DEVELOPMENTAL CENTER EXPANDING : BABY STEPS HAS NEW SITE.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Their steps may be small, but 2-year-old twins Jared and Amanda Alden left a big mark Saturday which others will enjoy for generations to come. The two were among a dozen kids who left footprints in wet cement at the new Baby Steps and A.V. Therapies building along Lancaster Boulevard. The building is due to be completed Thursday. ``They just loved it,'' said Kathy Alden, 37, of Palmdale, the twins' mother. ``They kept looking at their feet.'' ``I'm so happy that we were able to do this,'' she said. ``This is something that will always be.'' Elaine Schneider, founder and executive director of Baby Steps, invited the infants and toddlers in the program to participate in Saturday's event. ``It's a wonderful opportunity for them to come out and be a part of our new building and celebration,'' she said. Baby Steps is Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's first government-funded, early prevention program for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. and their families. The program focuses on helping infants born with special needs - due to prematurity, low birth weight, cerebral palsy cerebral palsy (sərē`brəl pôl`zē), disability caused by brain damage before or during birth or in the first years, resulting in a loss of voluntary muscular control and coordination. or other causes - to reach their full potential. The new 5,000-square-foot building at 540 W. Lancaster Blvd. will replace the 3,200-square-foot building at 1051 W. Ave. M. It will be equipped with an outdoor playground area, a conference room, two therapy rooms complete with one-way mirrors one-way mirror n. A mirror that is reflective on one side and transparent on the other, often used in surveillance. Also called two-way mirror. and a resource library. The $1 million building is part of the city of Lancaster's Redevelopment Agency's project designed to revitalize re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. downtown Lancaster. Since Amanda and Jared were 2 months old, Alden has brought the twins to Baby Steps two times a week, where teachers and therapists work with them on fine motor skills The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. “Dexterity” redirects here. For other uses, see Dexterity (disambiguation). , balancing and equilibrium. ``They'll learn how to put things into shaped containers and then take them out,'' Alden said. ``They'll learn how to turn things on and off and how to ride a rocking horse.'' The twins were born premature by 10 weeks, Alden said. ``I feel that if they didn't have an early intervention ear·ly intervention n. Abbr. EI A process of assessment and therapy provided to children, especially those younger than age 6, to facilitate normal cognitive and emotional development and to prevent developmental disability or delay. program, Amanda and Jared wouldn't be where they are right now,'' Alden said. ``It's just a wonderful program.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos |
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