered across paediatrician, family, internet.
- First formal assessment at age three or four — late.
With Neuronurture
A Neuronurture early-intervention plan
- Free 30-minute consultation in the first week.
- Structured surveillance against published milestones — in writing.
- Active reading every four weeks: tighten, broaden, refer if needed.
Session and timeline
A session, and the six-month arc.
The session
- Parent check-in 4 min
- Play-based activities 18 min
- Live parent coaching 6 min
- Next-step note 2 min
1-on-1 video, parent-present · 1–2 times per week
The arc of progress
Progress
- Week 1 Surveillance complete. Plan authored. Most parents say week one alone changes how they read their child.
- Weeks 4–8 First new words, novel imitations, sustained joint attention. Plan recalibrates.
- Months 3–6 Either gaps narrow on schedule, or formal diagnostic workup is initiated honestly.
- Beyond 6 months Graduate to age-typical surveillance, or transition to formal therapy with same paediatrician.
Transparent pricing
Quoted in writing after the free assessment.
Per-session pricing varies with session length, modality, and senior-clinician supervision. We share the full quote with you before any commitment — and the first 30-minute consultation is always free.
Common questions
We've got answers.
Still deciding if early intervention with Neuronurture is right for your child? These are the questions parents most often bring to a first call.
My paediatrician said 'wait and watch'. Should I?
Wait-and-watch is defensible when red flags are mild and isolated. For a child past 18 months whose parents have specific concerns, current AAP and IAP guidance favours active surveillance over passive waiting. The cost of starting too early is small. Starting too late, when neuroplasticity is most expensive, can be significant. A free assessment tells you which call is right.
Why is the 0–3 window so important?
Synapse formation peaks in the first two years. Foundation skills — joint attention, regulation, early language — are still being formed with relative ease at 18 or 24 months that are difficult to scaffold at age 5. Early intervention works because it intervenes when the brain is most receptive.
Will online intervention work for a child this young?
Yes — because at this age, the actual therapist is the parent. We coach you in real time, watch the child interact with you in their own home, and adjust. Generalisation, the entire point at this age, happens automatically.
What if you find something significant?
We tell you in plain language what we think and what we are still uncertain about. Where formal diagnostic assessment is warranted, we either run it or refer to a trusted in-person team. We keep working with you through the answer.
How is this different from a regular paediatrician visit?
A paediatrician's well-child visit screens broadly in twenty minutes. Our programme is targeted developmental surveillance with a written plan, weekly delivery, and four-weekly review. The two complement each other; ours doesn't replace your paediatrician.
Backed by AAP NICHD RCI View sources Hide sources
- AAP · Hyman et al. (2020) — early-intervention emphasis in the ASD identification and management guideline
- NICHD · Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development — Early Intervention research
- RCI · Rehabilitation Council of India — Early Intervention Centres framework
Reviewed by Neuronurture's Chief Medical Officer. Educational content; not a substitute for clinical consultation.
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