The Los Niños Mission and Core Values

Los Niños Services is an award winning multilingual agency serving the developmental needs of young children and their families. We specialize in home and community-based evaluations and services, parent/child groups, service coordination and training for early childhood professionals. Staff are experienced bilingual clinicians who pride themselves in being of great service to others. We serve all children and families in Westchester and New York City from all communities.

Mission

Our mission is simply "to be of great service to others." We strive to help young children and their families move forward in their lives, reaching towards their full potential, and enriching their lives.

Core Values

• Quality
  We strive to be of great service to others through excellence in our work. We constantly seek feedback from our clients, other professionals and our teammates in order to assess our work and improve our effectiveness.
• Teamwork
  We seek to be effective in our work with others. Our effectiveness depends on our ability to work well with our internal team as well as with professionals from other agencies, with our team members and by partnering with the parents and families whom we serve. Effective communication is a cornerstone of teamwork. We seek first to understand, then to be understood, and to discuss what matters most.
• Respect
  We believe that we must respect each individual for his or her beliefs, values, opinions and for who they are as a person, acknowledging that we all have differences with one another. While we do not always agree we strive to listen to others’ points of view and to always treat others respectfully. We respect each persons dignity as an individual who may different from ourselves.
• Continual Self-Improvement
  We acknowledge that there is always room for improvement in our skills, systems, policies, processes and procedures. We seek to improve not only our work in a given situation, but to improve our systems, policies, procedures, and processes. We believe this allows us to be of greater service to others while improving our efficiency. We constantly strive to learn and grow.

Work Focus and Beliefs

• Early Childhood Services
  We strive to provide the highest quality services to young children and their families
• Professional Training
  We provide learning experiences and trainings to professionals and parents on a range of early childhood topics
• Technology
  We believe in using technology to make our work more efficient and more effective, to constantly seek to improve the quality with which we do our work
• Research
  We advocate for the advancement of research to increase our understanding of early child development, and the effectiveness of interventions, training, and the work that we do

Programs

• Early Intervention Program (New York City and Westchester County)
  • Evaluations
  • Service Coordination
  • Services
  • ABA Services for Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (coming soon)
• Preschool Special Education (coming soon)
• Private Services
• Los Ninos Training Institute
• Annual Young Child Expo & Conference

Our Early Intervention Program is funded and regulated by the New York State Department of Health and, in New York City, by the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Alcoholism Services; and in Westchester County by the Westchester County Department of Health

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